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Larkfield

Town

Town in Tonbridge and Malling, South East.

Larkfield is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Larkfield 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.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 97% of people in Larkfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£385,000
Joint 205th most expensive of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
26,147
430th most populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
97%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
90.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Larkfield compares

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

LarkfieldMiddle
Median sale price209 towns, South East · 2025
Median sale price: every town in South East209 areas from £215,500 to £1,300,000. The middle area is £393,500. Larkfield is £385,000.
£385,000joint 99th cheapest
Population209 towns, South East · 2021
Population: every town in South East209 areas from 7,523 to 277,096. The middle area is 20,220. Larkfield is 26,147.
26,14782nd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares209 towns, South East · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in South East209 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 36.0%. Larkfield is 97.0%.
97%joint 42nd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage209 towns, South East · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in South East209 areas from 64.6% to 99.6%. The middle area is 90.4%. Larkfield is 90.1%.
90.1%joint 100th lowest

Is Larkfield safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Larkfield at a rate of 60.9 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, 165 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Larkfield.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (550), anti-social behaviour (397) and other crime (237).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Larkfield was 59.3 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 Larkfield, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Larkfield has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in Larkfield

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Tonbridge and Malling 001A2,28066.9 per 1,000770.4%
Tonbridge and Malling 003A1,59890.5 per 1,0002100.0%
Tonbridge and Malling 003B2,13254.7 per 1,000984.9%
Tonbridge and Malling 003C2,236103.8 per 1,000985.2%
Tonbridge and Malling 003D1,36353.8 per 1,000798.9%
Tonbridge and Malling 003E1,329104.8 per 1,000596.3%
Tonbridge and Malling 003F1,31634.4 per 1,0001097.1%
Tonbridge and Malling 003G1,22238.2 per 1,0001098.4%
Tonbridge and Malling 003H1,52022.7 per 1,000992.8%
Tonbridge and Malling 005A2,292174.3 per 1,000376.3%
Tonbridge and Malling 005B1,34672.2 per 1,0001091.7%
Tonbridge and Malling 005C1,51850.1 per 1,000993.9%
Tonbridge and Malling 005D1,80650.8 per 1,000595.1%
Tonbridge and Malling 005E2,47842.6 per 1,000772.2%
Tonbridge and Malling 014A1,98656.8 per 1,000791.2%
Tonbridge and Malling 014B1,83960.0 per 1,000496.8%

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

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Postcode districts covering Larkfield2

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Towns near Larkfield6

Larkfield in brief

Larkfield is a town in Tonbridge and Malling, South East.

About 26,924 people lived in Larkfield in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £385,000 in 2025 across 369 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 60.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in Larkfield was £385,000 in 2025.

Larkfield had 26,147 usual residents at the census.

About 97% of people in Larkfield live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Larkfield, 90.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.