Step Style, Swale, Kent

Step Style is classified by the ONS as Industrious Transitions. Step Style is in the top 20% of highest crime postcodes (see map). The road is in the top 20% most deprived in the country.

Geography

Step Style is located in the Roman ward of the Swale district in Kent.
Coordinates 51.331756, 0.752783
Grid Ref TQ918627
Suburb Snipeshill
Constituency Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Postcodes ME10 4LJ

House Prices

The average house price in Step Style is 100% higher than the rest of Swale. The last sale we have on record is 9 Step Style, that sold for £210,000. The average house price in Swale is £0 as of June 2023.

Average House Prices

Recent sales in Step Style

Date No. Type Price
30/04/2021 9 Terrace £210,000

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Crime in Step Style, Kent

There were no street crime incidents recorded by Kent Police in Step Style during July 2024.

Crime Deprivation

The Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) government statistics have a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal crime. We have taken the lower super output area (LSOA) that includes Step Style and compared that to the average for the Roman ward.

You are more likely to be a victim of personal crime in Step Style, when compared to the average EIMD rank for the Roman ward

Social economic statistics for Step Style

These statistics are taken from the English Index of Multiple Deprivation's decile figures, with 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. As these are decile figures, a score of 1 for example would mean Step Style is on the top 10% of most deprived LSOAs, conversely a score of 10 would mean Step Style is in the top 10% of least deprived LSOAs in the country.

Income Deprivation

The Income Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of the population in and around Step Style experiencing deprivation relating to low income.
Residents in around Step Style are in the top 20% of most income deprived in the country.

Employment Deprivation

The Employment Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of working-age residents in and around Step Style involuntarily excluded from the labour market. This includes the unemployed, those who are sick or disabled, or have caring responsibilities.
Residents in Step Style are in the top 20% of the most employment deprived in the country

Health & Disability Deprivation

The Health Deprivation and Disability Domain measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health. This does not include aspects of behaviour or the environment that may be lead to predicted future health and disability problems.
Residents in Step Style are in the top 30% of the most health & disability deprived in the country

Index of Multiple Deprivation

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is an overall relative measure of deprivation constructed by combining seven measures of deprivation. It encapsulates a broad socio-economic view of Step Style, from outside living quality, housing quality, access to services and crime.
Residents in Step Style are in the top 20% of the most deprived in the country

2021 Census for Step Style

We chosen some choice data from the 2021 census, that will hopefully give you socio-economic a snapshot of Step Style.

Unemployment in Step Style

The census is now the only reliable source to find the proportion of residents that are unemployed or under-employed as the Department for Work and pensions no longer do so and haven't since the introduction of Universal Credit.
1.91% of Step Style residents were unemployed during the Covid 19 pandemic

Retirees (OAPs) in Step Style

The proportion of retirees in a road should give you an indication of the demographics of Step Style. The proportion of retirees on Step Style is 0.28% lower than the national average of 18.6%.
18.32% of Step Style residents were retired during the last census

Home ownership in Step Style

The proportion of home owners on Step Style is 18.7% higher than the national average of 62%. 14.04% of properties in Step Style are private rented and 4.39% are social rented.
80.7% of residents of Step Style own their home

Country of Birth of Step Style residents

The proportion if Step Style residents born in the UK is 5.74% higher than the England national average of 82.65%. 11.61% of Step Style residents were born outside the UK.
88.39% of Step Style residents were born in the UK

Step Style Summary

With house prices in Step Style less than the average for Kent and very high levels of income depirvation, this is an indicator of a very poor road. Step Style has a higher level of home ownership than the national average. This is an indicator that finding private rented accomodation in Step Style maybe difficult.

Step Style has very high levels of employment deprivation, suggesting that finding work in the local area maybe harder compared to the rest of the country.

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