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Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland

Middle area

South west Folkestone and Hythe. 7,138 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 126 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£318,000
Joint 3,168th most expensive of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,056
4,322nd least populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
62.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland at a rate of 53.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across Folkestone and Hythe.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences149
Other crime77
Anti-social behaviour52
Criminal damage and arson33
Drug offences24
Vehicle crime23
Burglary17
Robbery2
Theft from the person2
Shoplifting1

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland compares

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Median sale price14 middle areas, Folkestone and Hythe · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Folkestone and Hythe14 areas from £197,000 to £465,000. The middle area is £327,000. Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland is £318,000.
£318,0006th cheapest
Population14 middle areas, Folkestone and Hythe · 2021
Population: every middle area in Folkestone and Hythe14 areas from 6,089 to 13,099. The middle area is 7,146. Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland is 7,056.
7,0566th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares14 middle areas, Folkestone and Hythe · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Folkestone and Hythe14 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 94.0%. Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage14 middle areas, Folkestone and Hythe · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Folkestone and Hythe14 areas from 23.5% to 98.4%. The middle area is 80.5%. Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland is 62.2%.
62.2%2nd lowest

Is Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland at a rate of 53.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 86.0 per 1,000 people across Folkestone and Hythe.

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

In August 2026 alone, 45 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (149), other crime (77) and anti-social behaviour (52).

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 Folkestone and Hythe

These figures are published for the whole of Folkestone and Hythe, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Folkestone and Hythe and not Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland alone. See Folkestone and Hythe

Average house price
£302,106
Down 0.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,864
165th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.8×
Joint 140th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
25.2
Joint 78th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland in brief

The median price paid for a home in Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland was £318,000 in 2025.

Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland had 7,056 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Dymchurch, St Mary's Bay & Brookland, 62.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.