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ME18 5FB

Barming Heath & Teston · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Barming Heath & Teston
Local authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Maidstone and Malling
Postcode district
ME18
Postcode sector
ME18 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME18 5BD 171 m
ME18 5BQ 193 m
ME18 5BE 253 m
ME19 6JQ 253 m
ME18 5BJ 272 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME18 5FB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2024
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME18
Postcode sector
ME18 5
Latitude
51.268060
Longitude
0.433351
British National Grid easting
569,850
British National Grid northing
154,913

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Electoral ward
Barming Heath & Teston · E05015594
Parish or community
E04004973
Westminster constituency
Maidstone and Malling · E14001349
Output area
E00123489
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 014A · E01024325
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 014 · E02005081

Postcode source versions

Explore ME18

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
34
Primary
25
Secondary
5

  1. The Discovery School

    Community school

    1.2 km

  2. Wateringbury Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.2 km

  3. Kings Hill School Primary and Nursery

    Community school

    2.5 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 53
  • Criminal damage and arson 14
  • Other theft 10
  • Anti social behaviour 10
  • Vehicle crime 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
ME18 5 residents
4,455

Age bands in ME18 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14%

641 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

472 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.6%

806 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.8%

1,505 residents

Age 65 and over
25.4%

1,168 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

5

within 5 km

  • WATERINGBURY

    14 PELICAN COURT, WATERINGBURY, MAIDSTONE, ME18 5SS

    ODS code G82200

    1.5 km

  • WEST MALLING GROUP PRACTICE

    37 QUEEN STREET, KINGS HILL, WEST MALLING, ME19 4JF

    ODS code G82135

    2.2 km

  • THORNHILLS MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82083

    3.6 km

  • BLACKTHORN

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

    ODS code G82098

    3.7 km

  • AYLESFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G82058

    4.2 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Livesey Street

    BCT · Teston

    0.7 miles

  • Livesey Street

    BCT · Teston

    0.7 miles

  • Holly Way

    BCT · Kings Hill

    0.8 miles

  • Dawn Lane

    BCT · Kings Hill

    0.8 miles

  • Holly Way

    BCT · Kings Hill

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 014A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,078 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
4 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

34 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 5 secondary schools. The Discovery School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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 53 events.

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