NEW TOWN STREET, CT1 1BX House Prices & Local Information

CT1 1BX is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on New Town Street, 0.9km from St Stephen's in Canterbury. Administratively it sits within Northgate ward and the Canterbury constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, CT1 1BX is a mixed area of service workers, students and families in semi-detached housing. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a eat, drink and be merry zone — areas dominated by food and entertainment. This is a stable, socially diverse area (average age 36) — accessible for a wide range of households, from young families to empty nesters. 51% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 22% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are above average at 105 incidents per 1,000 residents — worth reviewing the crime breakdown below. Property: Average house prices are around £264k. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for CT1 1BX are sourced from Output Area E00190192 (shared with 6 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.