About Kent – Kent Index

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About Kent

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west. The county also shares borders with Essex along the estuary of the River Thames (connected by land via High Speed 1 and the Dartford Crossing), and with the French department of Pas-de-Calais through the Channel Tunnel. The county town is Maidstone.
Because of its relative abundance of fruit-growing and hop gardens, Kent is known as “The Garden of England”.
Kent’s economy is greatly diversified; haulage, logistics, and tourism are major industries. In northwest Kent, industries include extraction of aggregate building materials, printing and scientific research. Coal mining has also played its part in Kent’s industrial heritage. Large parts of Kent are within the London commuter belt and its strong transport connections to the capital and the nearby continent make Kent a high-income county. Twenty-eight per cent of the county forms part of two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty: the North Downs and The High Weald.
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Statistics: Kent numbers

Kent Statistics

Population in Kent

Kent population levels have increased 15.3% since 2002.

Violent Crime in Kent

in 2019, 34.9% of crimes in Kent were classified as violent crimes. This is a decrease of 19% when compared to the period for May 2018 to April 2019. Kent’s crime rate is 117% when compared to the national crime rate.

Kent violent crime statistics and crime map.

Kent Property Prices

The average Kent property price is £325,000. This increases at a rate of about 3% a year. The average price of a newly built property in Kent is £365,000. This means that to buy an average price Kent house, household income must be at least £81,250 p/a as opposed to the median income of a Kent resident which is £31,101 p/a.