Strood North & Frindsbury

Medway · South East · population 8,214 · 5 LSOAs

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

25Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,167 of 6,856 in England
  • #1,009 of 1,119 in South East
  • #28 of 38 in Medway
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,239
Median age (est.)37
Density6,352per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above25%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 10%25–44 31%45–64 26%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 32%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 11%Private rent 32%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 15%Other: 13%
One person 29%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 15%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Elementary 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Elementary14%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure10%
Process & plant10%
Managers & directors9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%

Ethnic group

White: 82%Asian: 8%Black: 5%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 82%Asian 8%Black 5%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 40% · Sikh 3%

Born outside the UK: 16%

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

Strood North & Frindsbury is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,167 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #28 of 38 in Medway. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (33) and lowest on Crime (10). Typical homes here sold for about £260,750 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 112 sales), 16% below the wider Medway median of £310,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,840 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 91 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 30 · #4,769
Employment 30 · #4,797
Education 30 · #4,817
Health 33 · #4,618
Crime 10 · #6,140
Housing & access 24 · #5,194
Living environment 17 · #5,688

House prices ?

£260,750median (12m) · +2.3% yr · n=112
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£260,750112+2.3%+12.2%
Detached£415,00011-10.8%+3.8%
Semi-detached£310,00020+6.9%+10.1%
Terraced£256,25074+2.5%+20.0%
Flat£155,0007+24.0%+24.0%
This area£260,750
Medway£310,000
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)£40,840±£5,696 · #3,160 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,708
Price-to-income ?6.4×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

43Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

91 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 745 offences
Medway86
South East71
England83

Rank #4,576 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences357
Theft159
Burglary10
Vehicle crime34
Criminal damage & arson73
Public order & weapons49
Drugs34
Robbery10
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 133 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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