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ME5 8XP

Boxley Downs · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Chatham
Ward
Boxley Downs
Local authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent
Postcode district
ME5
Postcode sector
ME5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME5 8XR 68 m
ME5 8XS 73 m
ME5 8XA 76 m
ME5 8XU 81 m
ME5 8XQ 108 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME5 8XP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME5
Postcode sector
ME5 8
Latitude
51.328541
Longitude
0.548839
British National Grid easting
577,672
British National Grid northing
161,911

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Electoral ward
Boxley Downs · E05015597
Parish or community
E04013399
Westminster constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent · E14001235
Output area
E00123539
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 001A · E01024333
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 001 · E02005068

Postcode source versions

Explore ME5

Property

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57 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
11, Autumn Glade, Chatham, ME5 8XP 6 January 2026 £335,000
27, Autumn Glade, Chatham, ME5 8XP 8 August 2025 £275,000
10, Autumn Glade, Chatham, ME5 8XP 2 July 2025 £197,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
26
Secondary
6

  1. Swingate Primary School

    Community school

    538 m

  2. St Benedict's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

  3. Lordswood School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
510
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 190
  • Anti social behaviour 119
  • Criminal damage and arson 52
  • Other theft 38
  • Vehicle crime 29

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
73

36 female, 37 male

Postcode households
27
Residents per household
2.7
ME5 8 residents
15,222

Age bands in ME5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19%

2,909 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.7%

1,640 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.1%

4,154 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.3%

4,025 residents

Age 65 and over
17%

2,600 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME5 8 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
27.6%

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

10

within 5 km

  • REACH HEALTHCARE

    WALDERSLADE VILLAGE SURGERY, 62A ROBIN HOOD LANE, CHATHAM, ME5 9LD

    ODS code G82161

    2.0 km

  • KING GEORGE ROAD SURGERY

    52A KING GEORGE ROAD, CHATHAM, ME5 0TT

    ODS code G82108

    3.1 km

  • PARKWOOD FAMILY PRACTICE

    119 LONG CATLIS ROAD, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 9RR

    ODS code G82721

    3.5 km

  • THE CHURCHILL CLINIC

    94 CHURCHILL AVENUE, CHATHAM, ME5 0DL

    ODS code G82697

    3.7 km

  • WIGMORE MEDICAL CENTRE

    114 WOODSIDE, WIGMORE, GILLINGHAM, ME8 0PW

    ODS code G82226

    3.8 km

  • LONG CATLIS ROAD SURGERY

    PARKWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, LONG CATLIS ROAD, RAINHAM, ME8 9PR

    ODS code G82737

    3.9 km

  • MAIDSTONE ROAD SURGERY

    262 MAIDSTONE ROAD, CHATHAM, ME4 6JL

    ODS code G82139

    4.3 km

  • STONECROSS AND WEST DRIVE SURGERY

    25 STREET END ROAD, CHATHAM, ME5 0AA

    ODS code G82113

    4.4 km

  • MATRIX MEDICAL PRACTICE

    10A BEACON HILL, LUTON, CHATHAM, ME5 7JX

    ODS code G82719

    4.6 km

  • PHOENIX MEDICAL PRACTICE

    33 BELL LANE, BURHAM, ROCHESTER, ME1 3SX

    ODS code G82234

    4.7 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

  • Autumn Glade

    BCT · Walderslade

    0.0 miles

  • Golden Wood Close

    BCT · Walderslade

    0.1 miles

  • Timber Tops

    BCT · Walderslade

    0.1 miles

  • Timber Tops

    BCT · Walderslade

    0.1 miles

  • Birch Drive

    BCT · Walderslade

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 001A, 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

20,953 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
2 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.

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 £278,000 from 10 recorded sales in ME5 8XP. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Maidstone is £352,191 in June 2026, up 0.1% year on year.

Schools

36 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 6 secondary schools. Swingate Primary School is the nearest published school at 538 m.

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

Recorded crime

510 published events cover 12 months, averaging 42.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 190 events.

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