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ME5 9PG

Boxley Downs · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Boxley Downs
Local authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent
Postcode district
ME5
Postcode sector
ME5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME5 9NF 89 m
ME5 9PW 117 m
ME5 9JU 138 m
ME5 9PQ 169 m
ME5 9JS 187 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME5 9PG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 1985
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME5
Postcode sector
ME5 9
Latitude
51.327936
Longitude
0.526556
British National Grid easting
576,122
British National Grid northing
161,790

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
E00123541
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 001F · E01034990
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 001 · E02005068

Postcode source versions

Explore ME5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
42
Primary
30
Secondary
5

  1. Tunbury Primary School

    Community school

    743 m

  2. Swingate Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km

  3. St Benedict's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
560
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 206
  • Anti social behaviour 113
  • Other theft 54
  • Criminal damage and arson 49
  • Vehicle crime 42

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
ME5 9 residents
11,828

Age bands in ME5 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

1,825 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

1,123 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.8%

2,707 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

3,265 residents

Age 65 and over
21.6%

2,455 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.

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
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

8

within 5 km

  • REACH HEALTHCARE

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

    ODS code G82161

    1.1 km

  • KING GEORGE ROAD SURGERY

    52A KING GEORGE ROAD, CHATHAM, ME5 0TT

    ODS code G82108

    2.4 km

  • PHOENIX MEDICAL PRACTICE

    33 BELL LANE, BURHAM, ROCHESTER, ME1 3SX

    ODS code G82234

    3.2 km

  • THE CHURCHILL CLINIC

    94 CHURCHILL AVENUE, CHATHAM, ME5 0DL

    ODS code G82697

    3.6 km

  • MAIDSTONE ROAD SURGERY

    262 MAIDSTONE ROAD, CHATHAM, ME4 6JL

    ODS code G82139

    3.8 km

  • STONECROSS AND WEST DRIVE SURGERY

    25 STREET END ROAD, CHATHAM, ME5 0AA

    ODS code G82113

    4.7 km

  • MATRIX MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82719

    4.9 km

  • PARKWOOD FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82721

    5.0 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

  • Alexandra Hospital

    BCT · Walderslade

    0.0 miles

  • Alexandra Hospital

    BCT · Walderslade

    0.0 miles

  • Spenlow Drive

    BCT · Walderslade

    0.2 miles

  • Spenlow Drive

    BCT · Walderslade

    0.2 miles

  • Podkin Wood

    BCT · Walderslade

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 001F, 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

30,817 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
3 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

Schools

42 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 5 secondary schools. Tunbury Primary School is the nearest published school at 743 m.

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

Recorded crime

560 published events cover 12 months, averaging 46.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 206 events.

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