Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea

Maidstone · South East · population 9,205 · 5 LSOAs

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,506 of 6,856 in England
  • #407 of 1,119 in South East
  • #6 of 19 in Maidstone
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,054
Median age (est.)45
Density1,573per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above31%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 26%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 8%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 9%Other: 21%
One person 23%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 9%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors15%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 39% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,506 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 19 in Maidstone. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (84) but weak on Housing & access (21). Typical homes here sold for about £400,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 100 sales), 10% above the wider Maidstone median of £365,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,699 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 47 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 78 · #1,534
Employment 77 · #1,582
Education 68 · #2,212
Health 83 · #1,157
Crime 64 · #2,452
Housing & access 21 · #5,441
Living environment 84 · #1,067

House prices ?

£400,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=100
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£400,0001000.0%+9.6%
Detached£505,00026+9.8%+14.1%
Semi-detached£396,50054+3.7%+16.6%
Terraced£302,50014-2.4%+4.0%
Flat£182,5006-0.8%
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)£44,699±£6,254 · #2,149 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,626
Price-to-income ?8.9×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 ?

58Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

47 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 436 offences
Maidstone74
South East71
England83

Rank #1,894 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences219
Theft44
Burglary15
Vehicle crime21
Criminal damage & arson84
Public order & weapons19
Drugs14
Robbery1
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 103 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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