Birchington North
WardNorth west Thanet. About 3,887 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Birchington North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Birchington North compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Birchington North safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Birchington North at a rate of 30.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 114.8 per 1,000 people across Thanet.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 6 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Birchington North.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (37), anti-social behaviour (34) and other crime (24).
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 Thanet
These figures are published for the whole of Thanet, not for each ward, so they describe all of Thanet and not Birchington North alone. See Thanet
Birchington North in brief
Birchington North had 3,881 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Birchington North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Birchington North, 89.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Birchington North, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.