TN27 9JP

Headcorn & Sutton Valence · Maidstone · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward: Headcorn & Sutton Valence
Local authority: Maidstone
Constituency: Weald of Kent
Postcode district: TN27
Postcode sector: TN27 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
TN27 9JN	208 m
TN27 9JS	513 m
TN27 9NX	770 m
TN27 9JR	802 m
TN27 9NR	828 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: TN27 9JP
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: TN
Postcode district: TN27
Postcode sector: TN27 9
Latitude: 51.165279
Longitude: 0.607046
British National Grid easting: 582,371
British National Grid northing: 143,901

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South East · E12000008
Local authority district: Maidstone · E07000110
Electoral ward: Headcorn & Sutton Valence · E05015602
Parish or community: E04004957
Westminster constituency: Weald of Kent · E14001570
Output area: E00123685
Lower layer super output area: Maidstone 017A · E01024364
Middle layer super output area: Maidstone 017 · E02005084

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 3
Primary: 3
Secondary: 0

Headcorn Primary School

Community school
1.1 km
Frittenden Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
3.1 km
Staplehurst School

Community school
4.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 244
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 85
Anti social behaviour 50
Criminal damage and arson 28
Shoplifting 19
Other theft 18

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
TN27 9 residents: 5,424

Age bands in TN27 9

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 17%
Age 15 to 24: 8.4%
Age 25 to 44: 20.7%
Age 45 to 64: 28.6%
Age 65 and over: 25.3%

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.

Nearby transport

Bankfields

BCT · Headcorn
0.6 miles
Bankfields

BCT · Headcorn
0.6 miles
George and Dragon

BCT · Headcorn
0.7 miles
George and Dragon

BCT · Headcorn
0.7 miles
Forge Lane

BCT · Headcorn
0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Maidstone 017A, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,502 of 33,755

Income: 3 of 10
Employment: 4 of 10
Education and skills: 2 of 10
Health and disability: 6 of 10
Crime: 4 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 4 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: 1
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

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Headcorn 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

244 published events cover 12 months, averaging 20.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 85 events.

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