CT6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Herne Bay, Greenhill and Hunters Forstal, in Canterbury.
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 CT6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in CT6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CT6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CT6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CT6 at a rate of 82.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 102.8 per 1,000 people across the CT postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 341 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CT6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,229), anti-social behaviour (763) and other crime (430).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CT6 was 78.9 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 CT6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CT6 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CT6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canterbury 001A | 1,807 | 358.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 83.9% |
| Canterbury 001B | 1,344 | 201.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.5% |
| Canterbury 001C | 1,542 | 216.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.5% |
| Canterbury 001D | 1,422 | 101.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.3% |
| Canterbury 001E | 1,477 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
| Canterbury 002A | 2,659 | 62.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 80.2% |
| Canterbury 002B | 1,709 | 42.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Canterbury 002C | 1,581 | 23.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.4% |
| Canterbury 002D | 1,535 | 47.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Canterbury 003A | 2,605 | 83.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.0% |
| Canterbury 003B | 1,585 | 49.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.7% |
| Canterbury 003C | 1,578 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.1% |
| Canterbury 003D | 1,404 | 80.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.0% |
| Canterbury 003E | 1,789 | 80.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Canterbury 004B | 2,029 | 76.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.0% |
| Canterbury 004C | 1,518 | 51.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.1% |
| Canterbury 004D | 1,575 | 99.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.9% |
| Canterbury 004E | 1,640 | 37.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.2% |
| Canterbury 006A | 2,580 | 54.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.8% |
| Canterbury 006B | 1,454 | 19.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.4% |
| Canterbury 006C | 1,594 | 43.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.5% |
| Canterbury 006D | 1,822 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.8% |
| Canterbury 006E | 2,196 | 36.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.6% |
MPs for CT6
- Sir Roger GaleConservativeMP for Herne Bay and Sandwich100% of CT6’s postcodes
- Rosie DuffieldIndependentMP for Canterbury0.3% of CT6’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 CT65
Postcode sectors in CT65
Council1
Towns in CT62
Postcode districts next to CT64
Nearest rail stations3
More in the CT postcode area2
CT6 in brief
CT6 is a postcode district covering Herne Bay, Greenhill and Hunters Forstal, in Canterbury.
About 41,578 people lived in CT6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £331,543 in 2025 across 704 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 82.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CT6 was £331,543 in 2025.
CT6 had 40,445 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in CT6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CT6, 92.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.