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Borough Green & Platt

Ward

North west Tonbridge and Malling. About 6,259 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 9.1 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Borough Green & Platt live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,131
3,707th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
78.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Borough Green & Platt compares

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

Borough Green & PlattMiddle
Population19 wards, Tonbridge and Malling · 2021
Population: every ward in Tonbridge and Malling19 areas from 3,039 to 9,510. The middle area is 6,191. Borough Green & Platt is 6,131.
6,1319th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares19 wards, Tonbridge and Malling · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Tonbridge and Malling19 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 51.0%. Borough Green & Platt is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage19 wards, Tonbridge and Malling · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Tonbridge and Malling19 areas from 60.7% to 99.6%. The middle area is 88.3%. Borough Green & Platt is 78.4%.
78.4%6th lowest
Claimant rate19 wards, Tonbridge and Malling · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Tonbridge and Malling19 areas from 1.2% to 4.9%. The middle area is 2.3%. Borough Green & Platt is 2.2%.
2.2%joint 7th lowest

Is Borough Green & Platt safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Borough Green & Platt at a rate of 43.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 67.3 per 1,000 people across Tonbridge and Malling.

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

In August 2026 alone, 24 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Borough Green & Platt.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (115), anti-social behaviour (33) and criminal damage and arson (31).

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 Tonbridge and Malling

These figures are published for the whole of Tonbridge and Malling, not for each ward, so they describe all of Tonbridge and Malling and not Borough Green & Platt alone. See Tonbridge and Malling

Average house price
£405,507
Down 0.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£42,752
91st highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.5×
Joint 66th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
13.0
Joint 62nd least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Borough Green & Platt in brief

Borough Green & Platt had 6,131 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Borough Green & Platt live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Borough Green & Platt, 78.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Borough Green & Platt, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.