ME18 5QS

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

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Maidstone
Local authority
Tonbridge and Malling
Constituency
Tonbridge
Postcode district
ME18
Postcode sector
ME18 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME18 5QR 96 m
ME18 5QP 146 m
ME19 4LA 187 m
ME18 5QW 199 m
ME19 4FJ 288 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME18 5QS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME18
Postcode sector
ME18 5
Latitude
51.267268
Longitude
0.387519
British National Grid easting
566,656
British National Grid northing
154,720

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Tonbridge and Malling · E07000115
Parish or community
E04005101
Westminster constituency
Tonbridge · E14001549
Output area
E00125617
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

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Yew Tree House, 265, Kent Street, Mereworth, Maidstone, ME18 5QS 12 August 2022 £850,000
258, Kent Street, Mereworth, Maidstone, ME18 5QS 1 March 2018 £285,000
265, Kent Street, Mereworth, Maidstone, ME18 5QS 19 January 2001 £330,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
11
Secondary
1
  1. Kings Hill School Primary and Nursery

    Community school

    912 m
  2. Valley Invicta Primary School At Kings Hill

    Academy sponsor led

    1.1 km
  3. Mereworth Community Primary School

    Community school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
272
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 87
  • Anti social behaviour 64
  • Shoplifting 28
  • Other theft 24
  • Criminal damage and arson 23

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

6 female, 10 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.0
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

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME18 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
50%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
25%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
25%
Gigabit-capable
25%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

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

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • WEST MALLING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82135

    1.2 km

  • WATERINGBURY

    14 PELICAN COURT, WATERINGBURY, MAIDSTONE, ME18 5SS

    ODS code G82200

    3.0 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

  • Kent Street

    BCT · Mereworth

    0.1 miles
  • Kent Street

    BCT · Mereworth

    0.1 miles
  • Airfield Estate

    BCT · Kings Hill

    0.3 miles
  • Typhoon Road

    BCT · Kings Hill

    0.3 miles
  • Typhoon Road

    BCT · Kings Hill

    0.4 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.

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

Property market

The five-year median is £850,000 from 1 recorded sale in ME18 5QS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Tonbridge and Malling is £405,932 in June 2026, up 2.6% year on year.

Schools

13 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools. Kings Hill School Primary and Nursery is the nearest published school at 912 m.

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

Recorded crime

272 published events cover 12 months, averaging 22.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 87 events.

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