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ME15 7TX

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 7SZ 65 m
ME15 7LE 67 m
ME15 7LP 71 m
ME15 7TP 74 m
ME15 7SY 75 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME15 7TX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME15
Postcode sector
ME15 7
Latitude
51.253523
Longitude
0.546409
British National Grid easting
577,792
British National Grid northing
153,564

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
E00123844
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 010E · E01024396
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 010 · E02005077

Postcode source versions

Explore ME15

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
51
Primary
32
Secondary
11

  1. Leigh Academy Molehill

    Academy sponsor led

    416 m

  2. Greenfields Community Primary School

    Community school

    440 m

  3. Leigh Academy Oaks

    Academy sponsor led

    597 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,383
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 997
  • Anti social behaviour 378
  • Criminal damage and arson 276
  • Shoplifting 165
  • Other theft 129

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

5 female, 7 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
1.5
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 0.1% 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.

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

11

within 5 km

  • THE MEDICAL CENTRE GROUP

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

    ODS code G82604

    156 m

  • MOTE

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

    ODS code G82076

    741 m

  • WALLIS AVENUE

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

    ODS code G82641

    1.5 km

  • THE COLLEGE PRACTICE

    50-52 COLLEGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 6SB

    ODS code G82099

    2.4 km

  • BEARSTED

    YEOMAN LANE, BEARSTED, MAIDSTONE, ME14 4DS

    ODS code G82074

    2.4 km

  • THE VINE MEDICAL CENTRE

    13 TONBRIDGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8RL

    ODS code G82164

    2.9 km

  • BREWER STREET

    4 BREWER STREET, MAIDSTONE, ME14 1RU

    ODS code G82089

    3.1 km

  • BOWER MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 BOWER MOUNT ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8AX

    ODS code G82031

    3.6 km

  • LANGLEY

    HORSESHOES LANE, LANGLEY, MAIDSTONE, ME17 3JY

    ODS code G82691

    3.8 km

  • GREENSAND MEDICAL GROUP

    HEATH ROAD, LINTON, MAIDSTONE, ME17 4NU

    ODS code G82024

    3.8 km

  • BLACKTHORN

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

    ODS code G82098

    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

  • St Martin's Church

    BCT · Shepway

    0.0 miles

  • St Martin's Church

    BCT · Shepway

    0.0 miles

  • Oxford Road

    BCT · Shepway

    0.1 miles

  • Oxford Road

    BCT · Shepway

    0.1 miles

  • Suffolk Road

    BCT · Shepway

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 010E, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,506 of 33,755

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

51 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 11 secondary schools. Leigh Academy Molehill is the nearest published school at 416 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,383 published events cover 12 months, averaging 198.583 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.