# Ramsgate

Town in Thanet, South East.

Ramsgate is a town in Thanet, South East. Median sale price £259,750 in 2025. Recorded crime 136.9 per 1,000 people. About 42,905 people.

Town. Code E63005214. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Thanet](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet)

Ramsgate is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Ramsgate 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: £259,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Ramsgate was £259,750 in 2025. 510th cheapest 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/ramsgate#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 42,031** (2021). Ramsgate had 42,031 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 265th 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/ramsgate#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Ramsgate 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/ramsgate#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 81.0%** (January 2026). In Ramsgate, 81.0% 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/ramsgate#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63005214) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Ramsgate 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=E63005214) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 586 homes were sold in Ramsgate in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63005214) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Ramsgate.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63005214) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Ramsgate had 42,031 usual residents at the census.

## How Ramsgate compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Ramsgate | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £259,750 | 9th cheapest | 209 towns, South East · 2025 |
| Population | 42,031 | 46th 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 | 81.0% | joint 32nd lowest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 |

## Is Ramsgate safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ramsgate at a rate of 136.9 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, 551 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ramsgate.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,353), anti-social behaviour (1,100) and other crime (857).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Ramsgate was 138.2 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 Ramsgate, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Ramsgate has no single figure. Of its 25 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in Ramsgate

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Thanet 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024686) | 1,659 | 109.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.7% |
| [Thanet 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024688) | 1,720 | 373.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.3% |
| [Thanet 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024669) | 1,744 | 116.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.1% |
| [Thanet 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024698) | 1,435 | 90.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.4% |
| [Thanet 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024699) | 1,868 | 94.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.2% |
| [Thanet 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024700) | 1,780 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.8% |
| [Thanet 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024682) | 2,253 | 164.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 78.4% |
| [Thanet 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024683) | 1,706 | 180.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 86.1% |
| [Thanet 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024684) | 1,746 | 110.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.4% |
| [Thanet 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024685) | 1,786 | 52.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| [Thanet 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024687) | 1,436 | 104.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.7% |
| [Thanet 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024645) | 1,584 | 141.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.8% |
| [Thanet 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024647) | 1,558 | 34.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.5% |
| [Thanet 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024668) | 1,369 | 80.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| [Thanet 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024670) | 1,727 | 162.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.6% |
| [Thanet 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024681) | 1,903 | 95.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.5% |
| [Thanet 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024646) | 1,937 | 337.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 53.9% |
| [Thanet 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024648) | 1,513 | 81.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 76.9% |
| [Thanet 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024649) | 1,813 | 117.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 58.8% |
| [Thanet 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024667) | 1,791 | 347.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 54.6% |
| [Thanet 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024671) | 1,655 | 103.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 75.9% |
| [Thanet 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024650) | 1,495 | 44.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 75.5% |
| [Thanet 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024651) | 1,498 | 105.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 74.7% |
| [Thanet 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024679) | 1,263 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 68.8% |
| [Thanet 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/neighbourhood/e01024680) | 1,669 | 105.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.7% |

## 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 Ramsgate

[CT11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ct11), [CT12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ct12)

## Middle areas in Ramsgate

[Dumpton](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/dumpton), [Nethercourt, Pegwell & Cliffsend](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/nethercourt-pegwell-and-cliffsend), [Newington](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/newington), [Ramsgate Ellington](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/ramsgate-ellington), [Ramsgate Harbour](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet/ramsgate-harbour)

## Towns near Ramsgate

[Broadstairs](https://openindex.co.uk/town/broadstairs), [Margate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/margate), [Deal](https://openindex.co.uk/town/deal), [Herne Bay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/herne-bay), [Herne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/herne), [Canterbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/canterbury)

## Ramsgate in brief

Ramsgate is a town in Thanet, South East.
About 42,905 people lived in Ramsgate in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £259,750 in 2025 across 586 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 136.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Ramsgate was £259,750 in 2025.
Ramsgate had 42,031 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Ramsgate live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Ramsgate, 81.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63005214
- 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: 8.02 km²
- People, mid-2024: 42,905*
- Neighbourhoods: 25
- Output areas: 137

* 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), [Margate](https://openindex.co.uk/town/margate), [Deal](https://openindex.co.uk/town/deal), [Herne Bay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/herne-bay), [Herne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/herne), [Canterbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/canterbury)

## Latest updates for Ramsgate

- 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/E63005214

## How to cite

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

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/ramsgate