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Iris Close

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46 recorded sales · median £151,500 · 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

£152k

median price

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£152k

median sold price

10.1 yrs

of local pay to buy

40 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

£53,000 in 1996 → £265,000 in 2021

⌄ 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 £151,500. That's about 10.1× local earnings — around the 11× five-year average.

Sold price history

2021 · 3 sales

Median sold price · median of all 46 sales£151,500

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 Iris 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 Iris Close — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
4 Iris Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£208,500	Apr 2025
1 Iris Close	Terraced	—	—	£288,500	Jul 2022
21 Iris Close	Detached	—	—	£291,000	Dec 2021
9, Iris Close	Terraced	—	—	£265,000	Jun 2021
3, Iris Close	Terraced	—	—	£242,500	Feb 2021
6, Iris Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£265,000	Feb 2020
1 Iris Close	Terraced	—	—	£255,000	May 2018
19, Iris Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£180,000	Feb 2018
15, Iris Close	Terraced	—	—	£250,000	Jan 2018
6, Iris Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£229,995	Dec 2015
8 IRIS CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£200,000	Nov 2015
13, Iris Close	Terraced	—	—	£198,000	Nov 2015
7, Iris Close	Terraced	—	—	£205,000	Oct 2015
10, Iris Close	Terraced	—	—	£320,000	Jul 2015
15, Iris Close	Terraced	—	—	£180,000	Aug 2014
9, Iris Close	Terraced	—	—	£165,000	Oct 2013
12 Iris Close	Detached	—	—	£185,000	Mar 2013
13, Iris Close	Terraced	—	—	£144,000	Sep 2011
6, Iris Close	Terraced	—	—	£170,000	Sep 2009
9, Iris Close	Terraced	—	—	£178,000	Mar 2008
15, Iris Close	Terraced	—	—	£175,000	Oct 2007
11 IRIS CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£139,000	Jul 2007
7, Iris Close	Terraced	—	—	£153,000	Aug 2006
3, Iris Close	Terraced	—	—	£155,000	Dec 2005

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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

67% of the 3 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

2 of 3 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 3 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
Tunbury Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	0.9 km
Catkins Preschool	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.0 km
Smilers Pre-school	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.0 km
Teeny Feet Day Nursery	Nursery	Inadequate ('25)	1.1 km
Swingate Primary School	Primary	—	1.1 km
Kestrel Under Fives Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.2 km
St Williams Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.3 km
Lordswood under 5's playgroup	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.3 km
Victoria Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('21)	1.3 km
Excel Academy	Nursery	—	1.3 km
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School	Primary	—	1.4 km
Lordswood School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.4 km
Buttercups at Little Teddies	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.4 km
Little Teddies Walderslade	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.4 km
Walderslade Primary School	Primary	—	1.5 km
Alphabets Day Nursery	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	1.8 km
Honeypot Day Nursery Ltd	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.9 km
Bridgewood Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	2.2 km
Oaklands School	Primary	—	2.2 km
Little Acorns	Nursery	Good ('23)	2.2 km
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	2.2 km
Prima Montessori Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	2.2 km
Greenacre School	Secondary	Inadequate ('23)	2.4 km
Maundene School	Primary	Good ('22)	2.5 km
Swallow Risers Playgroup and Out Of School Club	Nursery	Good ('23)	2.5 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 1.1 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 1.1 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 1.1 km
NHS ODS

13 of 16 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Lordswood Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Lordswood Healthy Living Centre	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Reach Healthcare	GP	Good ('22)	1.1 km
Fenns Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Kent Smile Studio	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Merlin Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Lavender Dental Care	Dentist	—	2.2 km
King George Road Surgery	GP	—	2.4 km
Medway Dental Care	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
Morrisons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
Delmergate Limited	Pharmacy	—	3.0 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.2 km
Wayfield Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.5 km
Phoenix Medical Practice	GP	Good ('23)	3.5 km
The Churchill Clinic	GP	Good ('19)	3.5 km
Hempstead Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.7 km
Maidstone Road Surgery	GP	Good ('23)	3.8 km
Karsons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.3 km
Wigmore Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.3 km
Penenden Heath Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.5 km
Rochester Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.5 km
Stonecross And West Drive Surgery	GP	—	4.5 km
Street End Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.5 km
Parkwood Family Practice	GP	Requires improvement ('23)	4.6 km
Matrix Medical Practice	GP	Good ('19)	4.7 km
Wigmore Medical Centre	GP	Good ('22)	4.8 km
Phoenix Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.8 km
Palmers Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.9 km
Kentendo (Maidstone Road)	Dentist	—	4.9 km
Toothcare Dental	Dentist	—	4.9 km
Fenns Chemist	Pharmacy	—	4.9 km
Karsons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.9 km
Long Catlis Road Surgery	GP	Requires improvement ('23)	5.0 km
Parkwood Health Centre	Dentist	—	5.0 km
7 - 8 Ambley Green Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.0 km
Dental Dept.	Dentist	—	5.0 km
City Way Surgery	GP	—	5.0 km
Identics	Dentist	—	5.2 km
Watling Street Dental Care	Dentist	—	5.2 km
Mediclinic Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.2 km
Mch House	Dentist	—	5.3 km
Allington Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.3 km
Aylesford Medical Centre	GP	—	5.4 km
Oaks Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.4 km
Medway Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.5 km
The Kings Family Practice	GP	Good ('15)	5.5 km
Network Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.5 km
The Willows Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.5 km
Oakwood Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.5 km
Greenacres Dental Health Centre	Dentist	—	5.5 km
Nelson Road Dental & Implant Centre	Dentist	—	5.6 km
Smiths Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.6 km
Bryant Street Medical Practice	GP	Good ('23)	5.6 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.6 km
Luton Arches Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.6 km
Dental Department	Dentist	—	5.6 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.6 km
Chatham Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.6 km
Medway Maritime Hospital	Dentist	—	5.7 km
Eastcourt Lane Surgery	GP	—	5.7 km
Brewer Street	GP	Good ('17)	5.8 km
Gibraltar House (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	5.9 km
Rochester Healthy Living Centre	Dentist	—	5.9 km
Borstal Village Surgery	GP	—	5.9 km
Pump Lane Surgery	GP	Good ('22)	5.9 km
Napier Road Surgery	GP	—	6.0 km
Woodlands Family Practice	GP	Good ('22)	6.0 km
Maidstone Rd Rainham Surgery	GP	—	6.1 km
Thorndike Partnership	GP	Requires improvement ('22)	6.1 km
Waltham Road Medical Centre	GP	Good ('15)	6.2 km
Riverside Medical Practice	GP	Good ('22)	6.3 km
Thames Ave Surgery	GP	—	6.3 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 40 min from Chatham Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Aylesford Rail Station	3.4 mi	—	no direct train
New Hythe Rail Station	3.5 mi	—	no direct train
Maidstone East Rail Station	3.5 mi	London Bridge	53 min
Snodland Rail Station	3.6 mi	London St Pancras	43 min
Chatham Rail Station	3.6 mi	London St Pancras	40 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Chatham Rail Station (40 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