# Minster Town in Swale, South East. Minster is a town in Swale, South East. Median sale price £315,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 66.0 per 1,000 people. About 17,121 people. Town. Code E63005052. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Swale](https://openindex.co.uk/swale) Minster is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Minster 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: £315,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Minster was £315,000 in 2025. Joint 380th 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/minster#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 16,735** (2021). Minster had 16,735 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 581st least 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/minster#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Minster 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/minster#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.5%** (January 2026). In Minster, 90.5% 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/minster#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63005052) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Minster 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=E63005052) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 273 homes were sold in Minster in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63005052) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Minster. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63005052) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Minster had 16,735 usual residents at the census. ## How Minster compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Minster | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £315,000 | 36th cheapest | 209 towns, South East · 2025 | | Population | 16,735 | 94th least 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 | 90.5% | joint 102nd highest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 | ## Is Minster safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Minster at a rate of 66.0 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, 91 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Minster. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (440), anti-social behaviour (271) and other crime (160). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Minster was 70.7 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 Minster, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Minster has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood - Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Minster | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Swale 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024585) | 1,401 | 71.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% | | [Swale 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024587) | 1,876 | 73.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.1% | | [Swale 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024588) | 1,674 | 54.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.2% | | [Swale 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024589) | 1,632 | 40.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.2% | | [Swale 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024619) | 1,428 | 47.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.9% | | [Swale 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024621) | 1,399 | 89.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.1% | | [Swale 004F](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01032653) | 1,529 | 53.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.2% | | [Swale 004H](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01035298) | 1,495 | 130.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.7% | | [Swale 004I](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01035299) | 1,730 | 52.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.0% | | [Swale 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024620) | 1,588 | 83.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 88.6% | | [Swale 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024586) | 1,639 | 84.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 64.1% | ## Your MP - [Sittingbourne and Sheppey](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/sittingbourne-and-sheppey): Kevin McKenna (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 [Swale](https://openindex.co.uk/swale) ## Postcode districts covering Minster [ME12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me12) ## Middle areas in Minster [Minster North](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/minster-north), [Minster South](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/minster-south) ## Towns near Minster [Sheerness](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sheerness), [Sittingbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sittingbourne), [Faversham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/faversham), [Southend-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea), [Gillingham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gillingham-medway), [Whitstable](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitstable) ## Minster in brief Minster is a town in Swale, South East. About 17,121 people lived in Minster in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £315,000 in 2025 across 273 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 66.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Minster was £315,000 in 2025. Minster had 16,735 usual residents at the census. About 0% of people in Minster live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Minster, 90.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63005052 - Constituency: [Sittingbourne and Sheppey †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/sittingbourne-and-sheppey) - Council: [Swale †](https://openindex.co.uk/swale) - Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 5.00 km² - People, mid-2024: 17,121* - Neighbourhoods: 11 - Output areas: 53 * 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 [Sheerness](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sheerness), [Sittingbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sittingbourne), [Faversham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/faversham), [Southend-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea), [Gillingham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gillingham-medway), [Whitstable](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitstable) ## Latest updates for Minster - 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/E63005052 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/minster, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/minster#f-house-sales-median-price. 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