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ME16 9QZ

Aylesford South & Ditton · Tonbridge and Malling · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Aylesford South & Ditton
Local authority
Tonbridge and Malling
Constituency
Maidstone and Malling
Postcode district
ME16
Postcode sector
ME16 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME16 9RF 167 m
ME16 9RB 196 m
ME16 9RE 202 m
ME16 9RH 202 m
ME16 9RQ 202 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME16 9QZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME16
Postcode sector
ME16 9
Latitude
51.281822
Longitude
0.482106
British National Grid easting
573,199
British National Grid northing
156,557

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Tonbridge and Malling · E07000115
Electoral ward
Aylesford South & Ditton · E05015036
Parish or community
E04005090
Westminster constituency
Maidstone and Malling · E14001349
Output area
E00186790
Lower layer super output area
Tonbridge and Malling 005A · E01024717
Middle layer super output area
Tonbridge and Malling 005 · E02005153

Postcode source versions

Explore ME16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
47
Primary
30
Secondary
11

  1. Palace Wood Primary School

    Community school

    923 m

  2. Allington Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

  3. St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone

    Voluntary aided school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,475
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 682
  • Anti social behaviour 184
  • Criminal damage and arson 149
  • Shoplifting 116
  • Other theft 103

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
ME16 9 residents
7,308

Age bands in ME16 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.3%

1,487 residents

Age 15 to 24
11%

802 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.1%

1,985 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.9%

1,751 residents

Age 65 and over
17.7%

1,292 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

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
0%

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

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • BLACKTHORN

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

    ODS code G82098

    1.5 km

  • AYLESFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G82058

    1.6 km

  • BOWER MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 BOWER MOUNT ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8AX

    ODS code G82031

    2.0 km

  • THE VINE MEDICAL CENTRE

    13 TONBRIDGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8RL

    ODS code G82164

    2.6 km

  • BREWER STREET

    4 BREWER STREET, MAIDSTONE, ME14 1RU

    ODS code G82089

    2.9 km

  • THE COLLEGE PRACTICE

    50-52 COLLEGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME15 6SB

    ODS code G82099

    3.2 km

  • THORNHILLS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LARKFIELD HEALTH CENTRE, MARTIN SQUARE, LARKFIELD, AYLESFORD, ME20 6QJ

    ODS code G82083

    3.5 km

  • WATERINGBURY

    14 PELICAN COURT, WATERINGBURY, MAIDSTONE, ME18 5SS

    ODS code G82200

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Chestnut Road

    BCT · Hermitage Park

    0.1 miles

  • Chestnut Road

    BCT · Hermitage Park

    0.1 miles

  • Hermitage Farm

    BCT · Barming

    0.2 miles

  • Barming Rail Station

    RSE · Barming

    0.2 miles

  • Barming Rail Station

    RLY · Barming

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tonbridge and Malling 005A, 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

9,103 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
5 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

47 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 11 secondary schools. Palace Wood Primary School is the nearest published school at 923 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,475 published events cover 12 months, averaging 122.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 682 events.

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