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Suffolk Avenue

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20 recorded sales · median £190,000 · Medway

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Medway Council · Labour-controlled 31/59 seats · 53% · OCD 2026

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

68/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£190k

median price

8.8

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£190k

median sold price

8.3 yrs

of local pay to buy

33 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

115

schools total

8.8

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

867

Violence — most

10.8

NO₂ · WHO 10

7.5%

in a flood zone

3,428

green spaces

7.4

PM2.5 · WHO 5

600

eat & drink

230

shops

80.4%

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

£104,500 in 2000 → £262,000 in 2015

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Medway, 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 £190,000. That's about 8.3× local earnings — around the 8.8× five-year average.

Sold price history

2015 · 3 sales

Median sold price · median of all 20 sales£190,000

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay8.3× · five-year average 8.8×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership65%

Owned outright

31%

With a mortgage

34%

Private rented

20%

Social rented

14%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,319

Your band:

Medway Council£1,934

Police & Crime Commissioner£285

Fire & Rescue£100

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,546

Band B£1,804

Band C£2,062

Band D (baseline)£2,319

Band E£2,835

Band F£3,350

Band G£3,865

Band H£4,639

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 Medway how Suffolk Avenue compares · from Medway

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Rainham Mark +29.5%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Rainham Mark	£350,000	+29.5%	151
Gillingham	£241,000	+25%	748
Wigmore	£532,500	+23.6%	141
Twydall	£310,000	+22.9%	207
Parkwood	£310,000	+21.7%	195
Troy Town	£292,000	+21.2%	293
Rainham	£325,000	+21.1%	386
Luton	£242,000	+21%	377
Halling	£350,000	+20.5%	98
Chatham	£226,000	+20.5%	594
Walderslade	£315,000	+20%	378
Snodhurst	£310,000	+19.7%	364
Wainscott	£345,000	+18.3%	124
Wayfield	£290,000	+17.3%	244
Cuxton Brickfield	£315,000	+15.4%	187
Salters Cross	£305,250	+15.4%	198
Borstal	£285,000	+14.4%	197
Upper Luton	£270,000	+11.9%	93
Frindsbury	£277,250	+9.3%	164
Strood	£260,000	+8.3%	283
Hoo St Werburgh	£343,000	+5.7%	182
Brompton	£220,000	-12.8%	128
Hempstead	£375,000	-22.6%	99

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 Suffolk Avenue — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
7 Suffolk Avenue Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£400,000	Jul 2025
8 SUFFOLK AVENUE RAINHAM GILLINGHAM	Terraced	—	—	£322,000	Nov 2021
6, Suffolk Avenue Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£269,000	Aug 2017
25, Suffolk Avenue Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£262,000	Dec 2015
12, Suffolk Avenue Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£235,000	Nov 2015
23, Suffolk Avenue Rainham	Semi-detached	—	—	£265,000	Oct 2015
16, Suffolk Avenue Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£207,000	Jun 2014
5, Suffolk Avenue Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£200,000	May 2014
16, Suffolk Avenue Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£190,000	Sep 2013
3 SUFFOLK AVENUE	Semi-detached	—	—	£188,000	Mar 2013
7 Suffolk Avenue Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£140,000	Oct 2010
14 SUFFOLK AVENUE	Semi-detached	—	—	£210,000	Feb 2008
29 SUFFOLK AVENUE	Terraced	—	—	£190,000	Aug 2007
23, Suffolk Avenue Rainham	Semi-detached	—	—	£165,000	Feb 2006
3 SUFFOLK AVENUE	Semi-detached	—	—	£111,000	Jan 2001
18 SUFFOLK AVENUE	Semi-detached	—	—	£108,000	Oct 2000
21 Suffolk Avenue Rainham	Semi-detached	—	—	£101,000	Oct 2000
13, Suffolk Avenue Rainham	Terraced	—	—	£87,500	Dec 1999
3 SUFFOLK AVENUE	Semi-detached	—	—	£70,000	May 1997
23, Suffolk Avenue Rainham	Semi-detached	—	—	£67,000	Mar 1996

Show all sales ↓

20 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 Medway

Crime runs at 8.8 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 / month8.8

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

By category, 12 months from Medway

Violence & sexual offences

867

Anti-social behaviour

562

Criminal damage & arson

209

Other theft

186

Shoplifting

174

Public order

117

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Medway 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 Medway

Population279,773

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 5/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 45% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 5/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 5/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 45% 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 5 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

5.2/10

Employment

5.0/10

Education & skills

4.5/10

Health & disability

5.2/10

Crime

3.8/10

Housing & services

3.9/10

Living environment

5.9/10

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

Figures for the wider Medway — 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+60%

