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CT1

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Canterbury, St Martin's and Northgate, 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 CT1 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In CT1, 75.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£299,995
Joint 1,094th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
32,380
788th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
75.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How CT1 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

CT1Middle
Median sale price21 postcode districts, CT · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in CT21 areas from £210,000 to £395,000. The middle area is £315,000. CT1 is £299,995.
£299,9959th cheapest
Population21 postcode districts, CT · 2021
Population: every postcode district in CT21 areas from 7,871 to 46,520. The middle area is 22,101. CT1 is 32,380.
32,3806th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage21 postcode districts, CT · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in CT21 areas from 34.3% to 96.3%. The middle area is 80.4%. CT1 is 75.4%.
75.4%8th lowest
Claimant rate21 postcode districts, CT · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in CT21 areas from 2.1% to 6.2%. The middle area is 3.6%. CT1 is 4.1%.
4.1%joint 7th highest

Is CT1 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CT1 at a rate of 217.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 102.8 per 1,000 people across the CT postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 655 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CT1.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,350), anti-social behaviour (1,544) and shoplifting (1,273).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CT1 was 213.1 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 CT1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CT1 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in CT1

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Canterbury 011A1,403393.2 per 1,000196.7%
Canterbury 014A2,085287.8 per 1,000188.6%
Canterbury 014B1,373122.4 per 1,000196.0%
Canterbury 014C2,868200.9 per 1,000284.1%
Canterbury 014D1,549192.0 per 1,000263.7%
Canterbury 014E1,853242.5 per 1,000274.1%
Canterbury 016A2,499157.2 per 1,000780.0%
Canterbury 016B1,62971.5 per 1,000778.9%
Canterbury 016C1,89392.0 per 1,0001080.0%
Canterbury 016D1,481136.9 per 1,000394.0%
Canterbury 016E2,39233.0 per 1,0001088.9%
Canterbury 017D1,72292.1 per 1,000667.4%
Canterbury 019A1,727295.8 per 1,000194.2%
Canterbury 019B1,752142.2 per 1,000594.1%
Canterbury 019D1,56977.1 per 1,000596.5%
Canterbury 019E1,37248.5 per 1,000570.7%
Canterbury 020D1,295508.0 per 1,000636.8%
Canterbury 020F1,4531,121.4 per 1,000546.8%
Canterbury 020G1,664200.7 per 1,000437.0%

Your MP

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 CT13

Postcode sectors in CT14

Council1

Towns in CT11

Postcode districts next to CT13

Nearest rail stations4

More in the CT postcode area2

CT1 in brief

CT1 is a postcode district covering Canterbury, St Martin's and Northgate, in Canterbury.

About 34,919 people lived in CT1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £299,995 in 2025 across 398 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 217.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in CT1 was £299,995 in 2025.

CT1 had 32,380 usual residents at the census.

In CT1, 75.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In CT1, 4.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.