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ME16 8QY

Fant & Oakwood · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Fant & Oakwood
Local authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Maidstone and Malling
Postcode district
ME16
Postcode sector
ME16 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME16 8GY 33 m
ME16 8LE 50 m
ME16 8DA 51 m
ME16 8LB 64 m
ME16 8LF 64 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME16 8QY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME16
Postcode sector
ME16 8
Latitude
51.265643
Longitude
0.498982
British National Grid easting
574,437
British National Grid northing
154,798

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Electoral ward
Fant & Oakwood · E05015599
Parish or community
E43000297
Westminster constituency
Maidstone and Malling · E14001349
Output area
E00123662
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 009A · E01024360
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 009 · E02005076

Postcode source versions

Explore ME16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
55
Primary
33
Secondary
12

  1. Oakwood Park Grammar School

    Academy converter

    449 m

  2. St Augustine Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    515 m

  3. West Borough Primary School

    Community school

    655 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,014
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,343
  • Anti social behaviour 453
  • Criminal damage and arson 303
  • Other theft 210
  • Shoplifting 183

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
14

8 female, 6 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
4.7
ME16 8 residents
12,714

Age bands in ME16 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.5%

2,244 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

1,337 residents

Age 25 to 44
34.1%

4,381 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.6%

3,162 residents

Age 65 and over
13.3%

1,708 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME16 8 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

10

within 5 km straight-line

  • BLACKTHORN

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

    ODS code G82098

    904 m

  • BOWER MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 BOWER MOUNT ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8AX

    ODS code G82031

    1.1 km

  • THE VINE MEDICAL CENTRE

    13 TONBRIDGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8RL

    ODS code G82164

    1.3 km

  • THE COLLEGE PRACTICE

    50-52 COLLEGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 6SB

    ODS code G82099

    1.7 km

  • BREWER STREET

    4 BREWER STREET, MAIDSTONE, ME14 1RU

    ODS code G82089

    2.1 km

  • THE MEDICAL CENTRE GROUP

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

    ODS code G82604

    3.5 km

  • AYLESFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE NEW AYLESFORD SURGERY, ADMIRAL MOORE DRIVE, ROYAL BRITISH LEGION VILLAGE, AYLESFORD, ME20 7SE

    ODS code G82058

    3.7 km

  • MOTE

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

    ODS code G82076

    3.9 km

  • GREENSAND MEDICAL GROUP

    HEATH ROAD, LINTON, MAIDSTONE, ME17 4NU

    ODS code G82024

    4.0 km

  • WALLIS AVENUE

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

    ODS code G82641

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Whitmore Street

    BCT · Upper Fant

    0.1 miles

  • Whitmore Street

    BCT · Upper Fant

    0.1 miles

  • Unicumes Lane

    BCT · Upper Fant

    0.1 miles

  • Unicumes Lane

    BCT · Upper Fant

    0.1 miles

  • Milton Street

    BCT · Maidstone

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 009A, 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

20,712 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
6 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

55 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 12 secondary schools. Oakwood Park Grammar School is the nearest published school at 449 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,014 published events cover 12 months, averaging 251.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,343 events.

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