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Bourne

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West Tonbridge and Malling. About 5,468 people in 38 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 8% of people in Bourne live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,561
Joint 3,211th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
8%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
72.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Bourne compares

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

BourneMiddle
Population19 wards, Tonbridge and Malling · 2021
Population: every ward in Tonbridge and Malling19 areas from 3,039 to 9,510. The middle area is 6,191. Bourne is 5,561.
5,5612nd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares19 wards, Tonbridge and Malling · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Tonbridge and Malling19 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 51.0%. Bourne is 8.0%.
8%7th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage19 wards, Tonbridge and Malling · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Tonbridge and Malling19 areas from 60.7% to 99.6%. The middle area is 88.3%. Bourne is 72.5%.
72.5%4th lowest
Claimant rate19 wards, Tonbridge and Malling · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Tonbridge and Malling19 areas from 1.2% to 4.9%. The middle area is 2.3%. Bourne is 2.3%.
2.3%joint 9th highest

Is Bourne safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bourne at a rate of 39.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 67.3 per 1,000 people across Tonbridge and Malling.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 11 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bourne.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (78), other crime (44) and anti-social behaviour (25).

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 Tonbridge and Malling

These figures are published for the whole of Tonbridge and Malling, not for each ward, so they describe all of Tonbridge and Malling and not Bourne alone. See Tonbridge and Malling

Average house price
£407,880
Up 1.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£42,752
91st highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.5×
Joint 66th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
13.0
Joint 62nd least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Bourne in brief

Bourne had 5,561 usual residents at the census.

About 8% of people in Bourne live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Bourne, 72.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Bourne, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.