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Minster Cliffs

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North Swale. About 8,022 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.1 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Minster Cliffs live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
7,861
3,496th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
92.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Minster Cliffs compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Minster CliffsMiddle
Population24 wards, Swale · 2021
Population: every ward in Swale24 areas from 2,763 to 13,253. The middle area is 6,439. Minster Cliffs is 7,861.
7,8615th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares24 wards, Swale · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Swale24 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 58.0%. Minster Cliffs is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage24 wards, Swale · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Swale24 areas from 7.4% to 97.2%. The middle area is 87.0%. Minster Cliffs is 92.4%.
92.4%7th highest
Claimant rate24 wards, Swale · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Swale24 areas from 1.6% to 6.8%. The middle area is 2.9%. Minster Cliffs is 3.1%.
3.1%joint 9th highest

Is Minster Cliffs safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Minster Cliffs at a rate of 64.7 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, 46 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Minster Cliffs.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (203), anti-social behaviour (145) and other crime (76).

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 ward, so they describe all of Swale and not Minster Cliffs alone. See Swale

Average house price
£298,985
Up 3.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,432
Joint 171st lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.8×
Joint 143rd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
26.7
Joint 62nd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Minster Cliffs in brief

Minster Cliffs had 7,861 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Minster Cliffs live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Minster Cliffs, 92.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Minster Cliffs, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.