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Westgate-on-Sea

WARD
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
7,522
Households
3,449
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 6.6 per 1k
3,449
Households
White Brit. · 91%
Ethnicity
Christian · 48%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 6.6 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£290,000
Median property price
208
Postcodes
3,449
Households
White Brit. · 91%
Ethnicity
Christian · 48%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 6.6 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£290,000
Median property price
208
Postcodes

Sold prices in Westgate-on-Sea

England & Wales
Property sales · Westgate-on-Sea
HM Land Registry · Westgate-on-Sea
Average price
£274,417
YoY: +4.2%
Median price: £251,575
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 5 sales · avg £233,800
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£376k£279k£183k
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 Westgate-on-Sea

England & Wales
Crime trends · Westgate-on-Sea

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
19
YoY +27%
352311
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
14
YoY +40%
1481
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
1
YoY —
530
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
0
YoY —
320
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
4
YoY —
1061
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

0 of 5 key categories improving · asb rising

50
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Westgate-on-Sea

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.

Amenities in Westgate-on-Sea

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

Overview of Westgate-on-Sea

Coordinates51.3798, 1.3360
Postcodes
208
Population (Census)
7,522
Households (Census)
3,449
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 6.6 per 1k

Demographics in Westgate-on-Sea

Ethnicity

Total residents: 7,514
White Brit.91.1%
Other White2.8%
+ other · 6.2%

Religion

Total residents: 7,518
Christian47.7%
No religion45.0%
Not answered4.9%
Muslim1.1%
+ other · 1.4%

Age groups

Total residents: 7,522
50–6420.9%
35–4916.6%
65–7413.4%
25–3412.1%
75–849.0%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.1%

Households

Total households: 3,449
Other19.4%
Any member 66+18.1%
All members 66+11.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children9.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.2%
+ 8 other households · 33.1%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Westgate-on-Sea

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 4.00 (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 4.00 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Westgate-on-Sea