West Malling

16°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 10° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:26

13h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chatham Roadside, United Kingdom

37 reported · July 2026▼ 12% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour7
• Shoplifting7
• Violence & sexual offences7
• Burglary4

2 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: East Malling, West Malling & Offham · Kent

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

239 reported road collisions (2024)

69 killed or seriously injured · 314 casualties · 18.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

161 food businesses within 2 miles

• 139 rated 4–5 ★ (120 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: West Malling (0.9 km)
• 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£405,932 average▲ 2.6% YoY

Across Tonbridge and Malling · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,484 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,029
• 2 bed £1,329
• 3 bed £1,620

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (11.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · ESSO (6.7 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Charger only available to KCC staff and visitors during working .. (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 236 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,472 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

69 schools · 25,026 pupils

45 primary · 11 secondary · 13 other

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

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

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

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

• In a conservation area (West Malling)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 186 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

164 applications decided

97.6% granted · 160 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Helen Grant

Conservative

Maidstone and Malling

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,895 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

257 jobs advertised · £40,753 avg

e.g. Female Support Worker, Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

43% low-carbon electricity

Gas 45% · Wind 28% · Imports 12% · Nuclear 7%

191 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Maidstone and Malling:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership418 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s398 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test389 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership337 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office333 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Malling Rural District · 0.2 km

  Malling was a rural district in Kent, England which covered West Malling, East Malling, Snodland, Larkfield, Borough Green and Aylesford.

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  Old County Ground · 0.2 km

  The Old County Ground was a first-class cricket ground, located in West Malling, Kent. Known under various names throughout its existence, the ground hosted 14 first-class matches between 1836 and 1890.

• St Augustine's College of Theology · 0.4 km

  St Augustine's College of Theology is a non-residential Anglican theological college in the Southeast of England. Founded in 1994 as the South East Institute for Theological Education (SEITE), the college trains men a…

• Malling Abbey · 0.4 km

  St Mary's Abbey, also known as Malling Abbey, is an abbey of Anglican Benedictine nuns located in West Malling, Kent, England. It was founded around 1090 by Gundulf, Bishop of Rochester and dissolved in 1538. The site…

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  St Leonard's Tower, West Malling · 0.7 km

  St Leonard's Tower is a probable Norman keep in West Malling, in the county of Kent, England. The tower was probably built by Gundulf, the Bishop of Rochester, between 1077 and 1108. It was a three-storey building, co…

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  West Malling · 0.7 km

  West Malling is a market town in the Tonbridge and Malling district of Kent, England. It has a population of 2,590.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)