TN29
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Lydd, St Mary's Bay and Dymchurch, 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 TN29 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in TN29 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How TN29 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is TN29 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TN29 at a rate of 54.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.6 per 1,000 people across the TN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 91 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TN29.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (329), other crime (127) and anti-social behaviour (105).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TN29 was 61.2 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 TN29, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TN29 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in TN29
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folkestone and Hythe 009A | 1,581 | 62.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 71.2% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 011A | 1,955 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.2% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 011B | 1,285 | 26.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 88.5% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 011C | 1,243 | 38.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 61.0% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 011D | 1,299 | 94.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 3.4% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 011E | 1,274 | 57.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 43.4% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 013B | 1,137 | 41.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 53.5% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 013C | 1,499 | 53.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.8% |
| Folkestone and Hythe 013D | 2,413 | 61.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.3% |
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 TN292
Postcode sectors in TN292
Council1
Postcode districts next to TN296
Nearest rail stations1
More in the TN postcode area2
TN29 in brief
TN29 is a postcode district covering Lydd, St Mary's Bay and Dymchurch, in Folkestone and Hythe.
About 13,752 people lived in TN29 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £300,000 in 2025 across 224 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 54.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in TN29 was £300,000 in 2025.
TN29 had 13,684 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in TN29 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In TN29, 69.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.