KT8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering West Molesey and East Molesey, in Elmbridge.
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 KT8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In KT8, 94.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How KT8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is KT8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in KT8 at a rate of 56.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 73.8 per 1,000 people across KT.
In August 2026 alone, 82 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in KT8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (482), other crime (245) and anti-social behaviour (173).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in KT8 was 59.4 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 KT8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so KT8 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in KT8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmbridge 001A | 1,651 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 85.5% |
| Elmbridge 001B | 1,640 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Elmbridge 001C | 1,618 | 39.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.2% |
| Elmbridge 001D | 1,443 | 59.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| Elmbridge 002A | 1,722 | 90.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.8% |
| Elmbridge 002B | 1,974 | 90.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.4% |
| Elmbridge 002C | 1,679 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| Elmbridge 002D | 1,590 | 22.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.3% |
| Elmbridge 003A | 1,542 | 51.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.1% |
| Elmbridge 003B | 1,860 | 37.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.7% |
| Elmbridge 003C | 2,008 | 66.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.1% |
| Elmbridge 003D | 1,804 | 76.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.4% |
MPs for KT8
- Monica HardingLiberal DemocratMP for Esher and Walton96% of KT8’s postcodes
- Munira WilsonLiberal DemocratMP for Twickenham4.4% of KT8’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 KT83
Postcode sectors in KT85
Council1
Towns in KT81
Postcode districts next to KT88
Nearest rail stations4
More in the KT postcode area2
KT8 in brief
KT8 is a postcode district covering West Molesey and East Molesey, in Elmbridge.
About 21,093 people lived in KT8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £542,500 in 2025 across 322 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 56.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in KT8 was £542,500 in 2025.
KT8 had 20,739 usual residents at the census.
In KT8, 94.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In KT8, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.