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Teynham

Teynham is a village in Kent, England, with a population of around 2,687. It has one pharmacy and one restaurant or café, 14 bus stops, and Teynham railway station is 0.2 km away. There were around 43 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Teynham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Swale area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 151,677 residents at roughly 406 people per km².

Council
Swale
County
Kent
Constituency
Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Police force
Kent
35/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 263rd of 294 English council areas — better than 11% of them.

Low crime31
Home affordability43
Affordable rents41
Good schools14
Life expectancy39
Low deprivation22
Employment41
Low council tax60

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

15°COvercast

  • Today: 20° / 10° · 15% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:22Sunset 19:25

13h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Rochester Stoke, United Kingdom

Crime

37 reported · July 2026 37% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour13
  • Violence & sexual offences12
  • Criminal damage & arson4
  • Vehicle crime3

2 stop & searches · mostly articles for use in criminal damage

Neighbourhood team: Teynham and Lynsted · Kent

Local policing priorities

  • Catapults.
  • Antisocial behaviour youths.

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

Road safety

274 reported road collisions (2024)

85 killed or seriously injured · 368 casualties · 18.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

31 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 30 rated 4–5 ★ (26 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Teynham (0.2 km)
  • 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Teynham (0.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£298,394 average 4.5% YoY

Across Swale · to 2026-06

Detached£477,084
Semi-detached£320,581
Terraced£254,794
Flat£152,456

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,103 average monthly rent 0.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £771
  • 2 bed £1,019
  • 3 bed £1,231

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

Affordability

8.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (9.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 163.9p · Asda (5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (5 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

20 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: Swale House Car Park (4.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches3
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

151,677 residents in Swale · 406/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 69 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

19% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,406 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 67,440)

A £1,604
B £1,871
C £2,138
D £2,406
E £2,940
F £3,475
G £4,009
H £4,811

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

Schools

71 schools · 24,238 pupils

49 primary · 9 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 18 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (78%)

61inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Highsted Grammar SchoolGood
  • Queen Elizabeth's Grammar SchoolGood
  • The Sittingbourne SchoolGood
  • Fulston Manor SchoolRequires improvement
  • The Abbey SchoolInadequate
  • Borden Grammar School
  • EKC Sheppey Secondary
  • Leigh Academy Minster
  • Westlands School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Swale

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

154 applications decided

88.3% granted · 136 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Helen Whately

Conservative

Faversham and Mid Kent

Recent votes:

  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 15
  • Con 10
  • LD 5
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 4
  • Oth 11

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens81
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,045 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

27 jobs advertised · £41,704 avg

e.g. Personal Care Assistant, Head of HR, Labourer in Faversham

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£761 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,338 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 68,235 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

57% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Wind 41% · Nuclear 8% · Biomass 7%

174 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.8 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.8
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Faversham and Mid Kent:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Teynham railway station · 0.2 km

    Teynham railway station is on the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the village of Teynham, Kent. It is 47 miles 74 chains (77.1 km) down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Sittingbourne and Fav…

  • Teynham · 0.4 km

    Teynham is a small village and civil parish in the borough of Swale in Kent, England. The parish lies between the towns of Sittingbourne and Faversham, immediately north of the A2 road, and includes the hamlet of Cony…

  • Teynham Street · 1.4 km

    Teynham Street is a hamlet in the civil parish of Teynham, in the Swale district, in the county of Kent, England.

  • Norton, Buckland and Stone · 1.6 km

    Norton, Buckland and Stone is a small rural civil parish, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Teynham and 3 miles (4.8 km) west of the centre of Faversham, in the borough of Swale, Kent, England. Its settlements are the hamlets o…

  • Mockbeggar, Swale · 1.7 km

    Mockbeggar is a hamlet lying north of the A2 road to the east of Teynham in Swale in Kent, England. It is in the civil parish of Norton, Buckland and Stone.

  • Lewson Street · 1.8 km

    Lewson Street is a village near the A2 road, in the civil parish of Norton, Buckland and Stone, in the Swale district, in the county of Kent, England. It is near the towns of Sittingbourne and Faversham.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Teynham?
Teynham is a town in Kent, England, in the Swale local authority.
What is the population of Teynham?
Teynham has an approximate settlement population of 2,687.
How deprived is Teynham?
The Swale local authority, which includes Teynham, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.