ME14 3LR

Boxley Downs · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Maidstone
Postcode district
ME14
Postcode sector
ME14 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME14 3ND 263 m
ME14 3JB 467 m
ME14 3JD 510 m
ME14 3LS 639 m
ME14 3LP 702 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME14 3LR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME14
Postcode sector
ME14 3
Latitude
51.294428
Longitude
0.610857
British National Grid easting
582,127
British National Grid northing
158,270

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Parish or community
E04013407
Westminster constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent · E14001235
Output area
E00123598
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 001E · E01024347
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 001 · E02005068

Postcode source versions

Explore ME14

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
8
Secondary
0
  1. Thurnham Church of England Infant School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.8 km
  2. Roseacre Junior School

    Foundation school

    3.8 km
  3. Leigh Academy Bearsted

    Free schools

    3.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
37
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 10
  • Vehicle crime 8
  • Other theft 6
  • Anti social behaviour 4
  • Public order 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

5 female, 3 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.0
ME14 3 residents
2,293

Age bands in ME14 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.6%

383 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

227 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.5%

519 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.1%

694 residents

Age 65 and over
21%

485 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME14 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
50%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
50%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
50%
Gigabit-capable
50%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
25%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
50%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • BEARSTED

    YEOMAN LANE, BEARSTED, MAIDSTONE, ME14 4DS

    ODS code G82074

    4.0 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Kent County Showground

    BCT · Detling

    1.2 miles
  • South Street

    BCT · Stockbury

    1.5 miles
  • Mallings Lane

    BCT · Bearsted

    1.9 miles
  • Cross Keys

    BCT · Bearsted

    1.9 miles
  • Potted Garden Centre

    BCT · Bearsted

    2.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 001E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,754 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
5 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 0 secondary schools. Thurnham Church of England Infant School is the nearest published school at 2.3 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

37 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 10 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.