ME17 1LW

Leeds & Langley · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Maidstone
Local authority
Maidstone
Postcode district
ME17
Postcode sector
ME17 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME17 3QA 32 m
ME17 1JY 48 m
ME17 3QJ 102 m
ME17 1LZ 109 m
ME17 3PX 140 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME17 1LW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2010
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME17
Postcode sector
ME17 1
Latitude
51.224746
Longitude
0.635600
British National Grid easting
584,130
British National Grid northing
150,584

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Parish or community
E04004948
Westminster constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent · E14001235
Output area
E00123740
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 015C · E01024375
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 015 · E02005082

Postcode source versions

Explore ME17

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Nine Oaks Court, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 1LW 21 November 2025 £575,000
2, Nine Oaks Court, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 1LW 13 December 2024 £648,500
1, Nine Oaks Court, Kingswood, Maidstone, ME17 1LW 31 March 2021 £530,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
7
Secondary
0
  1. Kingswood Primary School

    Community school

    258 m
  2. Ulcombe Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.7 km
  3. Harrietsham Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
89
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 25
  • Violence and sexual offences 20
  • Criminal damage and arson 12
  • Other theft 11
  • Vehicle crime 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

9 female, 6 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
3.8
ME17 1 residents
6,700

Age bands in ME17 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

1,065 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

553 residents

Age 25 to 44
22%

1,406 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.6%

1,889 residents

Age 65 and over
23.1%

1,478 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME17 1 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
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

2

within 5 km

  • LANGLEY

    HORSESHOES LANE, LANGLEY, MAIDSTONE, ME17 3JY

    ODS code G82691

    3.3 km

  • SUTTON VALENCE GROUP PRACTICE

    SOUTH LANE, SUTTON VALENCE, MAIDSTONE, ME17 3BD

    ODS code G82229

    3.3 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

  • Village Hall

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.1 miles
  • Village Hall

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.1 miles
  • The Waldens

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.1 miles
  • The Waldens

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.1 miles
  • Charlesford Avenue East

    BCT · Kingswood

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 015C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,474 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
5 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

Property market

The five-year median is £611,750 from 2 recorded sales in ME17 1LW. 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.

Schools

8 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 0 secondary schools. Kingswood Primary School is the nearest published school at 258 m.

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

Recorded crime

89 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 25 events.

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