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Park Wood & Mangravet

Ward

Central Maidstone. About 8,204 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.9 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 65% of people in Park Wood & Mangravet live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
7,921
3,451st most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
65%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Park Wood & Mangravet compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Park Wood & MangravetMiddle
Population22 wards, Maidstone · 2021
Population: every ward in Maidstone22 areas from 2,796 to 12,698. The middle area is 7,784. Park Wood & Mangravet is 7,921.
7,92111th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares22 wards, Maidstone · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Maidstone22 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Park Wood & Mangravet is 65.0%.
65%5th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage22 wards, Maidstone · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Maidstone22 areas from 59.3% to 96.7%. The middle area is 81.0%. Park Wood & Mangravet is 95.6%.
95.6%2nd highest
Claimant rate22 wards, Maidstone · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Maidstone22 areas from 1.5% to 7.6%. The middle area is 3.0%. Park Wood & Mangravet is 5.3%.
5.3%2nd highest

Is Park Wood & Mangravet safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Park Wood & Mangravet at a rate of 117.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 85.4 per 1,000 people across Maidstone.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 135 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Park Wood & Mangravet.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (442), anti-social behaviour (278) and other crime (153).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Maidstone

These figures are published for the whole of Maidstone, not for each ward, so they describe all of Maidstone and not Park Wood & Mangravet alone. See Maidstone

Average house price
£352,878
Down 1.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,191
165th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.2×
Joint 78th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
18.1
137th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Park Wood & Mangravet in brief

Park Wood & Mangravet had 7,921 usual residents at the census.

About 65% of people in Park Wood & Mangravet live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Park Wood & Mangravet, 95.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Park Wood & Mangravet, 5.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.