CT2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Canterbury, St Dunstan's and Hales Place, 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 CT2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In CT2, 58.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How CT2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is CT2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in CT2 at a rate of 82.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 102.8 per 1,000 people across the CT postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 222 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in CT2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (936), anti-social behaviour (481) and other crime (442).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in CT2 was 76.8 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 CT2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so CT2 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in CT2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canterbury 011B | 1,536 | 94.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 63.7% |
| Canterbury 011C | 1,556 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.0% |
| Canterbury 011D | 1,592 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 72.5% |
| Canterbury 011E | 1,438 | 131.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 51.4% |
| Canterbury 012C | 1,216 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 0.2% |
| Canterbury 012D | 1,599 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 31.8% |
| Canterbury 012E | 1,604 | 40.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.0% |
| Canterbury 012G | 1,167 | 23.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 54.9% |
| Canterbury 012H | 5,447 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 3.3% |
| Canterbury 013A | 1,444 | 130.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 75.7% |
| Canterbury 013B | 1,506 | 132.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.3% |
| Canterbury 013C | 1,749 | 103.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 80.4% |
| Canterbury 013D | 1,771 | 54.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 67.1% |
| Canterbury 013E | 1,592 | 108.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 79.6% |
| Canterbury 020A | 2,097 | 131.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 78.4% |
| Canterbury 020B | 1,687 | 186.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.0% |
| Canterbury 020C | 1,471 | 84.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.7% |
| Canterbury 020E | 1,474 | 56.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.0% |
MPs for CT2
- Rosie DuffieldIndependentMP for Canterbury73% of CT2’s postcodes
- Sir Roger GaleConservativeMP for Herne Bay and Sandwich26% of CT2’s postcodes
- Helen WhatelyConservativeMP for Faversham and Mid Kent1.0% of CT2’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 CT24
Postcode sectors in CT24
Council1
Towns in CT21
Postcode districts next to CT26
Nearest rail stations4
More in the CT postcode area2
CT2 in brief
CT2 is a postcode district covering Canterbury, St Dunstan's and Hales Place, in Canterbury.
About 32,760 people lived in CT2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £325,500 in 2025 across 360 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 82.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in CT2 was £325,500 in 2025.
CT2 had 32,572 usual residents at the census.
In CT2, 58.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In CT2, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.