Overview of Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe
Coordinates51.1702, 1.3662
Postcodes
342
Population (Census)
7,984
Households (Census)
3,236
Recorded crime · Mar '26
25 · 3.1 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Low deprivation
Mean decile 6.63 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Low deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 6.63 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Police Recorded Crime in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe
Crime trends · Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearApr '24 – Mar '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
11
YoY +120%
ASB
6
YoY +500%
Vehicle Crime
0
YoY stable
Burglary
1
YoY -50%
Criminal damage
2
YoY stable
Apr '24Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Mar '26
1 of 5 key categories improving · asb rising
25
incidents · Mar '26
Demographics in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe
Ethnicity
Total residents: 7,970
White Brit.84.8%
Other Asian6.2%
Other White2.7%
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group1.3%
African1.2%
+ other · 3.7%
Religion
Total residents: 7,972
Christian51.7%
No religion34.6%
Not answered6.3%
Hindu3.5%
Buddhist2.0%
+ other · 2.0%
Age groups
Total residents: 7,984
50–6421.9%
65–7415.6%
35–4914.6%
75–8410.3%
10–158.9%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.7%
Households
Total households: 3,236
All members 66+17.9%
Any member 66+16.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children15.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children14.1%
Other9.7%
+ 7 other households · 26.0%
Postcode Districts in Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe
