# Folkestone and Hythe: your area url: https://whereyourmoneygoes.co.uk/your-area/folkestone-and-hythe/ updated: 29 September 2026 licence: Our words, analysis, charts and derived calculations: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), credit [Tekstak Ltd](https://tek-stak.co.uk). Figures: each source's own licence, listed under Sources. publisher: [Tekstak Ltd](https://tek-stak.co.uk) # Folkestone and Hythe: your area Last updated 29 September 2026. Figures refresh every night. [How each figure is worked out](/methodology/). **Folkestone and Hythe** sets a Band D council tax of **£2,539** for 2026-27, 70 of 296 councils in England from the highest. Police: Kent. Fire and rescue: Kent. Health: NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board. This page links to everything the site holds on the area; the full bill, the report card and parking each have a page of their own. Figures for the 2026–27 financial year. Source: [Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/council-tax-statistics). ## Key figures - [£2,539Band D council tax, 2026-27](/council-tax/england/folkestone-and-hythe/) ▲ As of 6 April 2026 - [45.9%Household waste recycled, 2024-25](/council-tax/england/folkestone-and-hythe/#report-card) - [4%A roads where maintenance should be considered, 2024-25 (county)](/council-tax/england/folkestone-and-hythe/#report-card) - [151%Reserves as a share of spending, 2024-25](/council-tax/england/folkestone-and-hythe/#report-card) Source: [Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/council-tax-statistics). ## What is the council tax in Folkestone and Hythe? Band D is **£2,539** a year for 2026-27, and Band A, the lowest, **£1,693**. That is £128 above the England average of £2,411, 70 of 296 in England from the highest. Of a Band D bill, **£314** goes to Folkestone and Hythe. [Every band, who gets the money and how Folkestone and Hythe compares](/council-tax/england/folkestone-and-hythe/) [Where your council tax goes: from your bill to each service](/council-tax/england/folkestone-and-hythe/where-it-goes/) [Kent County Council: senior pay and councillors' allowances](/councils/pay-and-allowances/kent-county-council/) ## How does the council compare? - Council tax rise this year4.2%Lower than the England figure of 4.9% - Council tax per head£941Higher than the England figure of £796 - Ombudsman uphold rate33% (1 of 3)Lower than the England figure of 86% - Reserves as a share of net spending151%Higher than the England figure of 50% - Borrowing per home£2,183Lower than the England figure of £3,474 - Accounts, 2024-25Delivered by backstop92% of bodies had an opinion delivered by the backstop date - Ofsted, children's services (county)Good73% of English councils are good or outstanding - CQC, adult social care (county)Requires improvement62% of assessed councils are good or outstanding - A roads needing maintenance considered (county)4%Lower than the England figure of 5% - Recycling rate45.9%Higher than the England figure of 42.0% - Major planning decisions on time91.2%Higher than the England figure of 91.0% Each figure is set against the figure for England as a whole. They are plain comparisons, one measure at a time: there is no overall score and no ranking of councils. Higher is not always better or worse; what each measure does and does not show is on the [methodology page](/methodology/#council-report-cards). [The full report card: complaints, finances, audit, pay and services](/council-tax/england/folkestone-and-hythe/#report-card) ## Roads, bins and planning | Measure | Figure | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | A roads where maintenance should be considered (Kent County Council)Details | 4% | 2024-25 | | Period2024-25 | | | | B and C roads where maintenance should be consideredDetails | 7% | 2024-25 | | Period2024-25 | | | | Unclassified roads where maintenance should be consideredDetails | 35% | 2024-25 | | Period2024-25 | | | | Household waste reused, recycled or compostedDetails | 45.9% | 2024-25 | | Period2024-25 | | | | Major planning decisions made on timeDetails | 91.2% | 24 months to end of June 2026 | | Period24 months to end of June 2026 | | | Road condition is from the Department for Transport; each figure is compared with England as a whole in the [report card](/council-tax/england/folkestone-and-hythe/#report-card). ## What does the council make from parking? This council does not appear