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Goat Lees

Ward

North east Ashford. About 2,838 people in 0.9 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Goat Lees live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
2,852
Joint 952nd least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
91.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Goat Lees compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Goat LeesMiddle
Population39 wards, Ashford · 2021
Population: every ward in Ashford39 areas from 2,104 to 7,499. The middle area is 2,722. Goat Lees is 2,852.
2,85215th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares39 wards, Ashford · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Ashford39 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 62.0%. Goat Lees is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage39 wards, Ashford · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Ashford39 areas from 4.2% to 99.9%. The middle area is 88.5%. Goat Lees is 91.3%.
91.3%18th highest
Claimant rate39 wards, Ashford · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Ashford39 areas from 1.0% to 5.8%. The middle area is 2.3%. Goat Lees is 3.1%.
3.1%7th highest

Is Goat Lees safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Goat Lees at a rate of 79.5 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 76.4 per 1,000 people across Ashford.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 22 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Goat Lees.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (97), anti-social behaviour (55) and other crime (37).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Ashford

These figures are published for the whole of Ashford, not for each ward, so they describe all of Ashford and not Goat Lees alone. See Ashford

Average house price
£347,562
Up 1.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,440
139th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.3×
Joint 73rd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
19.7
Joint 138th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Goat Lees in brief

Goat Lees had 2,852 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Goat Lees live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Goat Lees, 91.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Goat Lees, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.