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KT9

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Hook, Chessington and West Ewell, in Kingston upon Thames.

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 KT9 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In KT9, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£480,000
328th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
22,117
1,334th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How KT9 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

KT9Middle
Median sale price24 postcode districts, KT · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in KT24 areas from £440,000 to £925,000. The middle area is £572,500. KT9 is £480,000.
£480,0004th cheapest
Population24 postcode districts, KT · 2021
Population: every postcode district in KT24 areas from 8,934 to 40,427. The middle area is 21,994. KT9 is 22,117.
22,11712th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage24 postcode districts, KT · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in KT24 areas from 70.7% to 97.4%. The middle area is 88.7%. KT9 is 93.6%.
93.6%8th highest
Claimant rate24 postcode districts, KT · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in KT24 areas from 1.2% to 3.9%. The middle area is 2.5%. KT9 is 3.0%.
3.0%6th highest

Is KT9 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in KT9 at a rate of 68.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 73.8 per 1,000 people across KT.

In August 2026 alone, 158 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in KT9.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (456), anti-social behaviour (393) and other crime (206).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in KT9 was 62.9 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 KT9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so KT9 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
  • 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 KT9

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Kingston upon Thames 018A1,646121.7 per 1,000694.1%
Kingston upon Thames 018B1,64976.1 per 1,000887.4%
Kingston upon Thames 018C1,40130.6 per 1,000999.8%
Kingston upon Thames 018D1,64494.1 per 1,000891.4%
Kingston upon Thames 018E1,54152.9 per 1,000986.3%
Kingston upon Thames 019A1,33477.1 per 1,000895.8%
Kingston upon Thames 019B1,57335.3 per 1,000891.1%
Kingston upon Thames 019C1,50951.3 per 1,000999.7%
Kingston upon Thames 019D1,64543.0 per 1,0001098.7%
Kingston upon Thames 020A1,67341.5 per 1,0006100.0%
Kingston upon Thames 020B1,47763.6 per 1,000699.8%
Kingston upon Thames 020C2,211129.3 per 1,000691.7%
Kingston upon Thames 020D1,84837.3 per 1,000799.7%
Kingston upon Thames 020E1,65473.3 per 1,000597.4%

MPs for KT9

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 KT93

Postcode sectors in KT93

Council1

Towns in KT91

Postcode districts next to KT96

Nearest rail stations4

More in the KT postcode area2

KT9 in brief

KT9 is a postcode district covering Hook, Chessington and West Ewell, in Kingston upon Thames.

About 22,402 people lived in KT9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £480,000 in 2025 across 273 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 68.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in KT9 was £480,000 in 2025.

KT9 had 22,117 usual residents at the census.

In KT9, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In KT9, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.