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Kent

1,855,844 people · median £342,427

65/100
Mixed
AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£342k
median price
8
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£342k
median sold price
9.6 yrs
of local pay to buy
130
rail stations
39
grammar schools
829
schools total
8
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
8.6
NO₂ · WHO 10
8.7%
in a flood zone
12,594
green spaces
6.9
PM2.5 · WHO 5
4,588
eat & drink
1,265
shops
68.2%
gigabit
288
gyms & leisure

Tiles show county’s own prices and crime; schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

Not enough history to chart yet.
Below this county: Kent is an aggregation of its districts — every figure above sums or population-weights them. Click any district in the tables for its own full report.

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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-05
Affordability2025
Crime2026-06
Census2021
Schools2026
Health2026/2025
Transport2026
Broadband2024-07
Environment2023–24
Heritage & planning2026
Amenities2026
Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This county

A typical home here sells for £342,427. That's about 9.6× local earnings.

Sold price history

Not enough history to chart yet.
Median sold price£342,427
Price per square metre£3,242
HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay9.6×
HM Land Registry, 12 months

£3,242 per square metre

What this means ▾

The sold price divided by the home's recorded floor area, which makes differently-sized homes easier to compare.

HM Land Registry + EPC floor areas

Prices by district 13 districts — the county, broken down

DistrictMedian price5-year changeSales, 12m
Ashford£340,000
Canterbury£330,000
Dartford£365,000
Dover£285,000
Folkestone and Hythe£307,500
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

How safe is it? This county

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 the wider district

Street-level category counts weren’t available from police.uk for Kent this month.

Recorded crimes by category across the whole the wider district 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? This county

Population1,855,844

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis)
ONS Census 2021

Schools This county

Ofsted

0 nearest 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 0 nearest schools

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

Health This county

Getting around This county

EV charging145 points

Per 10,000 residents0.8
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment This county

Air quality

NO₂
8.6
— WHO guide
10
PM2.5
6.9
— WHO guide
5
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
A population-weighted county average across Kent’s districts — air quality varies locally. See the per-district ranking.

Ground checks

Flood zone8.7% of postcodes
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 buildings18,047
Conservation areas530
Green spaces12,594
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities This county

What's here

CategoryCountNote
Eat & drink4,588
Shops1,265supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds288
Green spaces & parks12,594filled areas on the map
OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit
68.2%
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy This county

At a glance

CountTrend, 12 months
Companies registered here141,865
Companies House
Sources & dates: every figure carries its own source line with the data vintage; the full table is in Overview → "All figures, sources and dates".

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