Murston Area Guide | £268k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
6,940
Households
2,656
Crimes · Jun '26
High · 15.9 per 1k
2,656
Households
White Brit. · 78%
Ethnicity
Christian · 47%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
High · 15.9 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£267,800
Median property price
175
Postcodes
2,656
Households
White Brit. · 78%
Ethnicity
Christian · 47%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
High · 15.9 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£267,800
Median property price
175
Postcodes

Sold prices in Murston

England & Wales
Property sales · Murston
HM Land Registry · Murston
Average price
£271,821
YoY: -0.0%
Median price: £263,333
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 4 sales · avg £243,625
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£328k£276k£225k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Murston

England & Wales
Crime trends · Murston

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
39
YoY +77%
392714
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
36
YoY +50%
39225
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
3
YoY —
950
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
6
YoY —
630
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
10
YoY -9%
1272
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

1 of 5 key categories improving · violent crime rising

110
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Murston

High flood risk in part of this area

3 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Tidal Models · Tidal Models and Tidal Events

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Kent.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Swale is the district council. School applications go through Kent.

Apply for a primary place via Kent

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Murston

GPs make up most of the mapped places

19 GPs · 8 Libraries · 6 Museums · 37 in all

  • GPs19
  • Libraries8
  • Museums6
  • Hospitals4

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of Murston

Coordinates51.3435, 0.7565
Postcodes
175
Population (Census)
6,940
Households (Census)
2,656
Recorded crime · Jun '26
High · 15.9 per 1k

Demographics in Murston

Ethnicity

Total residents: 6,948
White Brit.78.2%
Other White9.6%
African4.2%
+ other · 8.0%

Religion

Total residents: 6,940
Christian46.7%
No religion45.7%
Not answered5.4%
Muslim1.1%
+ other · 1.1%

Age groups

Total residents: 6,940
35–4921.5%
50–6416.1%
25–3415.8%
10–159.2%
5–97.9%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.6%

Households

Total households: 2,656
Other17.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children15.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.3%
Any member 66+9.2%
Cohabiting couple family: With dependent children9.0%
+ 7 other households · 39.7%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Murston

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 3.28 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 3.28 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Murston