Herne Bay
TownTown in Canterbury, South East.
Herne Bay is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Herne Bay add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Gigabit coverage by town
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In Herne Bay, 93.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How Herne Bay compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Herne Bay safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Herne Bay at a rate of 101.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 256 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Herne Bay.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (838), anti-social behaviour (593) and shoplifting (313).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Herne Bay was 100.8 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in Herne Bay, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Herne Bay has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Herne Bay
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canterbury 001A | 1,807 | 358.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 83.9% |
| Canterbury 001B | 1,344 | 201.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.5% |
| Canterbury 001C | 1,542 | 216.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.5% |
| Canterbury 001D | 1,422 | 101.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.3% |
| Canterbury 001E | 1,477 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
| Canterbury 002A | 2,659 | 62.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 80.2% |
| Canterbury 002B | 1,709 | 42.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Canterbury 002C | 1,581 | 23.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.4% |
| Canterbury 002D | 1,535 | 47.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Canterbury 003C | 1,578 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.1% |
| Canterbury 003D | 1,404 | 80.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.0% |
| Canterbury 003E | 1,789 | 80.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Canterbury 004C | 1,518 | 51.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.1% |
| Canterbury 004D | 1,575 | 99.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.9% |
| Canterbury 004E | 1,640 | 37.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.2% |
Your MP
- Sir Roger GaleConservativeMP for Herne Bay and Sandwich
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Herne Bay1
Middle areas in Herne Bay4
Towns near Herne Bay6
Herne Bay in brief
Herne Bay is a town in Canterbury, South East.
About 24,927 people lived in Herne Bay in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £326,500 in 2025 across 433 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 101.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Herne Bay was £326,500 in 2025.
Herne Bay had 24,873 usual residents at the census.
In Herne Bay, 93.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Herne Bay, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.