Unemployment · economically active residents5.7%

Degree-level (Level 4+)26%

Good or very good health82%

Own their home65%

Median age38.9

Born outside the UK14%

See the full Medway report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

86% of the 7 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

6 of 7 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 7 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
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Rainham	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.4 km
St Margaret's Church of England Junior School	Primary	—	0.6 km
St Margaret's Infant School	Primary	—	0.6 km
Riverside Primary School	Primary	Good ('19)	0.8 km
Scallywags (Medway) Limited	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	0.8 km
Thames View Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	0.9 km
Sunshine Thames View Pre-School and Out of School Club	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.9 km
Miers Court Primary School	Primary	—	1.0 km
Rainbow Pre-School and Out of School Club	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.0 km
Rainham School for Girls	Secondary	—	1.1 km
The Howard School	Secondary	—	1.1 km
Rainham Mark Grammar School	Secondary	Good ('22)	1.1 km
Leigh Academy Rainham	Secondary	Good ('24)	1.2 km
Twydall Primary School and Nursery	Primary	Good ('23)	1.8 km
St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School	Primary	—	1.9 km
Parkwood Primary School	Primary	Requires improvement ('23)	2.0 km
Parkwood Pre-School	Nursery	Outstanding ('24)	2.0 km
Parkwood 'Poppets' Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('23)	2.2 km
Parkwood Christian Fellowship Preschool	Nursery	Outstanding ('24)	2.2 km
The Gillingham Nursery	Nursery	Good ('21)	2.4 km
Fairview Community Primary School	Primary	—	2.4 km
Fairview Fledglings	Nursery	Good ('22)	2.4 km
Featherby Infant and Nursery School	Primary	—	2.5 km
Featherby Junior School	Primary	Good ('22)	2.5 km
Conexus Tuition Broadway Class	Nursery	—	2.7 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 0.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS

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

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Mediclinic Pharmacy Rainham	Pharmacy	—	0.2 km
The Rainham Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.3 km
Orchard Family Practice	GP	Good ('22)	0.3 km
Thames Ave Surgery	GP	—	0.5 km
Maidstone Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	0.5 km
Doctors Surgery	Dentist	—	0.6 km
Portman Smile Clinic Rainham	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Maidstone Rd Rainham Surgery	GP	—	0.7 km
Pump Lane Surgery	GP	Good ('22)	1.3 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Waltham Road Medical Centre	GP	Good ('15)	1.9 km
Kentendo (Maidstone Road)	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Toothcare Dental	Dentist	—	1.9 km
J Spensley	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Mjs Patel & Associates	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Uj Patel Imos - Twydall Lane	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Phoenix Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Wigmore Medical Centre	GP	Good ('22)	2.1 km
Eastcourt Lane Surgery	GP	—	2.1 km
Fenns Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Long Catlis Road Surgery	GP	Requires improvement ('23)	2.2 km
Parkwood Health Centre	Dentist	—	2.2 km
7 - 8 Ambley Green Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Mch House	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Parkwood Family Practice	GP	Requires improvement ('23)	2.6 km
Wigmore Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Hempstead Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.1 km
Woodlands Family Practice	GP	Good ('22)	3.2 km
Woodlands Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.2 km
Sturdee Avenue Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.5 km
Mediclinic Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.7 km
Watling Street Dental Care	Dentist	—	3.7 km
Medway Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.1 km
Napier Road Surgery	GP	—	4.1 km
Matrix Medical Practice	GP	Good ('19)	4.2 km
Nelson Road Dental & Implant Centre	Dentist	—	4.2 km
Smiths Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.2 km
Stonecross And West Drive Surgery	GP	—	4.4 km
Street End Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.4 km
Franklin House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.5 km
Newington Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.5 km
Osbon Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.5 km
Pharmacy 1St	Pharmacy	—	4.6 km
Osbon Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.7 km
Balmoral Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.7 km
The Glebe Family Practice	GP	—	4.8 km
Medway Maritime Hospital	Dentist	—	4.9 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	4.9 km
Gillingham Dental Healthcare Practice	Dentist	—	5.0 km
High Street (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	5.1 km
Princes Park Medical Ctr	GP	—	5.1 km
Sunlight Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.1 km
The Churchill Clinic	GP	Good ('19)	5.2 km
The Kings Family Practice	GP	Good ('15)	5.3 km
Network Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.3 km
Morrisons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.3 km
Luton Arches Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.4 km
Wayfield Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.4 km
Lordswood Healthy Living Centre	Dentist	—	5.7 km
Chatham Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.7 km
Lordswood Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.7 km
Bryant Street Medical Practice	GP	Good ('23)	5.8 km
Chatham Dental Centre	Dentist	—	6.0 km
Gibraltar House (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	6.2 km
Ashley Lupin And Associates Ltd	Dentist	—	6.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	6.3 km
Maritime Health Partnership	GP	—	6.7 km
Reach Healthcare	GP	Good ('22)	6.7 km
The Elms Medical Centre	GP	Requires improvement ('23)	6.9 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 Medway

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 36 min from Rochester Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Rainham (Kent) Rail Station	0.1 mi	London St Pancras	49 min
Newington Rail Station	2.7 mi	London Victoria	59 min
Gillingham (Kent) Rail Station	2.9 mi	London St Pancras	44 min
Chatham Rail Station	3.9 mi	London St Pancras	40 min
Rochester Rail Station	4.7 mi	London St Pancras	36 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Rochester Rail Station (36 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

57%

Work from home

26%

Walk or cycle

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging11 points

Per 10,000 residents0.4

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

Environment from Medway

Air quality

NO₂

10.8

— WHO guide

PM2.5

7.4

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1005.6%

Flood zone7.5% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 5–10%)

Historic landfill97 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 buildings644

Conservation areas24

Green belt6.9%

Green spaces3,428

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Medway

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	600	94% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	230	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	40	—
Green spaces & parks	3,428	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

80.4%

Superfast

95.6%

Ultrafast

82.9%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Medway

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

Unemployment rate5.7%

In work (employment rate)59.5%

Companies registered here20,013

New incorporations (12m)2,764

Property companies (SPVs)2,418

See the full Medway report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district