Stanford is a town in Kent, England, in the Folkestone and Hythe local authority.

How deprived is Stanford?

The Folkestone and Hythe local authority, which includes Stanford, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.

Stanford

Stanford is a village in Kent, England. It has around 6 restaurants and cafés and 2 bus stops, with the nearest railway station being Westenhanger, 0.5 km away. There were around 5 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 Stanford area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Folkestone and Hythe area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 109,759 residents at roughly 308 people per km².

Council: Folkestone and Hythe
County: Kent
Constituency: Folkestone and Hythe
Police force: Kent

49/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 158th of 294 English council areas — better than 46% of them.

Low crime47

Home affordability52

Affordable rents48

Good schools95

Life expectancy43

Low deprivation26

Employment34

Low council tax24

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

19°CSunny

Today: 20° / 18° · 40% rain
Tomorrow: 19° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:14

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rochester Stoke, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

162 reported road collisions (2024)

53 killed or seriously injured · 211 casualties · 14.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

38 food businesses within 2 miles

33 rated 4–5 ★ (29 top)
0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

Nearest station: Westenhanger (0.5 km)
2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Westenhanger (0.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

Private rents

£1,176 average monthly rent▲ 11.1% YoY

1 bed £804
2 bed £1,030
3 bed £1,283

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

Affordability

8.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.1 times median annual pay (9.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (5.9 km)
Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · Esso (5.9 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

23 charging locations within ~8 km

7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
Fastest nearby: 350 kW
Nearest: Folkestone Services M20 (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

Sports centres1
Swimming pools4
Sports pitches2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

109,759 residents in Folkestone and Hythe · 308/km²

Under 16: 17%
16–64: 58%
65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 84 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,539 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 53,780)

A £1,693

B £1,975

C £2,257

D £2,539

E £3,103

F £3,667

G £4,231

H £5,078

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

Schools

48 schools · 15,076 pupils

36 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 21 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

44inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

Brockhill Park Performing Arts CollegeGood
Folkestone AcademyGood
The Folkestone School for GirlsGood
The Marsh AcademyGood
Turner Free SchoolGood
The Harvey Grammar School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Folkestone and Hythe

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
8 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

166 applications decided

82.5% granted · 137 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

Lab 8
Con 5
LD 2
Grn 11
Ref 1
Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

Parks & greens11
Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,440 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£755 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,977 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 · 62,831 certificates

12.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 84.5 yrs women · 78.8 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

Life satisfaction8.1
Feeling worthwhile7.8
Happiness yesterday7.8
Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ashford:

Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership431 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
Do not ban social media for under 16s372 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test346 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office341 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership309 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

Nearby towns

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Stanford?: Stanford is a town in Kent, England, in the Folkestone and Hythe local authority.
How deprived is Stanford?: The Folkestone and Hythe local authority, which includes Stanford, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.