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ME14 4AS

Bearsted & Downswood · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Maidstone
Ward
Bearsted & Downswood
Local authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent
Postcode district
ME14
Postcode sector
ME14 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME14 4AT 59 m
ME14 4AP 81 m
ME14 4AL 90 m
ME14 4AU 110 m
ME14 4LN 112 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME14 4AS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME14
Postcode sector
ME14 4
Latitude
51.273590
Longitude
0.566874
British National Grid easting
579,142
British National Grid northing
155,845

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Electoral ward
Bearsted & Downswood · E05015595
Parish or community
E04004942
Westminster constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent · E14001235
Output area
E00123494
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 005A · E01024330
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 005 · E02005072

Postcode source versions

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Property

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10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Mynn Crescent, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4AS 6 January 2017 £465,000
5, Mynn Crescent, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4AS 23 October 2014 £485,000
9, Mynn Crescent, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4AS 1 May 2014 £359,995

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
43
Primary
27
Secondary
10

  1. Roseacre Junior School

    Foundation school

    276 m

  2. Thurnham Church of England Infant School

    Voluntary controlled school

    333 m

  3. Leigh Academy Bearsted

    Free schools

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
622
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 255
  • Anti social behaviour 125
  • Criminal damage and arson 55
  • Other theft 41
  • Vehicle crime 39

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
31

14 female, 17 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
3.4
ME14 4 residents
6,007

Age bands in ME14 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.5%

981 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.9%

445 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.6%

1,044 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.5%

1,597 residents

Age 65 and over
27.3%

1,531 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME14 4 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%

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

9

within 5 km

  • BEARSTED

    YEOMAN LANE, BEARSTED, MAIDSTONE, ME14 4DS

    ODS code G82074

    747 m

  • THE MEDICAL CENTRE GROUP

    THE MEDICAL PRACTICE, 10A NORTHUMBERLAND COURT, NORTHUMBERLAND ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 7LN

    ODS code G82604

    2.8 km

  • BREWER STREET

    4 BREWER STREET, MAIDSTONE, ME14 1RU

    ODS code G82089

    3.0 km

  • THE COLLEGE PRACTICE

    50-52 COLLEGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 6SB

    ODS code G82099

    3.2 km

  • MOTE

    ST. SAVIOURS SURGERY, ST. SAVIOURS ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 9FL

    ODS code G82076

    3.3 km

  • THE VINE MEDICAL CENTRE

    13 TONBRIDGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8RL

    ODS code G82164

    3.6 km

  • WALLIS AVENUE

    THE SURGERY, WALLIS AVENUE, PARKWOOD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 9JJ

    ODS code G82641

    3.8 km

  • BOWER MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 BOWER MOUNT ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8AX

    ODS code G82031

    4.2 km

  • LANGLEY

    HORSESHOES LANE, LANGLEY, MAIDSTONE, ME17 3JY

    ODS code G82691

    4.5 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

  • Spurway

    BCT · Bearsted

    0.1 miles

  • Spurway

    BCT · Bearsted

    0.1 miles

  • Plantation Lane

    BCT · Bearsted

    0.2 miles

  • Plantation Lane

    BCT · Bearsted

    0.2 miles

  • Sandy Lane

    BCT · Bearsted

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 005A, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

33,069 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
9 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
0
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

43 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 10 secondary schools. Roseacre Junior School is the nearest published school at 276 m.

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

Recorded crime

622 published events cover 12 months, averaging 51.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 255 events.

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