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Tonbridge

Tonbridge is a town in Kent, England, with a population of around 36,115. It has around 1 GP surgery, 3 pharmacies, 4 supermarkets, and 41 restaurants and cafés, with 39 bus stops and Tonbridge railway station 1.3 km away. The average sold house price is around £483,015, and there were around 204 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 Tonbridge area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Tonbridge and Malling area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 132,201 residents at roughly 551 people per km².

Council
Tonbridge and Malling
County
Kent
Constituency
Tonbridge and Malling
Police force
Kent
53/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 131st of 294 English council areas — better than 55% of them.

Low crime66
Home affordability11
Affordable rents12
Good schools39
Life expectancy82
Low deprivation79
Employment74
Low council tax39

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

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 8° · 63% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:29

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

7US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

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

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

169 reported · August 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences50
  • Anti-social behaviour46
  • Criminal damage & arson18
  • Drugs13

22 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Judd · Kent

Local policing priorities

  • Antisocial behaviour - nuisance.
  • E-scooters/E-bikes.

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

Road safety

227 reported road collisions (2025)

60 killed or seriously injured · 300 casualties · 17.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

238 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 198 rated 4–5 ★ (149 top)
  • 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Tonbridge (0.5 km)
  • 35 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Tonbridge (0.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£405,507 average▼ 0.1% YoY

Across Tonbridge and Malling · to 2026-08

Detached£687,291
Semi-detached£424,680
Terraced£343,276
Flat£221,399

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,489 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,032
  • 2 bed £1,333
  • 3 bed £1,626

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

12.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.0 times median annual pay (11.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,779 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (6.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (8.1 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

29 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Bradford Street Car Park 1 (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms2
  • Swimming pools5
  • Sports pitches35
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

132,201 residents in Tonbridge and Malling · 551/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,519
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,436
  • Net moves+1,083

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 235 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,472 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 57,230)

A £1,648
B £1,923
C £2,197
D £2,472
E £3,021
F £3,570
G £4,120
H £4,944

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

Schools

69 schools · 25,026 pupils

45 primary · 11 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 25 of 29 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Tonbridge Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Leigh Academy TonbridgeGood
  • The Malling SchoolGood
  • Hadlow Rural Community SchoolRequires improvement
  • Leigh Academy Hugh ChristieRequires improvement
  • Aylesford School
  • Hillview School for Girls
  • The Holmesdale School
  • The Judd School
  • Weald of Kent Grammar School
  • Wrotham School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tonbridge and Malling

Care & health services

1,676 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes503
  • GP practices222
  • Dentists360
  • Homecare agencies415
  • Hospitals & hospices47

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 20 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kent

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Tonbridge)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 104 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

235 applications decided

94.5% granted · 222 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Tom Tugendhat

Conservative

Tonbridge

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)
  • NoBudget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates)

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 2
  • Con 21
  • LD 11
  • Grn 8
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools13
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets8
  • Parks & greens18
  • Restaurants & cafés40

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

666 jobs advertised · £40,178 avg

e.g. Senior Fire Engineer, Electrical Design Engineer, Bench Joiner

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£821 median full-time weekly pay

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

£30,480 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 56,525 certificates

8.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 43% · Wind 34% · Imports 8% · Solar 8%

176 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Kent): 63.9 women · 62.5 men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Health services

11 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in TN9

  • Tonbridge Medical Group
  • Warders Medical Centre
  • Dermatology Ja Swk

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tonbridge:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Ye Olde Chequers Inn · 0.2 km

    Ye Olde Chequers Inn, also known as The Chequers, is a Grade II* listed public house at 122 High Street in Tonbridge, Kent, England. A timber-framed building dated by Historic England to the 15th century, it stands on…

  • Tonbridge Swimming Pool · 0.2 km

    Tonbridge Swimming Pool is a swimming pool in Tonbridge, Kent. It has an indoor teaching and toddler pool, plus a fitness pool joined to a heated outdoor pool or lido linked by a swim-through channel.

  • Tonbridge Castle · 0.2 km

    Tonbridge Castle is a 13th century castle situated in Tonbridge, Kent, England.

  • Corn Exchange, Tonbridge · 0.3 km

    The Corn Exchange is a former chapel, trading facility and military installation at Bank Street in Tonbridge, Kent.

  • St Peter and St Paul's Church, Tonbridge · 0.3 km

    St Peter and St Paul's Church is a Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Rochester in Tonbridge, Kent, England.

  • Angel Ground · 0.3 km

    The Angel Ground was a sports ground located in Tonbridge in the English county of Kent. It was used as a venue for first-class cricket by Kent County Cricket Club between 1869 and 1939 and then for association footba…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Tonbridge?
Tonbridge is a town in Kent, England, in the Tonbridge and Malling local authority.
What is the population of Tonbridge?
Tonbridge has an approximate settlement population of 36,115.
How deprived is Tonbridge?
The Tonbridge and Malling local authority, which includes Tonbridge, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.