United Kingdom · South East · Local Authority
Maidstone
Non-metropolitan district · South East, England · population ~173k · 65 state-funded schools
Accessible housing costs come at the price of a significant stretch on your income in Maidstone. While the median house price of £365,000 sits below the South East median, the property market remains expensive, with a house price to annual pay ratio of 9.1x. Renting is similarly demanding, consuming 38.2% of median gross earnings. These financial pressures are paired with a deprivation score of 16.5, which is higher than the regional median. On the positive side, the area is exceptionally safe, recording the lowest crime rate in the South East. This location is best suited for those who prioritise personal safety and can manage the high cost of entry relative to local wages.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-10 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%
Very strong
Better than 81% 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
75 state-funded schools · Ofsted Sep 2026
63 of 65 (96.9%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 10 schools are on the post-2024 report-card framework and don't roll up into the legacy total. 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.