ME17 2AS

Headcorn & Sutton Valence · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Maidstone
Local authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Weald of Kent
Postcode district
ME17
Postcode sector
ME17 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME17 2AT 148 m
ME17 2AR 211 m
ME17 2EF 296 m
ME17 2AX 329 m
ME17 2DQ 352 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME17 2AS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME17
Postcode sector
ME17 2
Latitude
51.200886
Longitude
0.671631
British National Grid easting
586,742
British National Grid northing
148,022

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Parish or community
E04004944
Westminster constituency
Weald of Kent · E14001570
Output area
E00123681
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 017C · E01024366
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 017 · E02005084

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Property

At this postcode

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6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Oaks, Headcorn Road, Grafty Green, Maidstone, ME17 2AS 28 June 2024 £802,500
The Pig & Whistle, Headcorn Road, Grafty Green, Maidstone, ME17 2AS 21 June 2022 £910,000
The Oaks, Headcorn Road, Grafty Green, Maidstone, ME17 2AS 16 August 2019 £590,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
7
Secondary
0
  1. Ulcombe Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.2 km
  2. Platts Heath Primary School

    Community school

    2.7 km
  3. Kingswood Primary School

    Community school

    3.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
35
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 11
  • Anti social behaviour 10
  • Other theft 5
  • Public order 3
  • Burglary 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

5 female, 8 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
3.3
ME17 2 residents
4,056

Age bands in ME17 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.5%

614 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

375 residents

Age 25 to 44
19%

808 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.4%

1,292 residents

Age 65 and over
27.2%

1,156 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME17 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • Eastwood Road

    BCT · Broadstone

    0.0 miles
  • Eastwood Road

    BCT · Broadstone

    0.0 miles
  • Who'd A Thought It

    BCT · Broadstone

    0.1 miles
  • Who'd A Thought It

    BCT · Broadstone

    0.1 miles
  • Kings Head

    BCT · Grafty Green

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 017C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,338 of 33,755

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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £856,250 from 2 recorded sales in ME17 2AS. 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

Published establishments

7 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ulcombe Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

35 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 11 events.

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