# Sittingbourne

Town in Swale, South East.

Sittingbourne is a town in Swale, South East. Median sale price £300,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 100.5 per 1,000 people. About 57,225 people.

Town. Code E63005238. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Swale](https://openindex.co.uk/swale)

Sittingbourne is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Sittingbourne 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: £300,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Sittingbourne was £300,000 in 2025. Joint 411th 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/sittingbourne#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 54,385** (2021). Sittingbourne had 54,385 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 195th 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/sittingbourne#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 67%** (2022). About 67% of people in Sittingbourne 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/sittingbourne#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.9%** (January 2026). In Sittingbourne, 92.9% 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/sittingbourne#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63005238) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 67% of people in Sittingbourne 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=E63005238) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 894 homes were sold in Sittingbourne in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63005238) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Sittingbourne.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63005238) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Sittingbourne had 54,385 usual residents at the census.

## How Sittingbourne compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Sittingbourne | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £300,000 | joint 22nd cheapest | 209 towns, South East · 2025 |
| Population | 54,385 | 31st most populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 67% | joint 82nd most people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 92.9% | joint 75th highest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 |

## Is Sittingbourne safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sittingbourne at a rate of 100.5 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, 560 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sittingbourne.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,874), anti-social behaviour (1,382) and other crime (809).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Sittingbourne was 109.3 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 Sittingbourne, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Sittingbourne has no single figure. Of its 32 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Sittingbourne

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Swale 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024576) | 1,642 | 71.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| [Swale 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024577) | 1,355 | 76.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.2% |
| [Swale 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024578) | 1,651 | 26.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.0% |
| [Swale 007F](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024583) | 1,767 | 55.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| [Swale 007I](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01035302) | 1,578 | 89.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.4% |
| [Swale 007J](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01035303) | 1,513 | 110.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.8% |
| [Swale 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024561) | 1,846 | 169.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.1% |
| [Swale 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024582) | 1,554 | 149.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.8% |
| [Swale 009F](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01035304) | 1,853 | 92.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.6% |
| [Swale 009G](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01035305) | 1,760 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 76.0% |
| [Swale 009H](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01035306) | 1,724 | 61.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.3% |
| [Swale 009I](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01035307) | 1,420 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.5% |
| [Swale 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024559) | 1,411 | 151.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.1% |
| [Swale 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024584) | 1,753 | 154.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.8% |
| [Swale 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024590) | 1,557 | 182.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.0% |
| [Swale 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024599) | 2,033 | 104.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.4% |
| [Swale 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024608) | 2,066 | 496.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 62.4% |
| [Swale 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024591) | 2,717 | 99.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.6% |
| [Swale 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024592) | 1,275 | 72.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.5% |
| [Swale 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024593) | 1,393 | 102.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.7% |
| [Swale 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024600) | 1,463 | 104.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| [Swale 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024601) | 1,701 | 58.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| [Swale 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024560) | 1,416 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Swale 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024562) | 1,704 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.0% |
| [Swale 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024569) | 1,861 | 52.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.3% |
| [Swale 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024630) | 1,681 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| [Swale 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024632) | 1,502 | 25.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.1% |
| [Swale 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024606) | 1,356 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.4% |
| [Swale 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024629) | 1,154 | 124.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |
| [Swale 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01024631) | 1,666 | 49.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 80.2% |
| [Swale 013F](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01032735) | 1,633 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.8% |
| [Swale 013G](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/neighbourhood/e01032737) | 1,539 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.9% |

## 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 Sittingbourne

[ME9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me9), [ME10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me10)

## Middle areas in Sittingbourne

[Borden & The Meads](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/borden-and-the-meads), [Iwade & Kemsley](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/iwade-and-kemsley), [Sittingbourne Central & Milton Regis](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/sittingbourne-central-and-milton-regis), [Sittingbourne East](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/sittingbourne-east), [Sittingbourne South, Bapchild & Bredgar](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/sittingbourne-south-bapchild-and-bredgar), [Sittingbourne West](https://openindex.co.uk/swale/sittingbourne-west)

## Towns near Sittingbourne

[Minster](https://openindex.co.uk/town/minster), [Sheerness](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sheerness), [Gillingham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gillingham-medway), [Faversham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/faversham), [Chatham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chatham), [Bearsted](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bearsted)

## Sittingbourne in brief

Sittingbourne is a town in Swale, South East.
About 57,225 people lived in Sittingbourne in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £300,000 in 2025 across 894 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 100.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Sittingbourne was £300,000 in 2025.
Sittingbourne had 54,385 usual residents at the census.
About 67% of people in Sittingbourne live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Sittingbourne, 92.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63005238
- 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: 14.06 km²
- People, mid-2024: 57,225*
- Neighbourhoods: 32
- Output areas: 162

* 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), [Sheerness](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sheerness), [Gillingham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gillingham-medway), [Faversham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/faversham), [Chatham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chatham), [Bearsted](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bearsted)

## Latest updates for Sittingbourne

- 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/E63005238

## How to cite

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

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