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Waterloo Road

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20 recorded sales · median £277,000 · Canterbury

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Canterbury Council · Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition 26/39 seats · 67% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

60/100

Mixed

Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£277k

median price

10.7

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£277k

median sold price

9.4 yrs

of local pay to buy

rail stations mapped

grammar schools

schools total

10.7

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

554

Violence — most

NO₂ · WHO 10

11.8%

in a flood zone

450

green spaces

6.4

PM2.5 · WHO 5

538

eat & drink

129

shops

59.5%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

Not enough history to chart yet.

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Canterbury, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-09-09

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2026 (control)

Crime2026-07

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £277,000. That's about 9.4× local earnings — around the 10.8× five-year average.

Sold price history

Not enough history to chart yet.

Median sold price · 12 months to Sep 2026 · 20 sales£277,000

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay9.4× · five-year average 10.8×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Resold at a loss from Canterbury15.8%

Of the homes across Canterbury that sold again within five years, 15.8% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Better than South East (17.4%).

By property type

Detached houses4.5%

Semi-detached houses1.6%

Terraced houses2%

Flats18%

New-build vs second-hand

Bought new14.8%

Bought second-hand16%

Overall

Typical resale gain+21.3% · ~8.6-yr hold

Same home sold twice within five years (948 resale pairs) across Canterbury — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted

Home ownership65%

Owned outright

38%

With a mortgage

26%

Private rented

22%

Social rented

12%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,398

Your band:

Canterbury City Council£254

Kent County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,759

Police & Crime Commissioner£285

Fire & Rescue£100

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,599

Band B£1,865

Band C£2,132

Band D (baseline)£2,398

Band E£2,931

Band F£3,464

Band G£3,997

Band H£4,796

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

How safe is it? from Canterbury

Crime runs at 10.7 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month10.7

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Canterbury

Violence & sexual offences

554

Anti-social behaviour

395

Shoplifting

206

Criminal damage & arson

139

Other theft

Vehicle crime

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Canterbury district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on. Some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can look like a hotspot.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from Canterbury

Population157,432

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 6/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 55% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 6/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 6/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 55% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 6 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

5.9/10

Employment

5.5/10

Education & skills

5.8/10

Health & disability

6.1/10

Crime

4.9/10

Housing & services

4.1/10

Living environment

6.6/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Canterbury — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+50%

Unemployment · economically active residents7.3%

Degree-level (Level 4+)33%

Good or very good health82%

Own their home65%

Median age41.2

Born outside the UK13%

See the full Canterbury report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

Ofsted

0 nearest schools.

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Schools

No schools on the register for Waterloo Road.

GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

At a glance

	Here
Life expectancy — men	80.4 yrs
Life expectancy — women	83.4 yrs
Smoking	10.5%
Adults overweight or obese	61.4%

OHID Fingertips · district-level figures (the health-outcomes grain)

Getting around from Canterbury

Travel to work

Drive

50%

Work from home

30%

Walk or cycle

13%

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging33 points

Per 10,000 residents2.1

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Canterbury

Air quality

NO₂

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.4

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1003.5%

Flood zone11.8% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 30–100%)

Coal miningin/near a coalfield (13.8%)

Historic landfill31 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings1,887

Conservation areas98

Green belt0%

Green spaces450

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Canterbury

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	538	90% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	129	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	30	—
Green spaces & parks	450	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

59.5%

Superfast

92.1%

Ultrafast

59.5%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Canterbury

Figures for the wider Canterbury — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate7.3%

In work (employment rate)49.8%

Companies registered here20,587

New incorporations (12m)2,592

Property companies (SPVs)2,231

See the full Canterbury report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district