ME9 7UG

Boxley Downs · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Maidstone
Postcode district
ME9
Postcode sector
ME9 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME9 7UE 47 m
ME9 7UH 47 m
ME9 7UQ 62 m
ME9 7FF 87 m
ME9 7UJ 95 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME9 7UG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME9
Postcode sector
ME9 7
Latitude
51.324863
Longitude
0.639730
British National Grid easting
584,018
British National Grid northing
161,726

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Maidstone · E07000110
Parish or community
E04004971
Westminster constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent · E14001235
Output area
E00123807
Lower layer super output area
Maidstone 011D · E01024387
Middle layer super output area
Maidstone 011 · E02005078

Postcode source versions

Explore ME9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
15
Primary
13
Secondary
1
  1. Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.5 km
  2. St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.6 km
  3. Deanwood Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
42
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 13
  • Anti social behaviour 9
  • Other theft 6
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Vehicle crime 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
20

9 female, 11 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.9
ME9 7 residents
7,866

Age bands in ME9 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.6%

1,265 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

769 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.1%

1,761 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.4%

2,096 residents

Age 65 and over
22.9%

1,748 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME9 7 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
100%

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

6

within 5 km

  • PARKWOOD FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82721

    4.0 km

  • LONG CATLIS ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code G82737

    4.0 km

  • WIGMORE MEDICAL CENTRE

    114 WOODSIDE, WIGMORE, GILLINGHAM, ME8 0PW

    ODS code G82226

    4.7 km

  • ORCHARD FAMILY PRACTICE

    THE RED SUITE, 103-107 HIGH STREET, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 8AA

    ODS code G82162

    4.8 km

  • MAIDSTONE RD RAINHAM SURGERY

    53A-53B MAIDSTONE ROAD, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 0DP

    ODS code G82180

    5.0 km

  • THAMES AVE SURGERY

    2 THAMES AVENUE, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 9BW

    ODS code G82154

    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

  • Rumstead Lane

    BCT · Stockbury

    0.5 miles
  • Rumstead Lane

    BCT · Stockbury

    0.5 miles
  • Roundabout

    BCT · Stockbury

    0.8 miles
  • South Street

    BCT · Stockbury

    1.0 miles
  • Tuck Inn

    BCT · Hartlip Hill

    2.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 011D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,398 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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

15 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 1 secondary schools. Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

42 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 13 events.

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