TN26
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Hamstreet and High Halden, in Ashford.
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 TN26 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 7% of people in TN26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How TN26 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is TN26 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TN26 at a rate of 46.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.6 per 1,000 people across the TN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 55 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TN26.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (239), other crime (111) and anti-social behaviour (91).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TN26 was 52.1 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 TN26, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TN26 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in TN26
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford 002D | 1,277 | 78.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 57.9% |
| Ashford 011C | 2,094 | 54.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 15.0% |
| Ashford 012B | 1,670 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 43.9% |
| Ashford 012C | 2,061 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 6.0% |
| Ashford 012D | 1,631 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 4.2% |
| Ashford 014A | 1,554 | 26.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 60.7% |
| Ashford 014D | 1,987 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 81.3% |
MPs for TN26
- Katie LamConservativeMP for Weald of Kent98% of TN26’s postcodes
- Tony VaughanLabourMP for Folkestone and Hythe1.9% of TN26’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 TN262
Postcode sectors in TN263
Council1
Postcode districts next to TN265
Nearest rail stations2
More in the TN postcode area2
TN26 in brief
TN26 is a postcode district covering Hamstreet and High Halden, in Ashford.
About 13,091 people lived in TN26 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £505,000 in 2025 across 154 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 46.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in TN26 was £505,000 in 2025.
TN26 had 12,295 usual residents at the census.
About 7% of people in TN26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In TN26, 34.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.