Cowden and Hever
WardSouth west Sevenoaks. About 2,081 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 27 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Cowden and Hever live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Cowden and Hever compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Cowden and Hever safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cowden and Hever at a rate of 35.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 62.5 per 1,000 people across Sevenoaks.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 4 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Cowden and Hever.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (26), anti-social behaviour (15) and other crime (13).
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 Sevenoaks
These figures are published for the whole of Sevenoaks, not for each ward, so they describe all of Sevenoaks and not Cowden and Hever alone. See Sevenoaks
Cowden and Hever in brief
Cowden and Hever had 2,097 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Cowden and Hever live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Cowden and Hever, 41.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Cowden and Hever, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.