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Sevington

Sevington is a village in Kent, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has around 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket, and 9 restaurants or cafés, 9 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Ashford International, 3.2 km away. There were around 89 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Sevington area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Ashford area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 132,747 residents at roughly 229 people per km².

Council
Ashford
County
Kent
Constituency
Ashford
Police force
Kent
55/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 117th of 294 English council areas — better than 60% of them.

Low crime48
Home affordability27
Affordable rents23
Good schools95
Life expectancy65
Low deprivation48
Employment57
Low council tax57

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

17°CClear

  • Today: 23° / 14° · 12% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:19

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Rochester Stoke, United Kingdom

Crime

93 reported · July 2026 9% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences39
  • Anti-social behaviour18
  • Shoplifting13
  • Other theft8

4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry · Kent

Local policing priorities

  • Wildlife crime issues.
  • Farm equipment theft.

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

Road safety

261 reported road collisions (2024)

77 killed or seriously injured · 348 casualties · 19.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

204 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 186 rated 4–5 ★ (168 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Ashford International (2.7 km)
  • 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Ashford International (2.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£344,332 average 0.3% YoY

Across Ashford · to 2026-06

Detached£555,528
Semi-detached£344,990
Terraced£282,684
Flat£163,241

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,246 average monthly rent 3.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £893
  • 2 bed £1,140
  • 3 bed £1,404

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

Affordability

10.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.2 times median annual pay (10.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (2.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 147.8p · AppleGreen (2.9 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

26 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 180 kW
  • Nearest: Motorline Toyota (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches7
  • Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

132,747 residents in Ashford · 229/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 152 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,410 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (23% of 59,330)

A £1,607
B £1,875
C £2,142
D £2,410
E £2,946
F £3,481
G £4,017
H £4,820

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

Schools

62 schools · 23,045 pupils

43 primary · 7 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 20 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

54inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Homewood School and Sixth Form CentreGood
  • The Norton Knatchbull SchoolGood
  • Chilmington Green School
  • Highworth Grammar School
  • The North School
  • Towers School and Sixth Form Centre
  • Wye School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Ashford

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

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

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

Planning decisions

207 applications decided

89.4% granted · 185 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Independent / Green coalition

  • Lab 7
  • Con 17
  • Grn 12
  • Oth 11

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens15
  • Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,500 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

44 jobs advertised · £35,488 avg

e.g. Ground Floor - Team Member, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, End of Lease Cleaner

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£743 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,868 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 62,944 certificates

9.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 81.6 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ashford:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Sevington · 0.2 km

    Sevington is a village in the civil parish of Sevington with Finberry, in the Ashford district, in Kent, England.

  • Finberry · 0.8 km

    Finberry is a housing estate located in the south-east of Ashford, in the civil parish of Sevington with Finberry, in the Ashford district, in the county of Kent, England. The population of the housing estate is inclu…

  • Willesborough · 1.3 km

    Willesborough is a residential suburb, on the eastern side of Ashford, in the county of Kent, England.

  • William Harvey Hospital · 1.4 km

    The William Harvey Hospital is a hospital in Willesborough, Ashford, Kent, England. It is one of the three main hospitals in the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust area and is named after William Harv…

  • AHBS Community Radio · 1.4 km

    AHBS Hospital Radio is a hospital radio station serving the town of Ashford, Kent which launched on 26 December 1971.

  • New Mill, Willesborough · 1.5 km

    New Mill is a Grade II* listed smock mill in Hythe Road, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent. It stands just west of junction 10 of the M20 motorway. It was built in 1869 and is now a museum open to the public.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Sevington?
Sevington is a town in Kent, England, in the Ashford local authority.
How deprived is Sevington?
The Ashford local authority, which includes Sevington, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.