Boxley & Detling

Maidstone · South East · population 7,319 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

79Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,465 of 6,856 in England
  • #401 of 1,119 in South East
  • #5 of 19 in Maidstone
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,177
Median age (est.)43
Density176per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above31%
No car or van4%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 31%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 47%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 47%Social rent 3%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 21%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 7%Other: 16%
One person 21%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 7%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional16%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 1%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 1%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 43% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Boxley & Detling is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,465 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 19 in Maidstone. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (94) but weak on Housing & access (10). Typical homes here sold for about £400,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+2%) (from 108 sales), 10% above the wider Maidstone median of £365,000. Typical household take-home income is around £49,369 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 52 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 88 · #793
Employment 94 · #416
Education 76 · #1,657
Health 90 · #670
Crime 64 · #2,473
Housing & access 10 · #6,133
Living environment 59 · #2,822

House prices ?

£400,000median (12m) · +11.1% yr · n=108
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£400,000108+11.1%+2.2%
Detached£525,00050+4.0%+8.8%
Semi-detached£340,00025-12.3%-9.8%
Terraced£285,00031+3.6%+19.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£400,000
Maidstone£365,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£49,369±£6,875 · #1,171 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,778
Price-to-income ?8.1×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

59Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

52 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 383 offences
Maidstone74
South East71
England83

Rank #2,296 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences131
Theft69
Burglary18
Vehicle crime53
Criminal damage & arson57
Public order & weapons24
Drugs8
Robbery0
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 88 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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