# Hoo St Werburgh Town in Medway, South East. Hoo St Werburgh is a town in Medway, South East. Median sale price £332,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 61.8 per 1,000 people. About 9,981 people. Town. Code E63005066. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway) Hoo St Werburgh is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Hoo St Werburgh add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £332,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Hoo St Werburgh was £332,000 in 2025. Joint 326th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/hoo-st-werburgh#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 8,758** (2021). Hoo St Werburgh had 8,758 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 128th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/hoo-st-werburgh#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Hoo St Werburgh live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/hoo-st-werburgh#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.6%** (January 2026). In Hoo St Werburgh, 91.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/hoo-st-werburgh#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63005066) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Hoo St Werburgh live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63005066) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 121 homes were sold in Hoo St Werburgh in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63005066) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Hoo St Werburgh. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63005066) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Hoo St Werburgh had 8,758 usual residents at the census. ## How Hoo St Werburgh compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Hoo St Werburgh | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £332,000 | joint 49th cheapest | 209 towns, South East · 2025 | | Population | 8,758 | 25th least populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 91.6% | joint 89th highest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 | ## Is Hoo St Werburgh safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hoo St Werburgh at a rate of 61.8 per 1,000 people. That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 85 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hoo St Werburgh. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (258), anti-social behaviour (176) and other crime (88). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Hoo St Werburgh was 68.8 per 1,000 people. 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. ## Deprivation in Hoo St Werburgh, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Hoo St Werburgh has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Hoo St Werburgh | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Medway 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016074) | 2,038 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 75.5% | | [Medway 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016075) | 1,729 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% | | [Medway 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016077) | 1,595 | 104.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.8% | | [Medway 003F](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01035286) | 1,744 | 58.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.5% | | [Medway 003G](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01035287) | 1,842 | 55.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.3% | ## Your MP - [Rochester and Strood](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/rochester-and-strood): Lauren Edwards (Labour), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway) ## Postcode districts covering Hoo St Werburgh [ME3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me3) ## Middle areas in Hoo St Werburgh [Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/hoo-st-werburgh-and-high-halstow) ## Towns near Hoo St Werburgh [Gillingham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gillingham-medway), [Rochester](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rochester), [Chatham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chatham), [Canvey Island](https://openindex.co.uk/town/canvey-island), [Stanford-le-Hope](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stanford-le-hope), [Gravesend](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gravesend) ## Hoo St Werburgh in brief Hoo St Werburgh is a town in Medway, South East. About 9,981 people lived in Hoo St Werburgh in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £332,000 in 2025 across 121 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 61.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Hoo St Werburgh was £332,000 in 2025. Hoo St Werburgh had 8,758 usual residents at the census. About 0% of people in Hoo St Werburgh live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Hoo St Werburgh, 91.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63005066 - Constituency: [Rochester and Strood †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/rochester-and-strood) - Council: [Medway †](https://openindex.co.uk/medway) - Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 1.98 km² - People, mid-2024: 9,981* - Neighbourhoods: 5 - Output areas: 27 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Gillingham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gillingham-medway), [Rochester](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rochester), [Chatham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chatham), [Canvey Island](https://openindex.co.uk/town/canvey-island), [Stanford-le-Hope](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stanford-le-hope), [Gravesend](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gravesend) ## Latest updates for Hoo St Werburgh - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. - GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63005066 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/hoo-st-werburgh, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/hoo-st-werburgh#f-house-sales-median-price. 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