United Kingdom · South East · Local Authority
Maidstone
Non-metropolitan district · South East, England · population ~173k · 65 state-funded schools
Affordable to rent, but not to buy. Maidstone offers a median monthly rent that takes 38.2% of gross median earnings, a manageable proportion, and its recorded crime rate is the lowest in the South East. However, the price of property is steep, with a median house costing 9.1 times annual pay, and council tax is above the regional median. While school quality matches the South East average, the area is more deprived than average. This could suit renters prioritising low crime and decent schools over home ownership or career progression.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Maidstone ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£40,253/yr
Mid
Better than 59% of UK LAs
House price
£365,000
Expensive
Worse than 73% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,282/mo
Expensive
Worse than 71% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,503/yr
Expensive
Worse than 70% of UK LAs
Crime
0.2/1k
Safest
Better than 100% of UK LAs
Deprivation
16.5
Mid
Better than 59% of UK LAs
Schools
96.9%
Strong
Better than 79% of UK LAs
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
65 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
63 of 65 (96.9%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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65 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 65 schools, sortable and filterable.
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What we don't know yet
Commute times · GP appointment availability · broadband speeds · air quality at LA level · green-space proximity · public transport coverage. These matter for a relocation decision. We'll add them when the source data is reliable nationally and consistent across LA boundaries.