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Lympne & Palmarsh

Middle area

North Folkestone and Hythe. 7,671 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 29 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 45% of people in Lympne & Palmarsh live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£355,000
Joint 2,554th most expensive of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,107
Joint 4,402nd least populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
45%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
81.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Lympne & Palmarsh

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Lympne & Palmarsh at a rate of 34.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across Folkestone and Hythe.

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

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences130
Other crime49
Anti-social behaviour28
Criminal damage and arson21
Vehicle crime14
Drug offences11
Burglary5
Shoplifting3
Robbery2
Theft from the person1

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Lympne & Palmarsh compares

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

Lympne & PalmarshMiddle
Median sale price14 middle areas, Folkestone and Hythe · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Folkestone and Hythe14 areas from £197,000 to £465,000. The middle area is £327,000. Lympne & Palmarsh is £355,000.
£355,0003rd most expensive
Population14 middle areas, Folkestone and Hythe · 2021
Population: every middle area in Folkestone and Hythe14 areas from 6,089 to 13,099. The middle area is 7,146. Lympne & Palmarsh is 7,107.
7,1077th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares14 middle areas, Folkestone and Hythe · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Folkestone and Hythe14 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 94.0%. Lympne & Palmarsh is 45.0%.
45%4th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage14 middle areas, Folkestone and Hythe · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Folkestone and Hythe14 areas from 23.5% to 98.4%. The middle area is 80.5%. Lympne & Palmarsh is 81.3%.
81.3%7th highest

Is Lympne & Palmarsh safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Lympne & Palmarsh at a rate of 34.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across Folkestone and Hythe.

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

In August 2026 alone, 40 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Lympne & Palmarsh.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (130), other crime (49) and anti-social behaviour (28).

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 Folkestone and Hythe

These figures are published for the whole of Folkestone and Hythe, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Folkestone and Hythe and not Lympne & Palmarsh alone. See Folkestone and Hythe

Average house price
£302,106
Down 0.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,864
165th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.8×
Joint 140th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
25.2
Joint 78th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Lympne & Palmarsh in brief

The median price paid for a home in Lympne & Palmarsh was £355,000 in 2025.

Lympne & Palmarsh had 7,107 usual residents at the census.

About 45% of people in Lympne & Palmarsh live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Lympne & Palmarsh, 81.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.