4,612
Households
White Brit. · 91%
Ethnicity
Christian · 56%
Religion
Among the least deprived
Avg IMD
45 · 4.1 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£395,500
Median property price
255
Postcodes
Overview of Bearsted & Downswood
Coordinates51.2685, 0.5710
Postcodes
255
Population (Census)
11,056
Households (Census)
4,612
Recorded crime · May '26
45 · 4.1 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Bearsted & Downswood
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Among the least deprived
Mean decile 9.22 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Among the least deprived on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 9.22 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Bearsted & Downswood
Property sales · Bearsted & Downswood
HM Land Registry · Bearsted & Downswood
Average price
£467,606
YoY: -4.1%
Median price: £415,417
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – May '26May '26: 3 sales · avg £377,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£572k£469k£366k
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
Transactions are hidden by default.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Police Recorded Crime in Bearsted & Downswood
Crime trends · Bearsted & Downswood
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
1592
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
8
YoY -47%
ASB
28140
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
28
YoY +211%
Vehicle Crime
530
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
0
YoY -100%
Burglary
530
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
0
YoY -100%
Criminal damage
530
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
2
YoY stable
Demographics in Bearsted & Downswood
Ethnicity
White Brit.90.6%
Other White3.1%
Indian1.0%
White Irish1.0%
+ other · 4.2%
Religion
Christian55.6%
No religion36.8%
Not answered5.4%
+ other · 2.1%
Age groups
50–6420.2%
35–4919.6%
65–7413.4%
75–849.3%
25–348.3%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.1%
Households
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children18.8%
All members 66+16.7%
Any member 66+15.9%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.6%
Other9.9%
+ 7 other households · 27.2%
Schools in Bearsted & Downswood
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Madginford Primary School
Kent · ME15 8LH
Good
0.4 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
Roseacre Junior School
Kent · ME14 4BL
Good
0.3 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 7–11
Thurnham Church of England Infant School
Kent · ME14 4BL
Good
0.3 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 5–7
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Bearsted & Downswood
Postcodes in Bearsted & Downswood
ME14 4AHME14 4AJME14 4ALME14 4ANME14 4APME14 4ARME14 4ASME14 4ATME14 4AUME14 4AWME14 4AXME14 4AYME14 4AZME14 4BAME14 4BBME14 4BDME14 4BEME14 4BFME14 4BGME14 4BHME14 4BJME14 4BLME14 4BNME14 4BPME14 4BSME14 4BTME14 4BUME14 4BWME14 4BXME14 4BYME14 4BZME14 4DAME14 4DBME14 4DDME14 4DEME14 4DFME14 4DGME14 4DHME14 4DLME14 4DNME14 4DPME14 4DRME14 4DSME14 4DTME14 4DUME14 4DXME14 4DYME14 4DZME14 4EAME14 4EBME14 4EDME14 4EEME14 4EFME14 4EGME14 4EHME14 4EJME14 4ELME14 4ENME14 4EPME14 4ERME14 4ESME14 4ETME14 4EUME14 4EWME14 4EXME14 4EYME14 4FBME14 4FDME14 4FEME14 4FFME14 4FGME14 4FHME14 4FPME14 4FQME14 4FRME14 4FSME14 4FTME14 4GAME14 4GFME14 4HAME14 4HBME14 4HDME14 4HEME14 4HFME14 4HGME14 4HHME14 4HJME14 4HNME14 4HPME14 4HRME14 4HSME14 4HTME14 4HUME14 4HXME14 4HYME14 4HZME14 4JAME14 4JBME14 4JDME14 4JEME14 4JFME14 4JGME14 4JHME14 4JJME14 4JNME14 4JPME14 4JQME14 4JRME14 4JSME14 4JTME14 4JUME14 4JXME14 4JYME14 4LAME14 4LBME14 4LDME14 4LEME14 4LFME14 4LGME14 4LH