Dover

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 10° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:52Sunset 16:24

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

59US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

364 reported · August 2026▼ 9% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences142
• Anti-social behaviour77
• Shoplifting37
• Criminal damage & arson27

20 stop & searches · mostly articles for use in criminal damage

Neighbourhood team: Town & Castle · Kent

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

199 reported road collisions (2025)

63 killed or seriously injured · 270 casualties · 17.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

292 food businesses within 2 miles

• 248 rated 4–5 ★ (209 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Dover Priory (0.5 km)
• 45 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£282,945 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Dover · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,021 average monthly rent▲ 8.6% YoY

• 1 bed £728
• 2 bed £952
• 3 bed £1,166

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

1,641 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: Fishmonger's Lane Car Park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms3
• Sports pitches15
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

116,413 residents in Dover · 369/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,465
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,039
• Net moves+1,426

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 78 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,462 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

63 schools · 16,687 pupils

41 primary · 9 secondary · 13 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dover

1,676 CQC-registered services

• Care homes503
• GP practices222
• Dentists360
• Homecare agencies415
• Hospitals & hospices47

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 20 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kent

• In a conservation area (Dover - Town Centre)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 132 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

178 applications decided

92.1% granted · 164 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mike Tapp

Labour

Dover and Deal

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

• Lab 12
• Con 13
• Grn 1
• Oth 6

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

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets7
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés55

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,400 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

340 jobs advertised · £38,131 avg

e.g. Diagnostic Vehicle Technician, Vehicle Technician, Trustee - Safeguarding Lead

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

41% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Wind 32% · Nuclear 6% · Imports 4%

226 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Kent): 63.9 women · 62.5 men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in CT16

• St James' Surgery
• Pencester Surgery
• High Street Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dover and Deal:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases600 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent462 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND242 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth213 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks208 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  St Mary's Church, Dover · 0.0 km

  The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II* listed Anglican church, a parish church in Dover, Kent, and is situated on Cannon Street in the town centre. There was a church on this site in Saxon times. It was large…

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  King's Hall, Dover · 0.1 km

  King's Hall is a former cinema, now a bingo club, in Dover, Kent, England. Dating from 1911, it was later called the Gaumont and remained a cinema until 1960. It has been a bingo club since 1961, from 2018 named Buzz…

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  Dover Museum · 0.1 km

  Dover Museum is a museum in Dover, Kent, in south-east England.

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  St Edmund's Chapel · 0.3 km

  St Edmund's Chapel is a church in Dover, England, dedicated to St Edmund. It was completed in 1262 as a wayside chapel or chapel of rest for the cemetery for the poor beside the Maison Dieu, just outside the enclosed…

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  Dover Bronze Age Boat · 0.3 km

  The Dover Bronze Age boat is one of fewer than 20 Bronze Age boats so far found in Britain. It dates to 1575–1520 BC, which may make it one of the oldest substantially intact boats in the world – though much older shi…

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  River Dour · 0.3 km

  The River Dour is a chalk stream in the county of Kent, England. It flows from the villages of Temple Ewell and River between which is a neighbourhood served by a railway station, Kearsney. It is roughly 4 miles (6.4…

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