Areas · South East

Area guide · South East

Medway

How Medway compares with every council area in England and Wales, on official figures only (292,697 people, mid-2025). Ranked 1st = best for someone living there. There is no overall score: the places are too different for one number to be honest.

Gigabit broadband
90.4%
140th fastest of 318
lastmiddle area: 89.4%1st
Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026
Average house price
£298,547
166th most affordable of 317
lastmiddle area: £289,2821st
HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, July 2026
Price change over 12 months
+1.1%
190th fastest rising of 317
lastmiddle area: +1.8%1st
HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, July 2026
Fine particles (PM2.5)
7.7 µg/m³
268th cleanest of 318
lastmiddle area: 6.9 µg/m³1st
Defra modelled background PM2.5, 2024 (WHO guideline 5 µg/m³)
Recorded crime
Not ranked. The official figures for this part of Kent are known to be wrong for this year (a police recording problem), so we will not rank on them.
ONS / Home Office police recorded crime, year ending March 2026
Deprivation rank
85 / 296
212th least deprived of 296
lastmiddle area: 148.5 / 2961st
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); 1 = most deprived

Flood risk and road noise are not here because no official figure exists for a whole council area. Both vary street by street, which is what the free check reads.

Check a street in Medway

These figures are for the whole area. The free check reads one postcode: flood, crime, noise and the station, in seconds.

League tables for South East

Fastest broadbandMost affordable homesFastest-rising pricesCleanest airLowest recorded crimeLeast deprived (England)

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