ME20 6YR

Aylesford South & Ditton · Tonbridge and Malling · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
Tonbridge and Malling
Postcode district
ME20
Postcode sector
ME20 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME20 6YQ 89 m
ME20 6YW 97 m
ME20 6ZH 103 m
ME20 6ZB 142 m
ME20 6ZD 161 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME20 6YR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2023
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME20
Postcode sector
ME20 6
Latitude
51.291636
Longitude
0.452571
British National Grid easting
571,103
British National Grid northing
157,579

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Tonbridge and Malling · E07000115
Parish or community
E04012123
Westminster constituency
Maidstone and Malling · E14001349
Output area
E00186798
Lower layer super output area
Tonbridge and Malling 005D · E01024736
Middle layer super output area
Tonbridge and Malling 005 · E02005153

Postcode source versions

Explore ME20

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
45
Primary
30
Secondary
8
  1. Ditton Infant School

    Foundation school

    492 m
  2. Ditton Church of England Junior School

    Academy converter

    501 m
  3. Aylesford School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
977
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 385
  • Anti social behaviour 138
  • Criminal damage and arson 93
  • Shoplifting 80
  • Vehicle crime 68

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
ME20 6 residents
13,472

Age bands in ME20 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.6%

2,398 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

1,282 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.1%

3,276 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.9%

3,651 residents

Age 65 and over
22%

2,988 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

9

within 5 km

  • THORNHILLS MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82083

    1.2 km

  • AYLESFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G82058

    1.7 km

  • BLACKTHORN

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

    ODS code G82098

    3.5 km

  • SNODLAND MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CATTS ALLEY, MALLING ROAD, SNODLAND, ME6 5SN

    ODS code G82085

    4.0 km

  • WEST MALLING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82135

    4.1 km

  • BOWER MOUNT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 BOWER MOUNT ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8AX

    ODS code G82031

    4.3 km

  • WATERINGBURY

    14 PELICAN COURT, WATERINGBURY, MAIDSTONE, ME18 5SS

    ODS code G82200

    4.4 km

  • PHOENIX MEDICAL PRACTICE

    33 BELL LANE, BURHAM, ROCHESTER, ME1 3SX

    ODS code G82234

    4.6 km

  • THE VINE MEDICAL CENTRE

    13 TONBRIDGE ROAD, MAIDSTONE, ME16 8RL

    ODS code G82164

    4.9 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

  • Ditton Corner

    BCT · Ditton

    0.5 miles
  • TA Centre

    BCT · Ditton

    0.5 miles
  • Ditton Corner

    BCT · Ditton

    0.5 miles
  • TA Centre

    BCT · Ditton

    0.5 miles
  • Bell Lane

    BCT · Ditton

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tonbridge and Malling 005D, 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

16,671 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
9 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

45 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 8 secondary schools. Ditton Infant School is the nearest published school at 492 m.

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

Recorded crime

977 published events cover 12 months, averaging 81.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 385 events.

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