CT21
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Hythe, Seabrook and Orchard Valley, in Folkestone and Hythe.
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 CT21 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CT21, 82.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CT21 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CT21 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CT21 at a rate of 53.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 102.8 per 1,000 people across CT.
In August 2026 alone, 112 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CT21.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (316), anti-social behaviour (189) and other crime (166).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CT21 was 54.8 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 CT21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CT21 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CT21
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folkestone and Hythe 005F | 1,253 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.6% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 008A | 1,559 | 37.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.9% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 008B | 1,464 | 49.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.3% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 008C | 1,631 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.7% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 008D | 2,037 | 62.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 41.1% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 009B | 1,888 | 20.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 82.8% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 009C | 1,889 | 21.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 72.7% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 010A | 1,367 | 25.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.8% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 010B | 1,441 | 112.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 65.5% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 010C | 1,539 | 129.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 80.4% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 010D | 1,435 | 68.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.3% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 010E | 1,404 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 72.3% |
MPs for CT21
- Tony VaughanLabourMP for Folkestone and Hythe97% of CT21’s postcodes
- Sojan JosephLabourMP for Ashford2.7% of CT21’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 CT213
Postcode sectors in CT214
Council1
Towns in CT211
Postcode districts next to CT214
Nearest rail stations2
More in the CT postcode area2
CT21 in brief
CT21 is a postcode district covering Hythe, Seabrook and Orchard Valley, in Folkestone and Hythe.
About 17,313 people lived in CT21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £365,000 in 2025 across 367 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 53.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CT21 was £365,000 in 2025.
CT21 had 17,186 usual residents at the census.
In CT21, 82.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CT21, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.