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Thanet

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
140,599
Households
62,149
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 8.5 per 1k
62,149
Households
White Brit. · 87%
Ethnicity
Christian · 47%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 8.5 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£285,189
Median property price
£995
Median rent
4,050
Postcodes
62,149
Households
White Brit. · 87%
Ethnicity
Christian · 47%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 8.5 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£285,189
Median property price
£995
Median rent
4,050
Postcodes

Sold prices in Thanet

England & Wales
Property sales · Thanet
HM Land Registry · Thanet
Average price
£310,811
YoY: +0.7%
Median price: £299,383
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 72 sales · avg £303,006
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£334k£297k£260k
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 Thanet

England & Wales
Crime trends · Thanet

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
431
YoY -21%
648533417
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
276
YoY stable
305215124
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
37
YoY -14%
634119
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
18
YoY stable
553514
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
123
YoY +31%
1279665
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

2 of 5 key categories improving · criminal damage rising

1,191
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Thanet

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.

Thanet 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.

Transport in Thanet

Ramsgate is a 34-minute walk from the centre

Rail · 2.7 km

  • Ramsgate

    Rail

    2.7 km
  • Margate

    Rail

    2.8 km
  • Broadstairs

    Rail

    3.2 km

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · rail, Underground, tram, and ferry only

Amenities in Thanet

GPs make up most of the mapped places

15 GPs · 13 Museums · 8 Libraries · 37 in all

  • GPs15
  • Museums13
  • Libraries8
  • Hospitals1

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

Private rents in Thanet

Median private rent

£995/month

VOA / ONS Price Index of Private Rents · as of 2026-05-31 — 2-bed median where published.

£766
1 bed
£995
2 bed
£1,217
3 bed
£1,669
4 bed

VOA private rental statistics · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

Overview of Thanet

Coordinates51.3619, 1.3862
Postcodes
4,050
Population (Census)
140,599
Households (Census)
62,149
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 8.5 per 1k

Demographics in Thanet

Ethnicity

Total residents: 140,632
White Brit.87.3%
Other White4.4%
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group1.0%
+ other · 7.2%

Religion

Total residents: 140,605
Christian46.7%
No religion44.1%
Not answered5.8%
Muslim1.5%
+ other · 1.9%

Age groups

Total residents: 140,599
50–6420.4%
35–4917.7%
65–7412.6%
25–3411.6%
75–848.0%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.7%

Households

Total households: 62,149
Other17.1%
Any member 66+16.4%
All members 66+10.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children10.5%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.1%
+ 7 other households · 35.0%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Thanet

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 3.76 (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 3.76 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).