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Dover Downs & River

Ward

South west Dover. About 6,937 people in 28 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 Dover Downs & River live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,640
4,115th 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
75.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Dover Downs & River compares

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

Dover Downs & RiverMiddle
Population17 wards, Dover · 2021
Population: every ward in Dover17 areas from 3,169 to 11,734. The middle area is 6,980. Dover Downs & River is 6,640.
6,6407th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares17 wards, Dover · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Dover17 areas from 18.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Dover Downs & River is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage17 wards, Dover · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Dover17 areas from 35.5% to 97.6%. The middle area is 88.3%. Dover Downs & River is 75.3%.
75.3%6th lowest
Claimant rate17 wards, Dover · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Dover17 areas from 1.1% to 7.5%. The middle area is 2.6%. Dover Downs & River is 1.1%.
1.1%lowest

Is Dover Downs & River safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dover Downs & River at a rate of 51.6 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, 25 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dover Downs & River.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (118), anti-social behaviour (57) and shoplifting (35).

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 Dover Downs & River alone. See Dover

Average house price
£277,750
Up 2.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£40,142
133rd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.9×
Joint 155th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
24.9
Joint 81st most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Dover Downs & River in brief

Dover Downs & River had 6,640 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Dover Downs & River live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Dover Downs & River, 75.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Dover Downs & River, 1.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.