CT4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Shalmsford Street, in Canterbury, Ashford and 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 CT4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in CT4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CT4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CT4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CT4 at a rate of 47.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 102.8 per 1,000 people across the CT postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 86 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CT4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (318), anti-social behaviour (173) and other crime (144).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CT4 was 41.6 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 CT4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CT4 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CT4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford 001B | 1,007 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 38.2% |
| Ashford 001C | 1,574 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 59.7% |
| Canterbury 017A | 2,436 | 73.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 33.5% |
| Canterbury 017B | 2,112 | 91.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 12.8% |
| Canterbury 017C | 1,809 | 40.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 25.0% |
| Canterbury 018A | 1,446 | 63.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 41.7% |
| Canterbury 018B | 1,345 | 49.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 58.0% |
| Canterbury 018C | 1,583 | 42.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 68.3% |
| Canterbury 018D | 1,143 | 18.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 56.6% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 001A | 1,976 | 17.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 5.6% |
MPs for CT4
- Rosie DuffieldIndependentMP for Canterbury63% of CT4’s postcodes
- Sojan JosephLabourMP for Ashford17% of CT4’s postcodes
- Katie LamConservativeMP for Weald of Kent17% of CT4’s postcodes
- Mike TappLabourMP for Dover and Deal3.1% of CT4’s postcodes
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 CT42
Postcode sectors in CT44
Councils CT4 covers3
Postcode districts next to CT47
More in the CT postcode area2
CT4 in brief
CT4 is a postcode district covering Shalmsford Street, in Canterbury, Ashford and Folkestone and Hythe.
About 17,981 people lived in CT4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £380,000 in 2025 across 211 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 47.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CT4 was £380,000 in 2025.
CT4 had 17,515 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in CT4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CT4, 36.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.