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32 recorded sales · median £138,250 · Medway
Medway Council · Labour-controlled 31/59 seats · 53% · OCD 2026
71/100
Good
Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£138k
median price
10.1
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£138k
median sold price
8.3 yrs
of local pay to buy
33 min
London — fastest
8
rail stations mapped
6
grammar schools
115
schools total
10.1
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
962
Violence — most
10.8
NO₂ · WHO 10
7.5%
in a flood zone
3,574
green spaces
7.4
PM2.5 · WHO 5
597
eat & drink
233
shops
80.4%
gigabit
41
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
£60,975 in 1999 → £181,000 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
Prices2026-09-09
Affordability2025
Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2026 (control)
Crime2026-08
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 £138,250. That's about 8.3× local earnings — around the 8.8× five-year average.
Sold price history
2015 · 4 sales
Median sold price · 12 months to Sep 2026 · 32 sales£138,250
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
Resold at a loss from Medway17.4%
Of the homes across Medway that sold again within five years, 17.4% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. In line with South East (17.4%).
By property type
Semi-detached houses0%
Terraced houses0%
Flats18.6%
New-build vs second-hand
Bought new22.5%
Bought second-hand14.9%
Overall
Typical resale gain+14.8% · ~6.9-yr hold
Same home sold twice within five years (968 resale pairs) across Medway — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted
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 Windward Road 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 Windward Road — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Windward Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £235,000 | Sep 2025 |
| 29, Windward Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £295,000 | Apr 2024 |
| 52 Windward Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £245,000 | Feb 2022 |
| 14, Windward Road | Terraced | — | — | £150,000 | Feb 2020 |
| 35, Windward Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £215,000 | Jan 2019 |
| 25, Windward Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £215,000 | Nov 2015 |
| 50, Windward Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £177,000 | Oct 2015 |
| 24 WINDWARD ROAD | Terraced | — | — | £175,000 | Jun 2015 |
| 23, Windward Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £185,000 | Jan 2015 |
| 6, Windward Road | Terraced | — | — | £158,500 | Jul 2014 |
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 10.1 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 / month10.1
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. 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 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 3 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
3 of 3 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 3 nearest inspected schools
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top of the Hill Pre-school Ltd | Nursery | — | 0.0 km |
| Crest Infant School | Primary | — | 0.2 km |
| The Nest Nursery | Nursery | — | 0.2 km |
| Delce Academy | Primary | Good ('24) | 0.2 km |
| The Rochester Grammar School | Secondary | Good ('23) | 0.3 km |
| Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School | Secondary | Outstanding ('23) | 0.4 km |
| Little Explorers | Nursery | Outstanding ('20) | 0.4 km |
| St Luke's Pre-School (Rochester) | Nursery | Good ('24) | 0.5 km |
| The Thomas Aveling School | Secondary | — | 0.6 km |
| St William of Perth Roman Catholic Primary School | Primary | — | 0.7 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
At a glance
| Here | |
|---|---|
| Life expectancy — men | 78.8 yrs |
| Life expectancy — women | 82.8 yrs |
| Smoking | 11.2% |
| Adults overweight or obese | 68% |
OHID Fingertips · district-level figures (the health-outcomes grain)
25
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.6 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest dentists · nearest 0.6 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.5 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.5 km |
| Karsons Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.6 km |
| City Way Surgery | GP | — | 0.6 km |
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 0.6 km |
| Dental Dept. | Dentist | — | 0.8 km |
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 0.8 km |
| Karsons Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 1.0 km |
| Rochester Healthy Living Centre | Dentist | — | 1.1 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 — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatham | 1.1 mi | London Bridge | 39 min |
| Rochester | 1.4 mi | London Bridge | 35 min |
| Cuxton | 1.8 mi | — | no direct train |
| Strood | 1.9 mi | London St Pancras | 33 min |
| Gillingham (Kent) | 2.3 mi | London Bridge | 43 min |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Strood (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 spaces3,574
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Medway
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 597 | 94% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 233 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 41 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 3,574 | 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 here59,928
New incorporations (12m)9,147
Property companies (SPVs)7,323
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district