# Margate

Town in Thanet, South East.

Margate is a town in Thanet, South East. Median sale price £287,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 121.8 per 1,000 people. About 63,578 people.

Town. Code E63005125. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Thanet](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet)

Margate is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Margate 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: £287,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Margate was £287,500 in 2025. Joint 452nd 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/margate#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 63,315** (2021). Margate had 63,315 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 170th 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/margate#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Margate 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/margate#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 78.3%** (January 2026). In Margate, 78.3% 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/margate#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63005125) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Margate 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=E63005125) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 921 homes were sold in Margate in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63005125) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Margate.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63005125) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Margate had 63,315 usual residents at the census.

## How Margate compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Margate | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £287,500 | joint 16th cheapest | 209 towns, South East · 2025 |
| Population | 63,315 | 27th most populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 78.3% | joint 18th lowest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 |

## Is Margate safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Margate at a rate of 121.8 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, 802 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Margate.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,035), anti-social behaviour (1,562) and other crime (1,143).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Margate was 127.1 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 Margate, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Margate has no single figure. Of its 38 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in Margate

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Thanet 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024657) | 2,510 | 166.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 78.0% |
| [Thanet 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024658) | 2,275 | 129.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 62.1% |
| [Thanet 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024659) | 1,717 | 123.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.2% |
| [Thanet 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024660) | 1,864 | 97.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 67.0% |
| [Thanet 001F](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01035316) | 1,109 | 580.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 27.9% |
| [Thanet 001G](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01035317) | 1,160 | 426.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 61.9% |
| [Thanet 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024653) | 1,669 | 30.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 25.4% |
| [Thanet 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024654) | 1,584 | 38.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 80.2% |
| [Thanet 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024655) | 1,513 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.1% |
| [Thanet 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024656) | 1,671 | 68.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.3% |
| [Thanet 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024676) | 2,153 | 550.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 61.0% |
| [Thanet 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024677) | 1,811 | 83.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| [Thanet 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024695) | 1,325 | 108.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| [Thanet 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024697) | 1,204 | 78.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.5% |
| [Thanet 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024710) | 1,502 | 171.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.9% |
| [Thanet 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024661) | 1,561 | 176.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.3% |
| [Thanet 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024664) | 1,592 | 78.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| [Thanet 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024665) | 1,541 | 60.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.9% |
| [Thanet 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024694) | 1,649 | 188.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 71.6% |
| [Thanet 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024696) | 1,540 | 157.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 65.7% |
| [Thanet 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024672) | 1,483 | 115.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.7% |
| [Thanet 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024673) | 1,869 | 106.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.8% |
| [Thanet 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024674) | 1,636 | 22.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.1% |
| [Thanet 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024711) | 1,443 | 104.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.8% |
| [Thanet 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024712) | 1,617 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| [Thanet 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024662) | 1,536 | 184.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 55.3% |
| [Thanet 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024663) | 1,571 | 155.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 41.3% |
| [Thanet 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024666) | 1,606 | 83.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 59.7% |
| [Thanet 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024641) | 1,530 | 78.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.3% |
| [Thanet 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024713) | 1,844 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.9% |
| [Thanet 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024714) | 1,680 | 88.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.7% |
| [Thanet 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024715) | 1,899 | 120.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 80.0% |
| [Thanet 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024716) | 2,095 | 34.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.5% |
| [Thanet 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024636) | 2,118 | 18.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.7% |
| [Thanet 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024637) | 1,765 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.7% |
| [Thanet 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024638) | 1,681 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.5% |
| [Thanet 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024639) | 1,642 | 98.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.1% |
| [Thanet 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024640) | 1,658 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.3% |

## Your MP

- [East Thanet](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/east-thanet): Ms Polly Billington (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

[Thanet](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet)

## Postcode districts covering Margate

[CT7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ct7), [CT8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ct8), [CT9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ct9)

## Middle areas in Margate

[Birchington](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/birchington), [Cliftonville East & Kingsgate](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/cliftonville-east-and-kingsgate), [Cliftonville West](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/cliftonville-west), [Dane Valley & Northdown Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/dane-valley-and-northdown-hill), [Margate Town](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/margate-town), [Salmestone](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/salmestone), [Westbrook & Garlinge](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/westbrook-and-garlinge), [Westgate](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/westgate)

## Towns near Margate

[Broadstairs](https://openindex.co.uk/town/broadstairs), [Ramsgate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ramsgate), [Herne Bay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/herne-bay), [Herne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/herne), [Canterbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/canterbury), [Whitstable](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitstable)

## Margate in brief

Margate is a town in Thanet, South East.
About 63,578 people lived in Margate in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £287,500 in 2025 across 921 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 121.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Margate was £287,500 in 2025.
Margate had 63,315 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Margate live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Margate, 78.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63005125
- Constituency: [East Thanet †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/east-thanet)
- Council: [Thanet †](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet)
- Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 13.45 km²
- People, mid-2024: 63,578*
- Neighbourhoods: 38
- Output areas: 206

* 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

[Broadstairs](https://openindex.co.uk/town/broadstairs), [Ramsgate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ramsgate), [Herne Bay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/herne-bay), [Herne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/herne), [Canterbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/canterbury), [Whitstable](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitstable)

## Latest updates for Margate

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63005125

## How to cite

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

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