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CT17

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Dover, St Radigund's and Tower Hamlets, in Dover.

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 CT17 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 98% of people in CT17 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£210,000
Joint 447th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
22,101
1,335th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
98%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
88.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How CT17 compares

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

CT17Middle
Median sale price21 postcode districts, CT · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in CT21 areas from £210,000 to £395,000. The middle area is £315,000. CT17 is £210,000.
£210,000cheapest
Population21 postcode districts, CT · 2021
Population: every postcode district in CT21 areas from 7,871 to 46,520. The middle area is 22,101. CT17 is 22,101.
22,10111th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares21 postcode districts, CT · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in CT21 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 54.0%. CT17 is 98.0%.
98%5th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage21 postcode districts, CT · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in CT21 areas from 34.3% to 96.3%. The middle area is 80.4%. CT17 is 88.3%.
88.3%4th highest

Is CT17 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CT17 at a rate of 129.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 102.8 per 1,000 people across the CT postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 283 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CT17.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,104), anti-social behaviour (548) and other crime (416).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CT17 was 131.2 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 CT17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CT17 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 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 CT17

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Dover 010C1,57223.2 per 1,0001090.8%
Dover 010D1,55670.7 per 1,000779.4%
Dover 011F1,821142.0 per 1,000189.5%
Dover 011G2,168126.5 per 1,000295.3%
Dover 011H2,056131.8 per 1,000297.7%
Dover 012C1,815187.0 per 1,000289.7%
Dover 013A1,73792.3 per 1,000192.9%
Dover 013B1,641411.8 per 1,000189.0%
Dover 013C1,53967.1 per 1,000599.7%
Dover 013D2,199236.6 per 1,000292.8%
Dover 013E2,037186.4 per 1,000158.2%
Dover 014B1,44494.2 per 1,000594.2%
Dover 014C1,38547.1 per 1,0009100.0%

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 CT172

Postcode sectors in CT172

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Towns in CT171

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Nearest rail stations2

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CT17 in brief

CT17 is a postcode district covering Dover, St Radigund's and Tower Hamlets, in Dover.

About 22,426 people lived in CT17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £210,000 in 2025 across 263 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 129.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in CT17 was £210,000 in 2025.

CT17 had 22,101 usual residents at the census.

About 98% of people in CT17 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In CT17, 88.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.