Strong on transport
Penenden Heath at a glance
- House prices
- £276,000
- Middle44th percentile
- Schools
- 61st percentile
- Middle
- Transport
- 80th percentile
- Strong
- Crime rate
- 81.2 per 1,000 residents
- Middle37th percentile
- Flood risk
- 0.9% of the area in flood zones
- Less flood-zone land20th percentile
Underlying data dates vary by measure.
How to read these figuresIs Penenden Heath a good place to live?
Penenden Heath may be a good fit for people who value stronger transport access. These headline measures are a starting point; check the specific home and the routes you would use.
You can also compare nearby neighbourhoods in Maidstone below.
Best fit and trade-offs
May suit
- Movers who value stronger transport access
Watch out for
Check the exact address, school admissions and your daily journeys. Area averages cannot describe every street.
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Crime rate in Penenden Heath
Crime rate
- Crime rate
- 81.2 per 1,000 residents
- Percentile
- 37th percentile nationally
Recorded crime is relatively higher; higher percentiles indicate lower crime.
Recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to June 2026. Higher crime percentiles indicate lower recorded crime. Busy centres can show high rates because crimes are counted where they happen but divided by the people who live there.
House prices in Penenden Heath
House prices
- Median sale price
- £276,000
- Percentile
- 44th percentile nationally
House prices are around the national middle range.
Median of 160 standard sales over the 12 months to June 2026, from HM Land Registry. Lower price percentiles indicate lower prices nationally. This is an area figure, not a valuation of a particular home.
Schools in Penenden Heath
Schools
61st percentile nationally
Higher percentiles indicate stronger schools indicators nationally.
Flood risk in Penenden Heath
Flood risk
0.9% of the area in flood zones 2 or 3
Land in Environment Agency river and sea flood zones 2 or 3. Zone 3, the higher-probability zone, covers 0.6% of the area. That is the 20th percentile among neighbourhoods in England, where higher means more flood-zone land. Surface water is not included, and this is not an address-level assessment: check the flood map for the specific property.
Transport in Penenden Heath
Transport
80th percentile nationally
Higher percentiles indicate stronger transport indicators nationally.
What the full report adds
This public guide covers headline signals for crime, house prices, schools, flood risk and transport. The full report adds deeper lifestyle, health, green space, family and local life data, plus tools to compare and shortlist neighbourhoods.
FAQs
Is Penenden Heath a good place to live?
Penenden Heath may be a good fit for people who value stronger transport access. These headline measures are a starting point; check the specific home and the routes you would use.
Is Penenden Heath safe?
Penenden Heath ranks in the 37th percentile for crime data; in this dataset, a higher percentile indicates lower crime.
What are house prices like in Penenden Heath?
The median sale price was £276,000 in the 12 months to June 2026. House prices are in the 44th percentile nationally; lower percentiles indicate lower prices.
How are schools in Penenden Heath?
Schools rank in the 61st percentile nationally for this public profile.
What neighbourhoods are near Penenden Heath?
Nearby public profiles include Ringlestone in Maidstone and Senacre in Maidstone.
