CT20
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Folkestone, Coolinge and Sandgate, 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 CT20 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 92% of people in CT20 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CT20 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CT20 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CT20 at a rate of 150.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 102.8 per 1,000 people across the CT postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 429 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CT20.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,289), anti-social behaviour (876) and other crime (584).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CT20 was 146.7 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 CT20, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CT20 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CT20
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folkestone and Hythe 004E | 1,847 | 130.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.0% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 005C | 1,956 | 145.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.2% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 005D | 2,287 | 51.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 005E | 1,506 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.7% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 006A | 1,801 | 26.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.8% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 006G | 1,804 | 61.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.9% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 006H | 1,618 | 65.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.5% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 014A | 1,891 | 203.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 73.2% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 014B | 1,914 | 212.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.5% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 014C | 1,497 | 517.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 49.1% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 014D | 1,239 | 496.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 32.7% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 015A | 1,983 | 222.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 66.5% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 015B | 1,458 | 62.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 55.0% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 015C | 1,521 | 121.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 72.5% |
Your MP
- Tony VaughanLabourMP for Folkestone and Hythe
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 CT203
Postcode sectors in CT204
Council1
Towns in CT201
Postcode districts next to CT203
Nearest rail stations3
More in the CT postcode area2
CT20 in brief
CT20 is a postcode district covering Folkestone, Coolinge and Sandgate, in Folkestone and Hythe.
About 25,355 people lived in CT20 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £287,500 in 2025 across 475 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 150.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CT20 was £287,500 in 2025.
CT20 had 23,925 usual residents at the census.
About 92% of people in CT20 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CT20, 76.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.