4,937
Households
White Brit. · 83%
Ethnicity
Christian · 46%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
74 · 5.8 per 1k
Crimes · Apr '26
£335,300
Median property price
281
Postcodes
Overview of Shepway
Coordinates51.2547, 0.5462
Postcodes
281
Population (Census)
12,687
Households (Census)
4,937
Recorded crime · Apr '26
74 · 5.8 per 1k
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 3.45 (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 3.45 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Shepway
Property sales · Shepway
HM Land Registry · Shepway
Average price
£348,487
YoY: +2.6%
Median price: £335,300
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – May '26May '26: 4 sales · avg £372,500
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£478k£388k£299k
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '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 Shepway
Crime trends · Shepway
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearMay '24 – Apr '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
473318
May '24Nov '24May '25Nov '25Apr '26
31
YoY +29%
ASB
28164
May '24Nov '24May '25Nov '25Apr '26
6
YoY -45%
Vehicle Crime
840
May '24Nov '24May '25Nov '25Apr '26
1
YoY -50%
Burglary
420
May '24Nov '24May '25Nov '25Apr '26
2
YoY stable
Criminal damage
21123
May '24Nov '24May '25Nov '25Apr '26
9
YoY stable
Demographics in Shepway
Ethnicity
White Brit.83.0%
Other White5.8%
Other Asian2.8%
African1.6%
+ other · 6.8%
Religion
Christian46.4%
No religion42.8%
Not answered5.5%
Muslim2.2%
Hindu1.4%
+ other · 1.7%
Age groups
50–6419.7%
35–4918.3%
25–3412.5%
65–7410.0%
10–158.0%
+ 6 other age groups · 31.6%
Households
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%
Schools in Shepway
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Greenfields Community Primary School
Kent · ME15 8DF
Good
0.2 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 2–11
Leigh Academy Molehill
Kent · ME15 7ND
Good
0.3 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
Park Way Primary School
Kent · ME15 7AH
Good
0.6 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Shepway
Postcodes in Shepway
ME15 7ABME15 7ADME15 7AEME15 7AFME15 7AGME15 7AHME15 7AJME15 7ALME15 7ANME15 7ARME15 7ASME15 7ATME15 7AUME15 7AWME15 7AXME15 7AYME15 7BAME15 7BBME15 7BDME15 7BEME15 7BGME15 7BHME15 7BJME15 7BPME15 7BQME15 7BZME15 7DAME15 7DBME15 7DDME15 7DEME15 7DFME15 7DGME15 7DHME15 7DJME15 7DLME15 7DNME15 7DPME15 7DRME15 7DSME15 7DUME15 7DXME15 7DYME15 7DZME15 7EAME15 7EBME15 7EDME15 7EEME15 7EGME15 7EHME15 7EJME15 7ELME15 7ENME15 7EPME15 7EQME15 7ERME15 7ESME15 7ETME15 7EUME15 7EWME15 7EXME15 7EYME15 7EZME15 7FBME15 7GAME15 7GBME15 7HEME15 7HFME15 7HGME15 7HHME15 7HJME15 7HLME15 7HNME15 7HPME15 7HQME15 7HRME15 7HSME15 7HTME15 7HUME15 7HWME15 7HXME15 7HYME15 7HZME15 7JAME15 7JBME15 7JDME15 7JEME15 7JFME15 7JGME15 7JHME15 7JJME15 7JLME15 7JNME15 7JPME15 7JQME15 7JSME15 7JTME15 7JUME15 7JWME15 7JXME15 7LEME15 7LFME15 7LGME15 7LHME15 7LJME15 7LLME15 7LNME15 7LPME15 7LQME15 7LRME15 7LSME15 7LTME15 7LUME15 7LWME15 7LXME15 7LYME15 7LZME15 7NAME15 7NBME15 7NDME15 7NE