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A town of 3,915 in Kent, South East.
Queenborough grades D overall against UK towns: better than 14% of UK towns, and #73 of 87 in Kent. Its strongest subject is walkability (A−): 20% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is safety (D): 49.7 violent and sexual offences and 23.4 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. Among UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, it has less crime per resident than 5%. The median home sold for £231,000 in the last three years, 4.2 times what households in the Swale council area earn in a year.
The 3 things Queenborough does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Queenborough is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 23 buildings inside Queenborough’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*, and 1 scheduled monument.
29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Queenborough.
For Queenborough, that is below both Kent’s towns (29%) and England’s towns (34%). Children under 15 make up 22% of residents. The median resident of Queenborough is 35.8 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Queenborough | Kent | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 29% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.4% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 15% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Kent and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Queenborough School and Nursery’s results beat 92% of schools in England like it. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queenborough School and NurseryLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 470 | A |
Homes saw 23.4 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, above both Kent’s towns (12.3) and England’s towns (9.4). Police recorded 404 crimes inside Queenborough’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 111 reports of anti-social behaviour. For its size, Queenborough records more crime per resident than 95% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
Queenborough sits above both Kent’s towns (5.1%) and England’s towns (5.2%) on this measure. Queenborough has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 1.6 miles away. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
| Census 2021 | Queenborough | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 78% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.2% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 21% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 13% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
That puts Queenborough above both Kent’s towns (2.7%) and England’s towns (2.3%). Household income averages £48K a year before tax.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
On this, Queenborough is above both Kent’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (16%). Queenborough has 23 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 0 Grade I, 1 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
In the comparison, Queenborough comes below both Kent’s towns (65%) and England’s towns (61%). Private renters make up 26% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £280,000 | 5 |
| Semi-detached | £255,000 | 39 |
| Terraced | £230,000 | 59 |
| Flat or maisonette | £130,000 | 5 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Queenborough. Best known first.
CastleQueenborough Castlein town
FortDummy Battery3.5 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumQueenborough Guildhall Museumin townFortFortGrain Fort4.5 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumMinster Abbey Gatehouse Museum3.8 km outside town, to the eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
23 listed buildings in Queenborough.
Parish Church of the Holy Trinity: Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Vicarage: Photo: Ethan Doyle White · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 20, High Street: Photo: Ethan Doyle White · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mill House: Photo: Stefan Czapski · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queenborough | 3,915 | — | D | B | D | C− |
| Halfway Houses | 4,396 | 1.1 | C | B− | C+ | C |
| Sheerness | 13,253 | 1.6 | D | B+ | D− | D− |
| Minster (Swale) | 16,735 | 2.3 | D | C+ | C | C− |
| Iwade | 4,533 | 2.8 | C+ | C | A− | C+ |
| Grain | 1,728 | 3.2 | — | B− | C+ | D |
| Lower Halstow | 1,210 | 4.6 | — | C− | A | B− |
| Eastchurch | 3,381 | 4.7 | D− | B+ | D− | D− |
Grain and Lower Halstow have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Police recorded 404 crimes inside Queenborough’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 44% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
At the 2021 Census, 11% of Queenborough’s 3,915 residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over, against 12% and 18% across England’s towns.
That is 2.4 times the typical UK town for its size. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Kent council.
Town in Kent, England
Queenborough is a built-up area of 3,915 people, in the Swale council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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