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Saxon Shore

Ward

South east Ashford. About 2,643 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 43 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 48% of people in Saxon Shore live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
2,643
Joint 773rd least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
48%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
38.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Saxon Shore compares

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

Saxon ShoreMiddle
Population39 wards, Ashford · 2021
Population: every ward in Ashford39 areas from 2,104 to 7,499. The middle area is 2,722. Saxon Shore is 2,643.
2,64314th least 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%. Saxon Shore is 48.0%.
48%18th fewest 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%. Saxon Shore is 38.9%.
38.9%5th lowest
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%. Saxon Shore is 1.9%.
1.9%joint 9th lowest

Is Saxon Shore safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Saxon Shore at a rate of 31.4 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, 5 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Saxon Shore.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (33), other crime (7) and burglary (6).

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 Saxon Shore 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
Saxon Shore in brief

Saxon Shore had 2,643 usual residents at the census.

About 48% of people in Saxon Shore live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Saxon Shore, 38.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Saxon Shore, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.