# Deal

Town in Dover, South East.

Deal is a town in Dover, South East. Median sale price £295,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 61.0 per 1,000 people. About 29,180 people.

Town. Code E63005546. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Dover](https://openindex.co.uk/dover)

Deal is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Deal add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £295,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Deal was £295,000 in 2025. Joint 428th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/deal#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 28,992** (2021). Deal had 28,992 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 382nd most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/deal#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 88%** (2022). About 88% of people in Deal live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/deal#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.8%** (January 2026). In Deal, 91.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/deal#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=E63005546) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 88% of people in Deal live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=E63005546) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 509 homes were sold in Deal in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=E63005546) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Deal.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=E63005546) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Deal had 28,992 usual residents at the census.

## How Deal compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Deal | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £295,000 | joint 19th cheapest | 209 towns, South East · 2025 |
| Population | 28,992 | 71st most populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 88% | joint 59th most people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 91.8% | joint 87th highest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 |

## Is Deal safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Deal at a rate of 61.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 215 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Deal.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (775), anti-social behaviour (358) and other crime (255).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Deal was 75.6 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in Deal, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Deal has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Deal

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Dover 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/neighbourhood/e01024219) | 1,314 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.6% |
| [Dover 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/neighbourhood/e01024220) | 1,558 | 63.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.5% |
| [Dover 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/neighbourhood/e01024221) | 1,483 | 48.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| [Dover 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/neighbourhood/e01024227) | 1,393 | 34.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.5% |
| [Dover 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/neighbourhood/e01024229) | 1,379 | 28.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.6% |
| [Dover 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/neighbourhood/e01024228) | 1,215 | 267.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 78.4% |
| [Dover 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/neighbourhood/e01024230) | 1,264 | 81.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.3% |
| [Dover 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/neighbourhood/e01024231) | 1,292 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.2% |
| [Dover 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/neighbourhood/e01024252) | 2,281 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.0% |
| [Dover 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/neighbourhood/e01024223) | 1,553 | 45.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.8% |
| [Dover 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/neighbourhood/e01024225) | 1,652 | 38.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Dover 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/neighbourhood/e01024226) | 1,532 | 62.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| [Dover 005F](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/neighbourhood/e01035312) | 1,746 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.0% |
| [Dover 005G](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/neighbourhood/e01035313) | 1,407 | 46.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.4% |
| [Dover 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/neighbourhood/e01024218) | 1,372 | 102.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.8% |
| [Dover 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/neighbourhood/e01024222) | 1,599 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.9% |
| [Dover 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/neighbourhood/e01024224) | 1,529 | 38.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.3% |
| [Dover 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/neighbourhood/e01024250) | 1,645 | 63.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 79.7% |
| [Dover 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/neighbourhood/e01024251) | 1,569 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.3% |
| [Dover 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/neighbourhood/e01024253) | 1,665 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.7% |

## Your MP

- [Dover and Deal](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/dover-and-deal): Mike Tapp (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Dover](https://openindex.co.uk/dover)

## Postcode districts covering Deal

[CT14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ct14)

## Middle areas in Deal

[Deal East](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/deal-east), [Deal North & West](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/deal-north-and-west), [Mill Hill, Upper Deal & Northbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/mill-hill-upper-deal-and-northbourne), [Walmer](https://openindex.co.uk/dover/walmer)

## Towns near Deal

[Dover](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dover), [Ramsgate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ramsgate), [Broadstairs](https://openindex.co.uk/town/broadstairs), [Margate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/margate), [Hawkinge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hawkinge), [Folkestone](https://openindex.co.uk/town/folkestone)

## Deal in brief

Deal is a town in Dover, South East.
About 29,180 people lived in Deal in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £295,000 in 2025 across 509 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 61.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Deal was £295,000 in 2025.
Deal had 28,992 usual residents at the census.
About 88% of people in Deal live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Deal, 91.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63005546
- Constituency: [Dover and Deal †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/dover-and-deal)
- Council: [Dover †](https://openindex.co.uk/dover)
- Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 6.42 km²
- People, mid-2024: 29,180*
- Neighbourhoods: 20
- Output areas: 102

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Dover](https://openindex.co.uk/town/dover), [Ramsgate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ramsgate), [Broadstairs](https://openindex.co.uk/town/broadstairs), [Margate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/margate), [Hawkinge](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hawkinge), [Folkestone](https://openindex.co.uk/town/folkestone)

## Latest updates for Deal

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63005546

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/deal, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/deal#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/deal