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TN29

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Lydd, St Mary's Bay and Dymchurch, 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 TN29 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 TN29, 69.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£300,000
1,069th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
13,684
932nd least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
69.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How TN29 compares

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

TN29Middle
Median sale price40 postcode districts, TN · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in TN40 areas from £268,000 to £713,750. The middle area is £437,500. TN29 is £300,000.
£300,0006th cheapest
Population40 postcode districts, TN · 2021
Population: every postcode district in TN40 areas from 2,207 to 45,139. The middle area is 17,027. TN29 is 13,684.
13,68414th least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage40 postcode districts, TN · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in TN40 areas from 32.1% to 97.2%. The middle area is 76.5%. TN29 is 69.4%.
69.4%11th lowest
Claimant rate40 postcode districts, TN · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in TN40 areas from 1.5% to 5.6%. The middle area is 2.6%. TN29 is 3.6%.
3.6%joint 8th highest

Is TN29 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TN29 at a rate of 54.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 75.6 per 1,000 people across TN.

In August 2026 alone, 91 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TN29.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (329), other crime (127) and anti-social behaviour (105).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TN29 was 61.2 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 TN29, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TN29 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in TN29

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Folkestone and Hythe 009A1,58162.4 per 1,000471.2%
Folkestone and Hythe 011A1,95550.0 per 1,000391.2%
Folkestone and Hythe 011B1,28526.8 per 1,000488.5%
Folkestone and Hythe 011C1,24338.6 per 1,000361.0%
Folkestone and Hythe 011D1,29994.1 per 1,00023.4%
Folkestone and Hythe 011E1,27457.1 per 1,000343.4%
Folkestone and Hythe 013B1,13741.7 per 1,000353.5%
Folkestone and Hythe 013C1,49953.5 per 1,000191.8%
Folkestone and Hythe 013D2,41361.1 per 1,000386.3%

Your MP

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 TN292

Postcode sectors in TN292

Council1

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Nearest rail stations1

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TN29 in brief

TN29 is a postcode district covering Lydd, St Mary's Bay and Dymchurch, in Folkestone and Hythe.

About 13,752 people lived in TN29 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £300,000 in 2025 across 224 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 54.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in TN29 was £300,000 in 2025.

TN29 had 13,684 usual residents at the census.

In TN29, 69.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In TN29, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.