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Town & Castle

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South Dover. About 8,587 people in 6.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 96% of people in Town & Castle live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,278
3,266th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
96%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
72.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
7.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Town & Castle compares

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

Town & CastleMiddle
Population17 wards, Dover · 2021
Population: every ward in Dover17 areas from 3,169 to 11,734. The middle area is 6,980. Town & Castle is 8,278.
8,2782nd most 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%. Town & Castle is 96.0%.
96%5th fewest 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%. Town & Castle is 72.2%.
72.2%5th 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%. Town & Castle is 7.5%.
7.5%highest

Is Town & Castle safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Town & Castle at a rate of 296.3 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, 226 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Town & Castle.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (807), anti-social behaviour (498) and other crime (381).

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 Town & Castle 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
Town & Castle in brief

Town & Castle had 8,278 usual residents at the census.

About 96% of people in Town & Castle live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Town & Castle, 72.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Town & Castle, 7.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.