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East Studdal

East Studdal is a town or village in Kent, England. It has 2 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Martin Mill, 3.7 km away. In June 2026, there was around 1 recorded street crime, most commonly vehicle crime. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the East Studdal area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Dover area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 116,413 residents at roughly 369 people per km².

Council
Dover
County
Kent
Constituency
Dover
Police force
Kent
42/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 200th of 294 English council areas — better than 32% of them.

Low crime36
Home affordability58
Affordable rents63
Good schools35
Life expectancy40
Low deprivation26
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

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 7° · 22% rain
  • Tomorrow: 9° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:52Sunset 16:23

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

59US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

3 reported · August 2026

  • Burglary2
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Eastry Rural · Kent

Local policing priorities

  • Nuisance motorcycles.
  • Road safety issues.

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

8 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Martin Mill (3.7 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Martin Mill (3.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£282,945 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Dover · to 2026-08

Detached£485,456
Semi-detached£303,284
Terraced£238,587
Flat£148,781

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 173.9p · Asda (9.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (9.9 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

18 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: Sholden Fields (4.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds1

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)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

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%)

52 inspected 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

1,676 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

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 15 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

178 applications decided

92.1% granted · 164 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Mike Tapp

Labour

Dover and Deal

Recent votes:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

  • Lab 12
  • Con 13
  • Grn 1
  • Oth 6

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

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,400 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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

39% low-carbon electricity

Gas 60% · Wind 30% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 3%

241 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

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

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 0 pharmacies in CT15

  • Lydden Surgery
  • Total Health Excellence East Pcn Hub

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dover and Deal:

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

Notable places nearby

  • East Studdal · 0.1 km

    East Studdal is a village near Dover in Kent, England. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Sutton.

  • West Studdal · 1.2 km

    West Studdal is a village near Dover in Kent, England. The population of the village is included in the civil parish of Sutton. Studdal derives from the Old English Stōd-weald; the wood where the horses were kept.

  • Ashley, Kent · 1.3 km

    Ashley is a hamlet located in the parish of Sutton, some five miles (8 km) north of Dover on the summit of Gaggs Hill in Kent, England. Ashley runs almost seamlessly into the neighbouring village of Studdal. The A256…

  • Sutton, Kent · 1.5 km

    Sutton is a village and civil parish near Dover in Kent, England. In 1935 this village became a parish when the small settlements of Studdal, Sutton, Ashley, Little Mongeham and Maydensole joined to become the Parish…

  • St Peter's and St Paul's Church, Sutton by Dover · 1.5 km

    All Saints is a parish church in Sutton, Kent. It was begun in the 12th century and is a Grade II listed building.

  • Dover and Deal · 2.2 km

    Dover and Deal is a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It has been represented since 2024 by Mike Tapp of the Labour Party.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is East Studdal?
East Studdal is a town in Kent, England, in the Dover local authority.
How deprived is East Studdal?
The Dover local authority, which includes East Studdal, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.