Faversham West
Middle areaEast Swale. 10,443 people in 6.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 90% of people in Faversham West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Faversham West
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Faversham West at a rate of 75.9 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 |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 230 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 214 |
| Other crime | 126 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 82 |
| Vehicle crime | 58 |
| Shoplifting | 43 |
| Burglary | 17 |
| Drug offences | 15 |
| Robbery | 7 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Faversham West compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Faversham West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Faversham West at a rate of 75.9 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, 81 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Faversham West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (230), violence and sexual offences (214) and other crime (126).
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 West alone. See Swale
Faversham West in brief
The median price paid for a home in Faversham West was £369,000 in 2025.
Faversham West had 8,973 usual residents at the census.
About 90% of people in Faversham West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Faversham West, 83.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.