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Downs Close

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102 recorded sales · median £134,000 · Maidstone

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Maidstone Council · Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition 27/49 seats · 55% · OCD 2026

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

61/100

Mixed

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£134k

median price

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£134k

median sold price

10.1 yrs

of local pay to buy

46 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

482

Violence — most

8.6

NO₂ · WHO 10

5.1%

in a flood zone

566

green spaces

PM2.5 · WHO 5

292

eat & drink

shops

65.9%

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

£102,475 in 2000 → £350,000 in 2025

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

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-06

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 £134,000. That's about 10.1× local earnings — around the 11× five-year average.

Sold price history

2025 · 3 sales

Median sold price · median of all 102 sales£134,000

Full history since 1995

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay10.1× · five-year average 11×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership67%

Owned outright

34%

With a mortgage

33%

Private rented

17%

Social rented

13%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,454

Your band:

Maidstone Borough Council£311

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

Police & Crime Commissioner£285

Fire & Rescue£100

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,636

Band B£1,909

Band C£2,182

Band D (baseline)£2,454

Band E£3,000

Band F£3,545

Band G£4,090

Band H£4,908

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

Neighbourhood prices in Maidstone how Downs Close compares · from Maidstone

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Loose +22%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Loose	£407,500	+22%	168
Vinters Park	£318,000	+21.1%	129
Staplehurst	£332,000	+20.3%	95
Tovil	£295,000	+20%	395
Maidstone	£220,000	+20%	543
Bearsted	£520,000	+18.8%	146
Grove Green	£420,000	+18.4%	108
Penenden Heath	£412,500	+16.7%	106
Shepway	£317,500	+15.2%	180
Downswood	£359,000	+13.7%	158
Barming Heath	£340,000	+11.7%	134
Barming	£285,000	+10.6%	191
Bicknor Wood	£361,000	+8.6%	156
Allington	£396,250	+8.5%	308
Lenham	£380,000	+8.5%	138
Coxheath	£375,000	+6.1%	114
Ringlestone	£263,500	+1.5%	172

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Downs Close — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
11 Downs Close Headcorn	Detached	—	—	£525,000	Jun 2025
24, Downs Close Headcorn	Terraced	—	—	£275,000	Jan 2025
21 Downs Close Headcorn	Detached	—	—	£350,000	Jan 2025
4, Downs Close Headcorn	Semi-detached	—	—	£305,000	Oct 2024
7 Downs Close Penenden Heath	Semi-detached	—	—	£340,000	Sep 2023
2 Downs Close Headcorn	Semi-detached	—	—	£297,000	Aug 2023
6 Downs Close Penenden Heath	Semi-detached	—	—	£350,000	Apr 2023
4 Downs Close Penenden Heath	Semi-detached	—	—	£525,000	Dec 2022
10, Downs Close Headcorn	Detached	—	—	£400,000	Jan 2021
10, Downs Close Headcorn	Detached	—	—	£400,000	Dec 2020
4, Downs Close Headcorn	Semi-detached	—	—	£255,000	May 2020
18 DOWNS CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£287,500	Mar 2018
5 DOWNS CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£287,000	Sep 2017
27, Downs Close Headcorn	Semi-detached	—	—	£233,000	Aug 2016
18 DOWNS CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£260,000	May 2016
5 Downs Close Penenden Heath	Semi-detached	—	—	£268,000	Apr 2016
10, Downs Close Headcorn	Detached	—	—	£290,000	Jun 2015
5 DOWNS CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£235,000	Nov 2014
8, Downs Close Penenden Heath	Semi-detached	—	—	£231,300	Jun 2014
12 Downs Close Headcorn	Detached	—	—	£263,500	Feb 2014
7, Downs Close Headcorn	Semi-detached	—	—	£290,000	Feb 2014
31 Downs Close Headcorn	Detached	—	—	£285,000	Oct 2013
1 DOWNS CLOSE	Detached	—	—	£337,500	Sep 2013
11, Downs Close Penenden Heath	Semi-detached	—	—	£250,000	Apr 2013

Show all sales ↓

24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Maidstone

Crime runs at 8 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 / month8

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

By category, 12 months from Maidstone

Violence & sexual offences

482

Anti-social behaviour

315

Criminal damage & arson

121

Shoplifting

118

Other theft

106

Public order

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Maidstone 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.

