ME19 5HL

Birling, Leybourne & Ryarsh · Tonbridge and Malling · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
West Malling
Local authority
Tonbridge and Malling
Postcode district
ME19
Postcode sector
ME19 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME19 5PU 50 m
ME19 5PY 68 m
ME19 5PZ 87 m
ME19 5LZ 101 m
ME19 5QL 111 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME19 5HL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1981
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME19
Postcode sector
ME19 5
Latitude
51.300931
Longitude
0.423871
British National Grid easting
569,068
British National Grid northing
158,546

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Tonbridge and Malling · E07000115
Parish or community
E04012345
Westminster constituency
Maidstone and Malling · E14001349
Output area
E00125789
Lower layer super output area
Tonbridge and Malling 003G · E01024782
Middle layer super output area
Tonbridge and Malling 003 · E02005151

Postcode source versions

Explore ME19

27 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
26, Old Barn Road, Leybourne, West Malling, ME19 5HL 17 November 2023 £367,000
19, Old Barn Road, Leybourne, West Malling, ME19 5HL 1 June 2022 £425,000
32, Old Barn Road, Leybourne, West Malling, ME19 5HL 20 August 2021 £337,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
21
Secondary
3
  1. Leybourne, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    200 m
  2. More Park Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    746 m
  3. Lift St James the Great

    Academy sponsor led

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,044
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 377
  • Anti social behaviour 167
  • Criminal damage and arson 115
  • Shoplifting 75
  • Vehicle crime 71

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
39

18 female, 21 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
2.4
ME19 5 residents
8,183

Age bands in ME19 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19%

1,562 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

710 residents

Age 25 to 44
27%

2,225 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

2,239 residents

Age 65 and over
18.3%

1,504 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME19 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
13.3%

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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • THORNHILLS MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82083

    1.2 km

  • SNODLAND MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CATTS ALLEY, MALLING ROAD, SNODLAND, ME6 5SN

    ODS code G82085

    3.1 km

  • WEST MALLING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82135

    3.6 km

  • AYLESFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G82058

    3.7 km

Nearby transport

  • The Old Rectory

    BCT · Leybourne

    0.1 miles
  • Barleycorn

    BCT · Leybourne

    0.1 miles
  • Barleycorn

    BCT · Leybourne

    0.1 miles
  • Baywell

    BCT · Leybourne

    0.1 miles
  • Roundhay

    BCT · Leybourne

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tonbridge and Malling 003G, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

30,903 of 33,755

Income
10 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
4 of 10
Living environment
10 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 £367,000 from 3 recorded sales in ME19 5HL. 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

27 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 3 secondary schools. Leybourne, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 200 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,044 published events cover 12 months, averaging 87 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 377 events.

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