Folkestone Central
WardEast Folkestone and Hythe. About 10,803 people in 1.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 88% of people in Folkestone Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Folkestone Central compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Folkestone Central safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Folkestone Central at a rate of 229.0 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, 328 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Folkestone Central.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (836), anti-social behaviour (604) and other crime (435).
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 ward, so they describe all of Folkestone and Hythe and not Folkestone Central alone. See Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone Central in brief
Folkestone Central had 10,312 usual residents at the census.
About 88% of people in Folkestone Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Folkestone Central, 63.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Folkestone Central, 6.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.