Hythe Rural
WardNorth east Folkestone and Hythe. About 6,396 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 17 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 60% of people in Hythe Rural live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Hythe Rural compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Hythe Rural safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hythe Rural at a rate of 34.1 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, 30 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hythe Rural.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (87), criminal damage and arson (37) and other crime (37).
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 Hythe Rural alone. See Folkestone and Hythe
Hythe Rural in brief
Hythe Rural had 6,211 usual residents at the census.
About 60% of people in Hythe Rural live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Hythe Rural, 79.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Hythe Rural, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.