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Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry

Ward

East Ashford. About 3,184 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 14 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 62% of people in Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
2,683
Joint 803rd least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
62%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
89.8%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Mersham, Sevington South with FinberryMiddle
Population39 wards, Ashford · 2021
Population: every ward in Ashford39 areas from 2,104 to 7,499. The middle area is 2,722. Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry is 2,683.
2,68317th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares39 wards, Ashford · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Ashford39 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 62.0%. Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry is 62.0%.
62%joint 19th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage39 wards, Ashford · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Ashford39 areas from 4.2% to 99.9%. The middle area is 88.5%. Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry is 89.8%.
89.8%19th highest
Claimant rate39 wards, Ashford · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Ashford39 areas from 1.0% to 5.8%. The middle area is 2.3%. Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry is 1.4%.
1.4%3rd lowest

Is Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry at a rate of 64.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 76.4 per 1,000 people across Ashford.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 23 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (93), shoplifting (48) and anti-social behaviour (43).

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.

Figures for the whole of Ashford

These figures are published for the whole of Ashford, not for each ward, so they describe all of Ashford and not Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry alone. See Ashford

Average house price
£340,991
Down 0.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,440
139th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.1×
Joint 84th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
19.7
Joint 138th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry in brief

Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry had 2,683 usual residents at the census.

About 62% of people in Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry, 89.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry, 1.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.