Alkham & Capel-le-Ferne
WardSouth Dover. About 3,189 people in 27 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Alkham & Capel-le-Ferne live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Alkham & Capel-le-Ferne compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Alkham & Capel-le-Ferne safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Alkham & Capel-le-Ferne at a rate of 59.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 86.8 per 1,000 people across Dover.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 27 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Alkham & Capel-le-Ferne.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (74), anti-social behaviour (57) and other crime (33).
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 Dover
These figures are published for the whole of Dover, not for each ward, so they describe all of Dover and not Alkham & Capel-le-Ferne alone. See Dover
Alkham & Capel-le-Ferne in brief
Alkham & Capel-le-Ferne had 3,169 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Alkham & Capel-le-Ferne live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Alkham & Capel-le-Ferne, 56.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Alkham & Capel-le-Ferne, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.