Southborough

18°CLight rain shower

• Today: 20° / 16° · 74% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:20

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

6US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Dartford - St Clements 2, United Kingdom

60 reported · July 2026▲ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences22
• Anti-social behaviour20
• Other crime5
• Criminal damage & arson4

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Southborough & Bidborough · Kent

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

173 reported road collisions (2024)

55 killed or seriously injured · 226 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

353 food businesses within 2 miles

• 321 rated 4–5 ★ (268 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: High Brooms (1.9 km)
• 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£445,133 average▼ 3% YoY

Across Tunbridge Wells · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,529 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

• 1 bed £1,053
• 2 bed £1,401
• 3 bed £1,697

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

11.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.5 times median annual pay (11.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 140.8p · AppleGreen (10.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 148.8p · AppleGreen (10.7 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

29 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Yew Tree Car Park (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches24
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

115,313 residents in Tunbridge Wells · 348/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 273 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,446 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 52,890)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

54 schools · 23,443 pupils

32 primary · 8 secondary · 14 other

Ofsted: 13 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (76%)

44inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tunbridge Wells

1,672 CQC-registered services

• Care homes501
• GP practices221
• Dentists362
• Homecare agencies415
• Hospitals & hospices47

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 25 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kent

• Not in the Green Belt
• 66 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

266 applications decided

89.8% granted · 239 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mike Martin

Liberal Democrat

Tunbridge Wells

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 3
• Con 7
• LD 25
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,990 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

140 jobs advertised · £38,102 avg

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Multiskilled Technician with HGV, Regional Trading Director

Source: Adzuna

£871 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£34,689 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,408 certificates

10.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

11% low-carbon electricity

Imports 67% · Gas 22% · Wind 10% · Hydro 0%

149 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tunbridge Wells:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership577 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership441 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s431 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office331 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test272 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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