ME18 5JX

East and West Peckham, Mereworth & Wateringbury · Tonbridge and Malling · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Tonbridge and Malling
Constituency
Tonbridge
Postcode district
ME18
Postcode sector
ME18 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME18 5TD 171 m
TN11 9SQ 267 m
ME18 5JU 365 m
ME18 5JR 398 m
TN11 9SP 472 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME18 5JX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1996
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME18
Postcode sector
ME18 5
Latitude
51.253570
Longitude
0.344445
British National Grid easting
563,700
British National Grid northing
153,100

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Tonbridge and Malling · E07000115
Parish or community
E04005112
Westminster constituency
Tonbridge · E14001549
Output area
E00125618
Lower layer super output area
Tonbridge and Malling 007A · E01024746
Middle layer super output area
Tonbridge and Malling 007 · E02005155

Postcode source versions

Explore ME18

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Mereworth Community Primary School

    Community school

    1.9 km
  2. Hadlow Primary School

    Community school

    3.3 km
  3. Plaxtol Primary School

    Community school

    3.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
14
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 6
  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Other theft 1

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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • HADLOW MEDICAL CENTRE

    OLD SCHOOL, SCHOOL LANE, HADLOW, TONBRIDGE, TN11 0ET

    ODS code G82754

    3.3 km

  • WEST MALLING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82135

    4.5 km

  • BOROUGH GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    QUARRY HILL ROAD, BOROUGH GREEN, SEVENOAKS, TN15 8RQ

    ODS code G82120

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • School

    BCT · Mereworth

    1.1 miles
  • School

    BCT · Mereworth

    1.1 miles
  • Filling Station

    BCT · Mereworth

    1.3 miles
  • Filling Station

    BCT · Mereworth

    1.3 miles
  • Common Road

    BCT · Hadlow

    1.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tonbridge and Malling 007A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,054 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Mereworth Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

14 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 6 events.

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