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

Who lives here? from Maidstone

Population175,782

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

6.0/10

Employment

6.1/10

Education & skills

5.3/10

Health & disability

6.3/10

Crime

4.9/10

Housing & services

3.1/10

Living environment

6.3/10

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

Figures for the wider Maidstone — 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+61%

Unemployment · economically active residents4.3%

Degree-level (Level 4+)30%

Good or very good health84%

Own their home67%

Median age41.3

Born outside the UK14%

See the full Maidstone report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 4 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

4 of 4 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 4 nearest inspected 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

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Sutton Valence School	All-through	—	2.5 km
Early Learning Steps Sutton Valence	Nursery	—	2.6 km
Sutton Valence Primary School	Primary	—	2.7 km
Headcorn Primary School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	2.9 km
Ulcombe Church of England Primary School	Primary	—	2.9 km
Headcorn Preschool	Nursery	Good ('23)	3.1 km
Bridges Day Nursery Limited	Nursery	—	3.6 km
Kingswood Pre School Group	Nursery	Good ('22)	3.8 km
Kingswood Primary School	Primary	—	3.9 km
Sunrise Day Nursery (Langley) Limited	Nursery	Outstanding ('25)	4.8 km
Poppys Day Nursery Ltd	Nursery	Outstanding ('23)	5.0 km
ELS at Under 5's Preschool	Nursery	—	5.3 km
Early Learning Steps Staplehurst	Nursery	Good ('21)	5.6 km
Staplehurst School	Primary	Good ('22)	5.6 km
Leigh Academy Langley Park	Primary	—	5.6 km
Daisy's Day Nursery	Nursery	—	5.6 km
The Learning Tree Nursery School	Nursery	Good ('22)	5.8 km
Junior's Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	6.0 km
Platts Heath Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	6.2 km
The Holy Family Catholic Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	6.2 km
Brishing Barn Nursery Ltd	Nursery	Good ('22)	6.3 km
Leigh Academy Tree Tops	Primary	—	6.5 km
St Hilary's Nursery School	Nursery	Good ('23)	6.6 km
Harrietsham Church of England Primary School	Primary	Good ('24)	6.6 km
Boughton Monchelsea Primary School	Primary	—	6.7 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 2.2 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 2.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 3.2 km
NHS ODS

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Sutton Valence Group Practice	GP	—	2.2 km
Dental Department	Dentist	—	2.3 km
Orchard House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.9 km
Headcorn Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.2 km
The Wealden Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Langley	GP	—	4.8 km
Staplehurst Dental	Dentist	—	5.0 km
The Bower Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.6 km
Staplehurst Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.6 km
Beaconsfield Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.7 km
Mediclinic Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.2 km
Paydens Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.3 km
Wallis Avenue	GP	—	6.5 km
Senacre Dental Practice	Dentist	—	6.8 km
Uj Patel Imos - Bell Meadow	Dentist	—	6.8 km
Morrisons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	7.3 km
Mote	GP	Good ('22)	7.4 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Maidstone

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 51 min from Staplehurst Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Headcorn Rail Station	2.1 mi	London Bridge	56 min
Staplehurst Rail Station	3.1 mi	London Bridge	51 min
Harrietsham Rail Station	4.4 mi	London Bridge	70 min
Hollingbourne Rail Station	4.9 mi	London Bridge	63 min
Lenham Rail Station	5.0 mi	London Bridge	73 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Staplehurst Rail Station (51 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

54%

Work from home

31%

Walk or cycle

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging10 points

Per 10,000 residents0.6

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

Environment from Maidstone

Air quality

NO₂

8.6

— WHO guide

PM2.5

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1002%

Flood zone5.1% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 30–100%)

Historic landfill48 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 buildings2,029

Conservation areas49

Green belt1.3%

Green spaces566

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Maidstone

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	292	94% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	87	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	16	—
Green spaces & parks	566	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

65.9%

Superfast

90.2%

Ultrafast

68.1%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Maidstone

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

Unemployment rate4.3%

In work (employment rate)60.8%

Companies registered here13,648

New incorporations (12m)1,567

Property companies (SPVs)1,285

See the full Maidstone report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district