# Sheerness Town in Swale, South East. Sheerness is a town in Swale, South East. Median sale price £215,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 211.0 per 1,000 people. About 13,496 people. Town. Code E63005028. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Swale](https://openindex.co.uk/swale) Sheerness is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Sheerness 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: £215,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Sheerness was £215,500 in 2025. Joint 296th 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/sheerness#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 13,253** (2021). Sheerness had 13,253 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 419th 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/sheerness#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Sheerness 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/sheerness#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 85.0%** (January 2026). In Sheerness, 85.0% 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/sheerness#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63005028) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Sheerness 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=E63005028) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 108 homes were sold in Sheerness in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63005028) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Sheerness. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63005028) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Sheerness had 13,253 usual residents at the census. ## How Sheerness compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Sheerness | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £215,500 | cheapest | 209 towns, South East · 2025 | | Population | 13,253 | 65th 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 | 85.0% | joint 50th lowest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 | ## Is Sheerness safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sheerness at a rate of 211.0 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, 263 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sheerness. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (972), anti-social behaviour (699) and other crime (347). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Sheerness was 192.6 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 Sheerness, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Sheerness has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Sheerness | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Swale 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024609) | 1,433 | 560.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 73.9% | | [Swale 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024610) | 1,823 | 130.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.9% | | [Swale 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024611) | 1,761 | 136.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.3% | | [Swale 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024612) | 1,690 | 148.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.7% | | [Swale 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024613) | 1,652 | 356.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 61.9% | | [Swale 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024614) | 1,617 | 115.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% | | [Swale 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024615) | 1,494 | 172.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 68.7% | | [Swale 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024616) | 1,783 | 112.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.0% | ## 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 Sheerness [ME12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me12) ## Middle areas in Sheerness [Sheerness East](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/sheerness-east), [Sheerness West](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/sheerness-west) ## Towns near Sheerness [Minster](https://openindex.co.uk/town/minster), [Sittingbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sittingbourne), [Southend-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea), [Gillingham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gillingham-medway), [Hoo St Werburgh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hoo-st-werburgh), [Canvey Island](https://openindex.co.uk/town/canvey-island) ## Sheerness in brief Sheerness is a town in Swale, South East. About 13,496 people lived in Sheerness in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £215,500 in 2025 across 108 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 211.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Sheerness was £215,500 in 2025. Sheerness had 13,253 usual residents at the census. About 0% of people in Sheerness live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Sheerness, 85.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63005028 - 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: 4.33 km² - People, mid-2024: 13,496* - Neighbourhoods: 8 - Output areas: 39 * 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 [Minster](https://openindex.co.uk/town/minster), [Sittingbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sittingbourne), [Southend-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea), [Gillingham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gillingham-medway), [Hoo St Werburgh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hoo-st-werburgh), [Canvey Island](https://openindex.co.uk/town/canvey-island) ## Latest updates for Sheerness - 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/E63005028 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/sheerness, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/sheerness#f-house-sales-median-price. 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