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ME15 7SF

Shepway · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Shepway
Local authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent
Postcode district
ME15
Postcode sector
ME15 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME15 7EZ 30 m
ME15 7XD 30 m
ME15 7BP 35 m
ME15 7DS 47 m
ME15 7PD 68 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME15 7SF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2001
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME15
Postcode sector
ME15 7
Latitude
51.253677
Longitude
0.551304
British National Grid easting
578,133
British National Grid northing
153,593

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Electoral ward
Shepway · E05015612
Parish or community
E43000297
Westminster constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent · E14001235
Output area
E00123866
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 013E · E01024398
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 013 · E02005080

Postcode source versions

Explore ME15

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
50
Primary
31
Secondary
11

  1. Greenfields Community Primary School

    Community school

    318 m

  2. Leigh Academy Molehill

    Academy sponsor led

    613 m

  3. King's Reach Education

    Other independent special school

    689 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,385
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 997
  • Anti social behaviour 390
  • Criminal damage and arson 267
  • Shoplifting 172
  • Other theft 133

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

2 female, 3 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
1.0
ME15 7 residents
11,468

Age bands in ME15 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.5%

2,002 residents

Age 15 to 24
11%

1,191 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.8%

2,895 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

2,938 residents

Age 65 and over
16.5%

1,781 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME15 7 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.

GP practices

11

within 5 km

  • THE MEDICAL CENTRE GROUP

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

    ODS code G82604

    469 m

  • MOTE

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

    ODS code G82076

    853 m

  • WALLIS AVENUE

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

    ODS code G82641

    1.4 km

  • BEARSTED

    YEOMAN LANE, BEARSTED, MAIDSTONE, ME14 4DS

    ODS code G82074

    2.2 km

  • THE COLLEGE PRACTICE

    50-52 COLLEGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 6SB

    ODS code G82099

    2.6 km

  • THE VINE MEDICAL CENTRE

    13 TONBRIDGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8RL

    ODS code G82164

    3.2 km

  • BREWER STREET

    4 BREWER STREET, MAIDSTONE, ME14 1RU

    ODS code G82089

    3.2 km

  • LANGLEY

    HORSESHOES LANE, LANGLEY, MAIDSTONE, ME17 3JY

    ODS code G82691

    3.5 km

  • BOWER MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 BOWER MOUNT ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8AX

    ODS code G82031

    3.8 km

  • GREENSAND MEDICAL GROUP

    HEATH ROAD, LINTON, MAIDSTONE, ME17 4NU

    ODS code G82024

    4.1 km

  • BLACKTHORN

    BLACKTHORN MEDICAL CENTRE, ST. ANDREWS ROAD, BARMING, MAIDSTONE, ME16 9AL

    ODS code G82098

    4.8 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

  • Westmorland Road

    BCT · Shepway

    0.0 miles

  • Westmorland Road

    BCT · Shepway

    0.1 miles

  • Westmorland Road Top

    BCT · Shepway

    0.1 miles

  • Oxford Road

    BCT · Shepway

    0.1 miles

  • Oxford Road

    BCT · Shepway

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 013E, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,345 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
4 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

50 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 11 secondary schools. Greenfields Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 318 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,385 published events cover 12 months, averaging 198.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 997 events.

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