New Romney

Folkestone and Hythe · South East · population 7,288 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

34Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,509 of 6,856 in England
  • #925 of 1,119 in South East
  • #7 of 14 in Folkestone and Hythe
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,251
Median age (est.)55
Density1,120per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above21%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 17%45–64 28%65+ 34%

Tenure

Own outright: 51%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 51%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 9%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 9%Other: 24%
One person 29%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 9%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 14% · Caring & leisure 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades14%
Caring & leisure14%
Managers & directors13%
Professional12%
Associate professional11%
Elementary11%
Administrative10%
Process & plant8%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 39% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

New Romney is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,509 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 14 in Folkestone and Hythe. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (90) but weak on Housing & access (8). Typical homes here sold for about £347,500 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 102 sales), 9% above the wider Folkestone and Hythe median of £318,250. Typical household take-home income is around £36,740 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 55 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 50 · #3,412
Employment 33 · #4,598
Education 18 · #5,626
Health 33 · #4,570
Crime 57 · #2,925
Housing & access 8 · #6,277
Living environment 90 · #649

House prices ?

£347,500median (12m) · +3.0% yr · n=102
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£347,500102+3.0%+8.6%
Detached£425,00045+13.3%+1.2%
Semi-detached£350,000280.0%+21.7%
Terraced£268,00010+8.7%+35.4%
Flat£155,00019-5.2%+3.3%
This area£347,500
Folkestone and Hythe£318,250
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£36,740±£5,332 · #4,455 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,271
Price-to-income ?9.5×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

39Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

55 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 399 offences
Folkestone and Hythe71
South East71
England83

Rank #2,468 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences212
Theft64
Burglary7
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson38
Public order & weapons25
Drugs15
Robbery4
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 76 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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