# TN26

Postcode district covering Hamstreet and High Halden, in Ashford.

TN26 is a postcode district covering Hamstreet and High Halden, in Ashford. Median sale price £505,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 46.8 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code TN26. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [TN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn)

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 TN26 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £505,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in TN26 was £505,000 in 2025. Joint 268th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn26#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 12,295** (2021). TN26 had 12,295 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 858th least populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn26#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 7%** (2022). About 7% of people in TN26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn26#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 34.6%** (January 2026). In TN26, 34.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn26#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=TN26) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 7% of people in TN26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=TN26) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 154 homes were sold in TN26 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=TN26) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for TN26.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=TN26) (Census 2021, England and Wales): TN26 had 12,295 usual residents at the census.

## How TN26 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | TN26 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £505,000 | 8th most expensive | 40 postcode districts, TN · 2025 |
| Population | 12,295 | 12th least populated | 40 postcode districts, TN · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 7% | 9th most people in radon Affected Areas | 40 postcode districts, TN · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 34.6% | 2nd lowest | 40 postcode districts, TN · Jan 2026 |

## Is TN26 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TN26 at a rate of 46.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.6 per 1,000 people across the TN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 55 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TN26.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (239), other crime (111) and anti-social behaviour (91).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TN26 was 52.1 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 TN26, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TN26 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in TN26

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Ashford 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford/neighbourhood/e01023990) | 1,277 | 78.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 57.9% |
| [Ashford 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford/neighbourhood/e01024032) | 2,094 | 54.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 15.0% |
| [Ashford 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford/neighbourhood/e01024031) | 1,670 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 43.9% |
| [Ashford 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford/neighbourhood/e01024038) | 2,061 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 6.0% |
| [Ashford 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford/neighbourhood/e01024039) | 1,631 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 4.2% |
| [Ashford 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford/neighbourhood/e01023997) | 1,554 | 26.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 60.7% |
| [Ashford 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford/neighbourhood/e01024037) | 1,987 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 81.3% |

## Your MP

- [Weald of Kent](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/weald-of-kent): Katie Lam (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 98% of the people here.
- [Folkestone and Hythe](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/folkestone-and-hythe): Tony Vaughan (Labour), MP since July 2024. 1.9% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in TN26

[Great Chart, Bethersden & Woodchurch](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford/great-chart-bethersden-and-woodchurch), [Hamstreet & Isle of Oxney](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford/hamstreet-and-isle-of-oxney)

## Postcode sectors in TN26

[TN26 1 (112 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn26-1), [TN26 2 (189 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn26-2), [TN26 3 (222 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn26-3)

## Council

[Ashford](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford)

## Postcode districts next to TN26

[TN23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn23), [TN25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn25), [TN27](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn27), [TN29](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn29), [TN30](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn30)

## Nearest rail stations

[Ham Street (4.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.8545,51.0684), [Appledore (Kent) (5.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.8163,51.0332)

## More in the TN postcode area

[All TN postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## TN26 in brief

TN26 is a postcode district covering Hamstreet and High Halden, in Ashford.
About 13,091 people lived in TN26 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £505,000 in 2025 across 154 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 46.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in TN26 was £505,000 in 2025.
TN26 had 12,295 usual residents at the census.
About 7% of people in TN26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In TN26, 34.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: TN26
- Postcode area: [TN](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn)
- Constituency: [Weald of Kent †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/weald-of-kent)
- Council: [Ashford †](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford)
- Area: 143 km²
- People, mid-2024: 13,091*
- Neighbourhoods: 7
- Output areas: 38

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[TN27](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn27), [TN23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn23), [TN30](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn30), [TN29](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn29), [TN25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn25)

## Latest updates for TN26

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/TN26

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn26, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn26#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn26