Roman
WardWest Swale. About 7,341 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 96% of people in Roman live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Roman compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Roman safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Roman at a rate of 211.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 97.7 per 1,000 people across Swale.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 151 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Roman.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (477), anti-social behaviour (457) and shoplifting (253).
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 Swale
These figures are published for the whole of Swale, not for each ward, so they describe all of Swale and not Roman alone. See Swale
Roman in brief
Roman had 6,938 usual residents at the census.
About 96% of people in Roman live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Roman, 88.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Roman, 4.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.