ME17 3EU

Boughton Monchelsea & Chart Sutton · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Weald of Kent
Postcode district
ME17
Postcode sector
ME17 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TN12 0RN 156 m
ME17 3HA 380 m
ME17 3EX 556 m
TN12 0DE 610 m
TN12 0RW 656 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME17 3EU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 1995
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME17
Postcode sector
ME17 3
Latitude
51.197837
Longitude
0.557765
British National Grid easting
578,800
British National Grid northing
147,400

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Parish or community
E04013400
Westminster constituency
Weald of Kent · E14001570
Output area
E00123522
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 015A · E01024332
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 015 · E02005082

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. Sutton Valence Primary School

    Community school

    3.0 km
  2. Sutton Valence School

    Other independent school

    3.1 km
  3. Boughton Monchelsea Primary School

    Community school

    3.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
34
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 11
  • Other crime 5
  • Burglary 4
  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Vehicle crime 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
ME17 3 residents
7,029

Age bands in ME17 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.2%

1,391 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

707 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.7%

1,957 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.5%

2,025 residents

Age 65 and over
20.3%

1,549 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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • SUTTON VALENCE GROUP PRACTICE

    SOUTH LANE, SUTTON VALENCE, MAIDSTONE, ME17 3BD

    ODS code G82229

    2.9 km

  • WALLIS AVENUE

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

    ODS code G82641

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Chart Hill Road

    BCT · Cross-at-Hand

    0.8 miles
  • Chart Hill Road

    BCT · Cross-at-Hand

    0.8 miles
  • Cobfield

    BCT · Chart Sutton

    1.8 miles
  • Cobfield

    BCT · Chart Sutton

    1.8 miles
  • Staplehurst Rail Station

    RLY · Staplehurst

    1.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 015A, 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

11,614 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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

9 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Sutton Valence Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

34 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.833 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.