Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone Area Guide | £790k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha

Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone

WARD
Avg IMD
Around average
Population
2,475
Households
1,000
Crimes · Jun '26
Low · 1.6 per 1k
1,000
Households
White Brit. · 91%
Ethnicity
Christian · 59%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Low · 1.6 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£790,000
Median property price
138
Postcodes
1,000
Households
White Brit. · 91%
Ethnicity
Christian · 59%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Low · 1.6 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£790,000
Median property price
138
Postcodes

Sold prices in Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone

England & Wales
Property sales · Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone
HM Land Registry · Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone
Average price
£925,895
YoY: +19.2%
Median price: £769,667
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jul '24 – May '26May '26: 2 sales · avg £953,750
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£3.6m£1.9m£248k
Jul '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '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 Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone

England & Wales
Crime trends · Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone

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
1
YoY —
530
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
1
YoY —
210
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
1
YoY —
320
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
0
YoY —
320
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
0
YoY —
210
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

0 of 5 key categories improving

4
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone

No high or medium flood zones in the sample

9 sampled points outside Zones 2 and 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

None of the sample points sit in published Zone 2 or Zone 3.

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.

Sevenoaks 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 Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone

GPs make up most of the mapped places

15 GPs · 11 Libraries · 8 Museums · 37 in all

  • GPs15
  • Libraries11
  • Museums8
  • Hospitals3

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

Overview of Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone

Coordinates51.1687, 0.1643
Postcodes
138
Population (Census)
2,475
Households (Census)
1,000
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Low · 1.6 per 1k

Demographics in Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone

Ethnicity

Total residents: 2,473
White Brit.91.3%
Other White3.7%
White & Asian1.7%
+ other · 3.3%

Religion

Total residents: 2,475
Christian59.3%
No religion33.3%
Not answered6.0%
+ other · 1.4%

Age groups

Total residents: 2,475
50–6425.1%
35–4917.9%
65–7414.6%
10–158.9%
75–847.4%
+ 6 other age groups · 26.2%

Households

Total households: 1,000
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children20.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children15.0%
Any member 66+14.1%
All members 66+13.4%
Other9.7%
+ 7 other households · 27.7%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 5.54 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.54 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Penshurst, Fordcombe and Chiddingstone