Faversham East
Middle areaEast Swale. 12,104 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.1 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 91% of people in Faversham East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Faversham East
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Faversham East at a rate of 103.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 97.7 per 1,000 people across Swale.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 427 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 253 |
| Other crime | 184 |
| Shoplifting | 167 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 94 |
| Vehicle crime | 56 |
| Burglary | 30 |
| Drug offences | 29 |
| Robbery | 11 |
| Theft from the person | 5 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Faversham East compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Faversham East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Faversham East at a rate of 103.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 97.7 per 1,000 people across Swale.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 104 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Faversham East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (427), anti-social behaviour (253) and other crime (184).
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 Swale
These figures are published for the whole of Swale, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Swale and not Faversham East alone. See Swale
Faversham East in brief
The median price paid for a home in Faversham East was £336,000 in 2025.
Faversham East had 11,463 usual residents at the census.
About 91% of people in Faversham East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Faversham East, 80.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.