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ME17 3WH

Headcorn & Sutton Valence · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Headcorn & Sutton Valence
Local authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Weald of Kent
Postcode district
ME17
Postcode sector
ME17 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME17 1WX 0 m
ME17 3UZ 0 m
ME17 3WJ 0 m
ME17 3YD 0 m
ME17 3AD 26 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME17 3WH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2010
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME17
Postcode sector
ME17 3
Latitude
51.213552
Longitude
0.596426
British National Grid easting
581,439
British National Grid northing
149,242

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Electoral ward
Headcorn & Sutton Valence · E05015602
Parish or community
E04004972
Westminster constituency
Weald of Kent · E14001570
Output area
E00123917
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 017D · E01024411
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 017 · E02005084

Postcode source versions

Explore ME17

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
9
Secondary
0

  1. Sutton Valence School

    Other independent school

    230 m

  2. Sutton Valence Primary School

    Community school

    433 m

  3. Kingswood Primary School

    Community school

    3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
107
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 33
  • Other theft 23
  • Anti social behaviour 15
  • Burglary 7
  • Other crime 7

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

3

within 5 km

  • SUTTON VALENCE GROUP PRACTICE

    SOUTH LANE, SUTTON VALENCE, MAIDSTONE, ME17 3BD

    ODS code G82229

    310 m

  • LANGLEY

    HORSESHOES LANE, LANGLEY, MAIDSTONE, ME17 3JY

    ODS code G82691

    2.6 km

  • WALLIS AVENUE

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

    ODS code G82641

    4.3 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

  • The King's Head

    BCT · Sutton Valence

    0.2 miles

  • The King's Head

    BCT · Sutton Valence

    0.2 miles

  • Village Hall

    BCT · Sutton Valence

    0.3 miles

  • Village Hall

    BCT · Sutton Valence

    0.3 miles

  • Warmlake Crossroads

    BCT · Warmlake Corner

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 017D, 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

14,817 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
8 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

Schools

11 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 0 secondary schools. Sutton Valence School is the nearest published school at 230 m.

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

Recorded crime

107 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 33 events.

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