East Folkestone Area Guide | £259k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
12,438
Households
5,186
Crimes · Jun '26
Low · 2.4 per 1k
5,186
Households
White Brit. · 87%
Ethnicity
No religion · 49%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Low · 2.4 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£258,548
Median property price
238
Postcodes
5,186
Households
White Brit. · 87%
Ethnicity
No religion · 49%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Low · 2.4 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£258,548
Median property price
238
Postcodes

Sold prices in East Folkestone

England & Wales
Property sales · East Folkestone
HM Land Registry · East Folkestone
Average price
£277,302
YoY: -14.6%
Median price: £256,222
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 6 sales · avg £251,250
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£903k£563k£223k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
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 Folkestone

England & Wales
Crime trends · East Folkestone

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
7
YoY -36%
25166
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
5
YoY —
1050
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
1
YoY —
1160
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
0
YoY —
210
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
8
YoY —
950
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

1 of 5 key categories improving

30
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in East Folkestone

High flood risk in part of this area

4 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Fluvial / Tidal Models · Tidal Models

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Kent.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Folkestone and Hythe is the district council. School applications go through Kent.

Apply for a primary place via Kent

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in East Folkestone

GPs make up most of the mapped places

23 GPs · 11 Libraries · 9 Museums · 45 in all

  • GPs23
  • Libraries11
  • Museums9
  • Hospitals2

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of East Folkestone

Coordinates51.0898, 1.1805
Postcodes
238
Population (Census)
12,438
Households (Census)
5,186
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Low · 2.4 per 1k

Demographics in East Folkestone

Ethnicity

Total residents: 12,454
White Brit.86.9%
Other White4.7%
Other Asian1.6%
+ other · 6.9%

Religion

Total residents: 12,456
No religion49.2%
Christian41.7%
Not answered5.5%
Muslim1.5%
+ other · 2.2%

Age groups

Total residents: 12,438
50–6419.8%
35–4919.8%
25–3413.8%
65–748.8%
10–158.8%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.0%

Households

Total households: 5,186
Other18.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children12.5%
Any member 66+12.0%
Lone parent family: With dependent children10.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children8.9%
+ 7 other households · 38.0%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for East Folkestone

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 2.78 (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 2.78 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in East Folkestone