CT18
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Hawkinge and Capel-le-Ferne, in Folkestone and Hythe and Dover.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an CT18 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CT18, 73.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CT18 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CT18 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CT18 at a rate of 45.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 102.8 per 1,000 people across CT.
In August 2026 alone, 74 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CT18.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (216), anti-social behaviour (158) and other crime (142).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CT18 was 50.4 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 CT18, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CT18 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CT18
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover 014A | 2,459 | 60.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 72.3% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 001B | 1,368 | 35.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 61.4% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 001C | 1,423 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 37.9% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 001D | 1,322 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 0.0% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 002B | 2,533 | 65.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 002C | 1,932 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.2% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 002E | 1,982 | 36.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.8% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 002F | 2,053 | 52.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.6% |
MPs for CT18
- Sojan JosephLabourMP for Ashford81% of CT18’s postcodes
- Mike TappLabourMP for Dover and Deal16% of CT18’s postcodes
- Tony VaughanLabourMP for Folkestone and Hythe2.7% of CT18’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in CT182
Postcode sectors in CT182
Councils CT18 covers2
Towns in CT181
Postcode districts next to CT186
Nearest rail stations2
More in the CT postcode area2
CT18 in brief
CT18 is a postcode district covering Hawkinge and Capel-le-Ferne, in Folkestone and Hythe and Dover.
About 14,876 people lived in CT18 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £375,000 in 2025 across 256 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 45.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CT18 was £375,000 in 2025.
CT18 had 14,667 usual residents at the census.
In CT18, 73.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CT18, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.