Shepway Area Guide | £335k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
12,687
Households
4,937
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 6.5 per 1k
4,937
Households
White Brit. · 83%
Ethnicity
Christian · 46%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 6.5 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£335,300
Median property price
282
Postcodes
4,937
Households
White Brit. · 83%
Ethnicity
Christian · 46%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 6.5 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£335,300
Median property price
282
Postcodes

Sold prices in Shepway

England & Wales
Property sales · Shepway
HM Land Registry · Shepway
Average price
£353,228
YoY: +4.3%
Median price: £335,300
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 5 sales · avg £331,600
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£478k£391k£305k
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 Shepway

England & Wales
Crime trends · Shepway

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
28
YoY -10%
473318
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
17
YoY +13%
28164
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
0
YoY —
840
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
1
YoY —
420
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
6
YoY —
21123
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

1 of 5 key categories improving · asb rising

82
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Shepway

High flood risk in part of this area

2 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 Models · Fluvial Models and Fluvial Events

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.

Maidstone 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 Shepway

43 mapped places in this local authority

15 GPs · 12 Libraries · 7 Hospitals · 43 in all

  • GPs15
  • Libraries12
  • Hospitals7
  • Museums6
  • Universities3

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

Overview of Shepway

Coordinates51.2548, 0.5462
Postcodes
282
Population (Census)
12,687
Households (Census)
4,937
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 6.5 per 1k

Demographics in Shepway

Ethnicity

Total residents: 12,675
White Brit.83.0%
Other White5.8%
Other Asian2.8%
African1.6%
+ other · 6.8%

Religion

Total residents: 12,680
Christian46.4%
No religion42.8%
Not answered5.5%
Muslim2.2%
Hindu1.4%
+ other · 1.7%

Age groups

Total residents: 12,687
50–6419.7%
35–4918.3%
25–3412.5%
65–7410.0%
10–158.0%
+ 6 other age groups · 31.6%

Households

Total households: 4,937
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children14.4%
Any member 66+14.2%
Other12.5%
All members 66+10.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children8.9%
+ 8 other households · 39.7%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Shepway

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 3.57 (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 3.57 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Shepway