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117 recorded sales · median £199,850 · Medway
Medway Council · Labour-controlled 31/59 seats · 53% · OCD 2026
68/100
Good
AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£200k
median price
8.8
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£200k
median sold price
8.3 yrs
of local pay to buy
33 min
London — fastest
8
rail stations
6
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
40
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
£196,700 in 2023 → £151,900 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 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 £199,850. That's about 8.3× local earnings — around the 8.8× five-year average.
Sold price history
2025 · 2 sales
Median sold price · median of all 117 sales£199,850
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%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,319
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 Whiffens 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 |
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 Whiffens Avenue — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 2 Garrison Point 2 Whiffens Avenue | Flat | — | — | £149,800 | Dec 2025 |
| Flat 45 Garrison Point 6 Whiffens Avenue | Flat | — | — | £154,000 | Dec 2025 |
| Flat 6 Garrison Point 2 Whiffens Avenue | Flat | — | — | £263,000 | Mar 2024 |
| Flat 79 Garrison Point 10 Whiffens Avenue | Flat | — | — | £325,000 | Mar 2024 |
| Flat 114 Garrison Point 14 Whiffens Avenue | Flat | — | — | £360,000 | Mar 2024 |
| Flat 113 Garrison Point 14 Whiffens Avenue | Flat | — | — | £360,000 | Mar 2024 |
| Flat 109 Garrison Point 14 Whiffens Avenue | Flat | — | — | £325,000 | Mar 2024 |
| Flat 105 Garrison Point 14 Whiffens Avenue | Flat | — | — | £325,000 | Mar 2024 |
| Flat 87 Garrison Point 10 Whiffens Avenue | Flat | — | — | £360,000 | Mar 2024 |
| Flat 86 Garrison Point 10 Whiffens Avenue | Flat | — | — | £360,000 | Mar 2024 |
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 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
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%
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brompton-Westbrook Primary School | Primary | — | 0.4 km |
| Busy Bees Day Nursery at Gillingham Brompton | Nursery | Good ('23) | 0.4 km |
| Cambridge Tuition Centre | Nursery | — | 0.4 km |
| Benjamin Rabbit Nursery | Nursery | Good ('21) | 0.6 km |
| Poppins Pre-School | Nursery | Good ('23) | 0.7 km |
| St Michael Catholic Primary and Nursery School | Primary | — | 0.8 km |
| Hedgehogs Chatham Day Nursery | Nursery | Good ('24) | 0.8 km |
| New Road Primary School | Primary | — | 0.8 km |
| Brompton Academy | Secondary | Inspected '24 — see report | 0.9 km |
| St John's Church of England Infant School | Primary | Good ('24) | 0.9 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
25
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.7 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest dentists · nearest 0.4 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
13 of 15 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boots | Pharmacy | — | 0.3 km |
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 0.4 km |
| Premier Dental Care | Dentist | — | 0.5 km |
| Ashley Lupin And Associates Ltd | Dentist | — | 0.5 km |
| Gibraltar House (Dental Surgery) | Dentist | — | 0.6 km |
| Chatham Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.7 km |
| Brompton Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.7 km |
| Bryant Street Medical Practice | GP | Good ('23) | 0.7 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 33 min from Strood Rail Station.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatham Rail Station | 0.4 mi | London St Pancras | 40 min |
| Gillingham (Kent) Rail Station | 1.0 mi | London St Pancras | 44 min |
| Rochester Rail Station | 1.0 mi | London St Pancras | 36 min |
| Strood Rail Station | 1.4 mi | London St Pancras | 33 min |
| Cuxton Rail Station | 3.0 mi | — | no direct train |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Strood Rail Station (33 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
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
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
% 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
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district