in the latest parking return. What the law lets a council spend a parking surplus on is on [parking fines and council parking income](/parking-fines-and-council-parking-income/). ## Who is your MP? A council area can span several constituencies, so your MP depends on your address. Enter your postcode in the box at the top of this page to see your MP and what their office cost, [find any MP by name or constituency](/mps/), or see every constituency and its MP on [the MP map](/mps/map/). ## How much crime is recorded here? In the 12 months to June 2026, police recorded **69.1 crimes per 1,000 residents** in Folkestone and Hythe, excluding anti-social behaviour, against 82.4 across England. [Folkestone and Hythe on the crime map, down to streets of a few hundred homes](/crime/?in=E23000032&level=lad&area=E07000112) ### Your police precept A Band D home in Folkestone and Hythe pays **£285.15** police precept in 2026-27. It funds **Kent**, which has £486m in all for 2026-27. The precept is set once for the whole force area and spent across the whole force area, so the crime figures above for Folkestone and Hythe are not what its precept bought. [Kent: funding, precept and results for the whole force](/police/kent/) ## Who runs police, fire, health and ambulances here? | Service | Body | Latest | Per resident | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | PoliceDetails | [Kent](/police/kent/) | £486m (2026-27) | £250 | | Latest£486m (2026-27)Per resident£250 | | | | | Fire and rescueDetails | [Kent Fire and Rescue Service](/fire-and-rescue/kent/) | £99m (2025-26) | £50.64 | | Latest£99m (2025-26)Per resident£50.64 | | | | | AmbulanceDetails | [South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust](/ambulance/south-east-coast-ambulance-service/) | £365m (2024-25) | £73.92 | | Latest£365m (2024-25)Per resident£73.92 | | | | | NHSDetails | [NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board](/nhs/kent-and-medway/) | £5.9bn (2028-29) | £3,019 | | Latest£5.9bn (2028-29)Per resident£3,019 | | | | | RoadsDetails | [Kent County Council](/roads/kent/) | £56m (2025-26) | £34.12 | | Latest£56m (2025-26)Per resident£34.12 | | | | | SchoolsDetails | [Kent](/education/kent/) | £1.5bn (2026-27) | £878 | | Latest£1.5bn (2026-27)Per resident£878 | | | | | Council spendingDetails | [Folkestone and Hythe](/your-area/folkestone-and-hythe/) | £18m (2024-25) | £163 | | Latest£18m (2024-25)Per resident£163 | | | | | Social careDetails | [Kent](/social-care/kent/) | £1.2bn (2024-25) | £730 | | Latest£1.2bn (2024-25)Per resident£730 | | | | | HousingDetails | [Folkestone and Hythe](/your-area/folkestone-and-hythe/) | £4m (2024-25) | £31.89 | | Latest£4m (2024-25)Per resident£31.89 | | | | | Waste and recyclingDetails | Folkestone and Hythe | not published | — | | Latestnot publishedPer resident— | | | | Each body serves a wider area than Folkestone and Hythe, and its money is for the whole of that area. Its page has its funding over time and what is recorded alongside it; [public services near you](/public-services-near-you/) looks them up for any postcode. Water is not covered yet: see [Discover Water](https://www.discoverwater.co.uk/). Which bodies cover Folkestone and Hythe: ONS lookups of local authorities to police force areas, fire and rescue authorities, integrated care boards and local health boards (Open Government Licence v3.0); where an area is split between integrated care boards, the one covering most residents is named. ## How does Folkestone and Hythe look against other councils? See Folkestone and Hythe on [the council map](/councils/map/?council=E07000112), alongside every other council on council tax, complaints, reserves, audit and inspections, or [browse every council](/councils/). ## Common questions How much is council tax in Folkestone and Hythe? Band D is £2,539 a year for 2026-27. [Every band](/council-tax/england/folkestone-and-hythe/).Which police force covers Folkestone and Hythe? Kent police force area. Fire and rescue: Kent. ## Sources for this page | Source | Publisher | Figures as of | Updated | Licence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/council-tax-statistics) | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | the 2026–27 financial year | annual | [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) | Each source's figures are used under the licence shown. 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