CT20 9

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Folkestone and Hythe

↑ Folkestone and Hythe (district)

High wellbeingCleaner air than most

Folkestone and Hythe Council · Green / Liberal Democrat coalition 13/30 seats · 43% · OCD 2026

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How safe is it? This postcode sector

We don’t hold a separate crime rate for CT20 9, so this is the wider Folkestone and Hythe district: 7.2 per 1,000 residents a month — below the 9.7 average across districts AcreRight covers. The trend and category mix here are CT20 9’s own.

Crime rate

Monthly recorded crimes across the whole district

District crime rate7.2 / 1,000 / mo

Average across AcreRight-covered districts9.7

Per-1,000 rate is the wider Folkestone and Hythe district — we don’t hold a separate population-based rate for CT20 9 · police.uk / ONS

By category, 12 months from Folkestone and Hythe

Violence and sexual offences

3,530

Anti-social behaviour

1,609

Criminal damage and arson

811

Shoplifting

781

Other theft

642

Drugs

460

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Folkestone and Hythe district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or near	Crimes
Parking Area	217
Supermarket	193
Shopping Area	112
Petrol Station	106
Police Station	96

Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are) · police.uk

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