1,163
Households
White Brit. · 93%
Ethnicity
Christian · 53%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
9 · 3.3 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£539,000
Median property price
184
Postcodes
Overview of East Downs
Coordinates51.2764, 0.8279
Postcodes
184
Population (Census)
2,767
Households (Census)
1,163
Recorded crime · May '26
9 · 3.3 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for East Downs
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 4.00 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 4.00 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in East Downs
Property sales · East Downs
HM Land Registry · East Downs
Average price
£557,954
YoY: +13.1%
Median price: £537,000
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Mar '24 – May '26May '26: 1 sales · avg £318,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£845k£556k£266k
Mar '24Sep '24Mar '25Nov '25May '26
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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 East Downs
Crime trends · East Downs
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
840
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
5
YoY +25%
ASB
420
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
0
YoY stable
Vehicle Crime
420
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
0
YoY stable
Burglary
320
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
0
YoY stable
Criminal damage
420
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
1
YoY +100%
Demographics in East Downs
Ethnicity
White Brit.92.7%
Other White2.7%
+ other · 4.6%
Religion
Christian53.2%
No religion38.4%
Not answered6.4%
+ other · 2.1%
Age groups
50–6427.2%
35–4916.6%
65–7413.7%
75–849.2%
25–347.7%
+ 6 other age groups · 25.7%
Households
Married or civil partnership couple: No children16.4%
All members 66+14.5%
Any member 66+14.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children12.3%
Other9.9%
+ 8 other households · 32.8%
Schools in East Downs
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Eastling Primary School
Kent · ME13 0BA
Good
0.6 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
Infiniti School
Kent · ME9 0BG
2.3 mi
Secondary with sixth formStateMixed · Ages 11–19
Lorenden Preparatory School
Kent · ME13 0EN
2.0 mi
PrimaryIndependentMixed · Ages 3–11
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in East Downs
Postcodes in East Downs
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