Strood North & Frindsbury
WardWest Medway. About 15,510 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Strood North & Frindsbury live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Strood North & Frindsbury compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Strood North & Frindsbury safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Strood North & Frindsbury at a rate of 74.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 102.4 per 1,000 people across Medway.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 84 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Strood North & Frindsbury.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (436), anti-social behaviour (195) and other crime (175).
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 Medway
These figures are published for the whole of Medway, not for each ward, so they describe all of Medway and not Strood North & Frindsbury alone. See Medway
Strood North & Frindsbury in brief
Strood North & Frindsbury had 14,983 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Strood North & Frindsbury live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Strood North & Frindsbury, 90.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Strood North & Frindsbury, 3.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.