ME5 9RA

Aylesford North & North Downs · Tonbridge and Malling · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chatham
Local authority
Tonbridge and Malling
Postcode district
ME5
Postcode sector
ME5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME5 9RB 128 m
ME5 9RD 161 m
ME20 7EL 214 m
ME5 9QX 238 m
ME5 9DJ 244 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME5 9RA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME5
Postcode sector
ME5 9
Latitude
51.329975
Longitude
0.506154
British National Grid easting
574,693
British National Grid northing
161,968

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Tonbridge and Malling · E07000115
Parish or community
E04005090
Westminster constituency
Chatham and Aylesford · E14001157
Output area
E00125481
Lower layer super output area
Tonbridge and Malling 001C · E01024721
Middle layer super output area
Tonbridge and Malling 001 · E02005149

Postcode source versions

Explore ME5

10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, The Downs, Chatham, ME5 9RA 4 July 2025 £760,000
20, The Downs, Chatham, ME5 9RA 31 August 2022 £350,000
18, The Downs, Chatham, ME5 9RA 25 June 2021 £310,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
51
Primary
34
Secondary
9
  1. Tunbury Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km
  2. Burham Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.8 km
  3. Walderslade Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
319
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 107
  • Anti social behaviour 60
  • Vehicle crime 31
  • Other theft 27
  • Shoplifting 27

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
23

11 female, 12 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.6
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

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME5 9 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+
88.9%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
88.9%
Gigabit-capable
88.9%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
22.2%

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

    1.5 km

  • PHOENIX MEDICAL PRACTICE

    33 BELL LANE, BURHAM, ROCHESTER, ME1 3SX

    ODS code G82234

    1.7 km

  • KING GEORGE ROAD SURGERY

    52A KING GEORGE ROAD, CHATHAM, ME5 0TT

    ODS code G82108

    2.3 km

  • MAIDSTONE ROAD SURGERY

    262 MAIDSTONE ROAD, CHATHAM, ME4 6JL

    ODS code G82139

    3.6 km

  • THE CHURCHILL CLINIC

    94 CHURCHILL AVENUE, CHATHAM, ME5 0DL

    ODS code G82697

    3.9 km

  • AYLESFORD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G82058

    4.4 km

  • SNODLAND MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CATTS ALLEY, MALLING ROAD, SNODLAND, ME6 5SN

    ODS code G82085

    4.5 km

  • RIVERSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FERRY ROAD, HALLING, ROCHESTER, ME2 1NP

    ODS code G82106

    4.6 km

  • CITY WAY SURGERY

    65-67 CITY WAY, ROCHESTER, ME1 2AY

    ODS code G82051

    4.7 km

  • BORSTAL VILLAGE SURGERY

    25 WOULDHAM ROAD, BORSTAL, ROCHESTER, ME1 3JY

    ODS code G82711

    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

  • Mill Lane

    BCT · Blue Bell Hill Village

    0.1 miles
  • Common Road

    BCT · Blue Bell Hill Village

    0.2 miles
  • Keefe Close

    BCT · Blue Bell Hill Village

    0.3 miles
  • Keefe Close

    BCT · Blue Bell Hill Village

    0.3 miles
  • Salisbury Road

    BCT · Kits Coty

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Tonbridge and Malling 001C, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,174 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
5 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 £555,000 from 2 recorded sales in ME5 9RA. 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

51 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 9 secondary schools. Tunbury Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

319 published events cover 12 months, averaging 26.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 107 events.

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