ME14 4NJ

Boxley Downs · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Maidstone
Local authority
Maidstone
Postcode district
ME14
Postcode sector
ME14 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME17 1XJ 237 m
ME14 4NS 359 m
ME14 4NL 373 m
ME14 4NN 456 m
ME17 1XH 463 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME14 4NJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME14
Postcode sector
ME14 4
Latitude
51.262838
Longitude
0.596021
British National Grid easting
581,217
British National Grid northing
154,721

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

24 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
10, Caring Lane, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4NJ 29 August 2025 £650,000
19, Caring Lane, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4NJ 25 October 2024 £650,000
5, Caring Lane, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4NJ 16 September 2024 £750,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
19
Secondary
5
  1. Leeds and Broomfield Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.9 km
  2. Thurnham Church of England Infant School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.0 km
  3. Roseacre Junior School

    Foundation school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
110
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 42
  • Anti social behaviour 28
  • Other theft 11
  • Criminal damage and arson 7
  • Drugs 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
78

38 female, 40 male

Postcode households
30
Residents per household
2.6
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 1.3% 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+
86.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
93.3%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • BEARSTED

    YEOMAN LANE, BEARSTED, MAIDSTONE, ME14 4DS

    ODS code G82074

    1.7 km

  • LANGLEY

    HORSESHOES LANE, LANGLEY, MAIDSTONE, ME17 3JY

    ODS code G82691

    2.9 km

  • THE MEDICAL CENTRE GROUP

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

    ODS code G82604

    3.8 km

  • WALLIS AVENUE

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

    ODS code G82641

    3.9 km

  • MOTE

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

    ODS code G82076

    3.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Crismill Lane

    BCT · Bearsted

    0.2 miles
  • Crismill Lane

    BCT · Bearsted

    0.2 miles
  • Caravan Park

    BCT · Bearsted

    0.3 miles
  • Caravan Park

    BCT · Bearsted

    0.3 miles
  • Potted Garden Centre

    BCT · Bearsted

    0.3 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
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £667,500 from 8 recorded sales in ME14 4NJ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Maidstone is £352,191 in June 2026, up 0.1% year on year.

Schools

27 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 5 secondary schools. Leeds and Broomfield Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

110 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 42 events.

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