My Area UK

Deal

Deal is a town in Kent, England, with a population of around 30,917. It has around 1 GP surgery or clinic, 6 pharmacies, 1 park or green space, and 51 restaurants and cafés, with 69 bus stops and Deal railway station nearby. The average sold house price is around £352,225, and there were around 65 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Deal area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Dover area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 116,413 residents at roughly 369 people per km².

Council
Dover
County
Kent
Constituency
Dover
Police force
Kent
43/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 197th of 294 English council areas — better than 33% of them.

Low crime35
Home affordability58
Affordable rents61
Good schools36
Life expectancy43
Low deprivation34
Employment48
Low council tax43

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

20°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 21° / 16° · 84% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:15

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sangatte, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Crime

155 reported · July 2026 20% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences56
  • Anti-social behaviour55
  • Criminal damage & arson15
  • Other theft7

2 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: North Deal · Kent

Local policing priorities

  • Road safety issues.
  • Vehicle crime.

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

196 reported road collisions (2024)

57 killed or seriously injured · 242 casualties · 16.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

227 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 180 rated 4–5 ★ (155 top)
  • 13 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Deal (0.3 km)
  • 34 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Deal (0.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£276,234 average 4.5% YoY

Across Dover · to 2026-06

Detached£473,281
Semi-detached£297,881
Terraced£232,204
Flat£144,380

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,029 average monthly rent 9.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £734
  • 2 bed £959
  • 3 bed £1,175

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · Esso (10.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (10.4 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

14 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 160 kW
  • Nearest: Middle Street Car Park 1 (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches27
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

116,413 residents in Dover · 369/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 107 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,462 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (31% of 55,880)

A £1,641
B £1,915
C £2,188
D £2,462
E £3,009
F £3,556
G £4,103
H £4,923

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

63 schools · 16,687 pupils

41 primary · 9 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 17 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

52inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Duke of York's Royal Military SchoolGood
  • Sir Roger Manwood's SchoolGood
  • St Edmund's Catholic SchoolGood
  • Astor Secondary SchoolRequires improvement
  • Dover Christ Church AcademyRequires improvement
  • Sandwich Technology SchoolInadequate
  • Dover Grammar School for Boys
  • Dover Grammar School for Girls
  • Goodwin Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dover

Care & health services

1,672 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes501
  • GP practices221
  • Dentists362
  • Homecare agencies415
  • Hospitals & hospices47

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 25 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kent

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Deal - Middle Street)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 351 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

175 applications decided

85.7% granted · 150 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Mike Tapp

Labour

Dover and Deal

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 12
  • Con 13
  • Oth 6

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies6
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens11
  • Restaurants & cafés56

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,370 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

372 jobs advertised · £37,436 avg

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£767 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,830 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 60,033 certificates

12.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

12% low-carbon electricity

Imports 68% · Gas 20% · Wind 7% · Solar 5%

141 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.7

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dover and Deal:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Regent Cinema, Deal · 0.2 km

    The Regent Cinema is a former cinema and bingo hall in Deal, Kent, England. It was originally built in 1928 as a simple pavilion for musical concerts but this proved unprofitable and in 1933 it was converted into a ci…

  • Deal, Kent · 0.2 km

    Deal is a coastal town in Kent, England, which lies where the North Sea and the English Channel meet, 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Dover and 8 miles (13 km) south of Ramsgate. It is a former fishing, mining and garri…

  • Deal Timeball · 0.2 km

    The Deal Timeball is a Victorian maritime Greenwich Mean Time signal located on the roof of a waterfront four-storey tower in the coastal town of Deal, in Kent, England. It was established in 1855 by the Astronomer Ro…

  • Kent Museum of the Moving Image · 0.2 km

    The Kent Museum of the Moving Image opened in Deal, Kent in April 2018. The museum was created by David Francis, with his wife Jocelyn Marsh. Francis was one of the lead members who created the Museum of the Moving Im…

  • Deal railway station · 0.3 km

    Deal railway station serves Deal in Kent, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern. The station is on the Kent Coast Line 9.5 miles (15.3 km) north east of Dover Priory and 86.75 mil…

  • Deal Town Hall · 0.3 km

    Deal Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street in Deal, Kent, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Deal Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Deal?
Deal is a town in Kent, England, in the Dover local authority.
What is the population of Deal?
Deal has an approximate settlement population of 30,917.
How deprived is Deal?
The Dover local authority, which includes Deal, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.