Romney Marsh
WardSouth west Folkestone and Hythe. About 7,138 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 53 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Romney Marsh live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Romney Marsh compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Romney Marsh safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Romney Marsh at a rate of 47.6 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, 56 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Romney Marsh.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (176), other crime (63) and anti-social behaviour (45).
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 Romney Marsh alone. See Folkestone and Hythe
Romney Marsh in brief
Romney Marsh had 7,107 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Romney Marsh live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Romney Marsh, 75.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Romney Marsh, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.