United Kingdom · South East · Local Authority
Medway
Unitary authority · South East, England · population ~279k · 103 state-funded schools
Affordable housing comes at the cost of lower pay. Medway offers a median house price 7.7 times median annual earnings, below the South East average, and rents take a manageable 37% of gross pay. However, weekly earnings are £773.30, below the regional median. Recorded crime is exceptionally low at 0.3 per 1,000, and schools are strong with 94.7% rated Good or Outstanding. This suits those prioritising a lower property cost and safety over higher earning potential, but it is the most deprived area in the South East.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Medway ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£40,212/yr
Mid
Better than 58% of UK LAs
House price
£310,000
Mid-range
Worse than 58% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,241/mo
Expensive
Worse than 68% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,329/yr
Cheap
Better than 74% of UK LAs
Crime
0.3/1k
Safest
Better than 99% of UK LAs
Deprivation
23.9
High
Worse than 70% of UK LAs
Schools
93.1%
Mid
Around UK average
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
103 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
95 of 102 (93.1%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 1 school is on the post-2024 report-card framework and don't roll up into the legacy total. How we count →
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103 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 103 schools, sortable and filterable.
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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.