ME14 4PJ

Bearsted & Downswood · 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
ME14 4PQ 88 m
ME14 4JY 105 m
ME14 4JX 113 m
ME14 4PP 113 m
ME14 4QR 116 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME14 4PJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME14
Postcode sector
ME14 4
Latitude
51.275297
Longitude
0.573924
British National Grid easting
579,627
British National Grid northing
156,052

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Parish or community
E04004942
Westminster constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent · E14001235
Output area
E00123493
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 007C · E01024328
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 007 · E02005074

Postcode source versions

Explore ME14

27 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
12, Sandy Mount, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4PJ 18 April 2024 £595,000
29, Sandy Mount, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4PJ 31 January 2024 £590,000
28, Sandy Mount, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4PJ 31 October 2022 £600,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
38
Primary
25
Secondary
7
  1. Thurnham Church of England Infant School

    Voluntary controlled school

    432 m
  2. Roseacre Junior School

    Foundation school

    440 m
  3. Leigh Academy Bearsted

    Free schools

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
474
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 211
  • Anti social behaviour 87
  • Other theft 35
  • Criminal damage and arson 35
  • Vehicle crime 32

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
72

37 female, 35 male

Postcode households
32
Residents per household
2.3
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 1.2% 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+
97%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
97%
Gigabit-capable
97%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
97%

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 straight-line

  • BEARSTED

    YEOMAN LANE, BEARSTED, MAIDSTONE, ME14 4DS

    ODS code G82074

    818 m

  • THE MEDICAL CENTRE GROUP

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

    ODS code G82604

    3.2 km

  • BREWER STREET

    4 BREWER STREET, MAIDSTONE, ME14 1RU

    ODS code G82089

    3.5 km

  • THE COLLEGE PRACTICE

    50-52 COLLEGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 6SB

    ODS code G82099

    3.7 km

  • MOTE

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

    ODS code G82076

    3.7 km

  • WALLIS AVENUE

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

    ODS code G82641

    4.1 km

  • THE VINE MEDICAL CENTRE

    13 TONBRIDGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8RL

    ODS code G82164

    4.1 km

  • LANGLEY

    HORSESHOES LANE, LANGLEY, MAIDSTONE, ME17 3JY

    ODS code G82691

    4.5 km

  • BOWER MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 BOWER MOUNT ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8AX

    ODS code G82031

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Sandy Lane

    BCT · Bearsted

    0.1 miles
  • Sandy Lane

    BCT · Bearsted

    0.1 miles
  • Railway Station

    BCT · Bearsted

    0.1 miles
  • Railway Station

    BCT · Bearsted

    0.1 miles
  • Railway Station

    BCT · Bearsted

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 007C, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,240 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
7 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
2
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 £595,000 from 5 recorded sales in ME14 4PJ. 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

38 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 7 secondary schools. Thurnham Church of England Infant School is the nearest published school at 432 m.

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

Recorded crime

474 published events cover 12 months, averaging 39.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 211 events.

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