Headcorn & Sutton Valence
WardSouth east Maidstone. About 8,686 people in 62 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 31% of people in Headcorn & Sutton Valence live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Headcorn & Sutton Valence compares
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Is Headcorn & Sutton Valence safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Headcorn & Sutton Valence at a rate of 68.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 85.4 per 1,000 people across Maidstone.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 61 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Headcorn & Sutton Valence.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (195), anti-social behaviour (122) and other crime (113).
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 Maidstone
These figures are published for the whole of Maidstone, not for each ward, so they describe all of Maidstone and not Headcorn & Sutton Valence alone. See Maidstone
Headcorn & Sutton Valence in brief
Headcorn & Sutton Valence had 7,929 usual residents at the census.
About 31% of people in Headcorn & Sutton Valence live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Headcorn & Sutton Valence, 59.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Headcorn & Sutton Valence, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.