CT7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Margate, Birchington and St Nicholas at Wade, in Thanet.
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 CT7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 4% of people in CT7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How CT7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CT7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CT7 at a rate of 56.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 102.8 per 1,000 people across the CT postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 48 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CT7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (282), other crime (132) and anti-social behaviour (120).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CT7 was 55.5 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 CT7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CT7 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CT7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thanet 007A | 1,530 | 78.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.3% |
| Thanet 008A | 2,118 | 18.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.7% |
| Thanet 008B | 1,765 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.7% |
| Thanet 008C | 1,681 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.5% |
| Thanet 008D | 1,642 | 98.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.1% |
| Thanet 008E | 1,658 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.3% |
| Thanet 014C | 1,854 | 68.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 56.2% |
MPs for CT7
- Sir Roger GaleConservativeMP for Herne Bay and Sandwich100% of CT7’s postcodes
- Ms Polly BillingtonLabourMP for East Thanet0.5% of CT7’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 CT71
Postcode sectors in CT72
Council1
Towns in CT71
Postcode districts next to CT75
Nearest rail stations2
More in the CT postcode area2
CT7 in brief
CT7 is a postcode district covering Margate, Birchington and St Nicholas at Wade, in Thanet.
About 12,310 people lived in CT7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £320,500 in 2025 across 236 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 56.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CT7 was £320,500 in 2025.
CT7 had 11,993 usual residents at the census.
About 4% of people in CT7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In CT7, 84.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.