Property market
The five-year median is £335,000 from 2,943 recorded sales in ME16. 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.
ME16
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 979
- Current units
- 795
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 184
Postcode sectors in ME16
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
20,992 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 105, London Road, Maidstone, ME16 0HF | 30 July 2026 | £520,000 |
| 29, Victoria Court, Maidstone, ME16 8JZ | 24 July 2026 | £105,000 |
| 40, Roseholme, Maidstone, ME16 8DR | 22 July 2026 | £170,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 16
- Primary
- 9
- Secondary
- 5
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 3,081
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,318
- Anti social behaviour 466
- Criminal damage and arson 292
- Shoplifting 222
- Other theft 219
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- ME16 usual residents
- 34,416
- Age-profile population
- 34,405
Age bands in ME16
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.8%
6,112 residents
3,526 residents
9,907 residents
8,744 residents
6,116 residents
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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 746 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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
- 85.7%
715 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 560 had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, and 0 had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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
3
in this district
BLACKTHORN
BLACKTHORN MEDICAL CENTRE, ST. ANDREWS ROAD, BARMING, MAIDSTONE, ME16 9AL
ODS code G82098
BOWER MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 BOWER MOUNT ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8AX
ODS code G82031
THE VINE MEDICAL CENTRE
13 TONBRIDGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8RL
ODS code G82164
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.
Evidence in context
Schools
16 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 5 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,081 published events cover 12 months, averaging 256.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,318 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.