ME14
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Maidstone, Penenden Heath and Grove Green, in Maidstone.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an ME14 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In ME14, 78.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How ME14 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ME14 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ME14 at a rate of 117.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.7 per 1,000 people across ME.
In August 2026 alone, 387 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ME14.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,562), anti-social behaviour (833) and other crime (752).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ME14 was 120.0 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in ME14, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ME14 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in ME14
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maidstone 001C | 1,695 | 125.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 50.5% |
| Maidstone 001E | 1,853 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 62.3% |
| Maidstone 002A | 2,060 | 30.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.4% |
| Maidstone 002B | 1,437 | 51.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |
| Maidstone 002C | 2,003 | 44.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.9% |
| Maidstone 002D | 1,675 | 42.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.5% |
| Maidstone 002E | 1,912 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.8% |
| Maidstone 004A | 1,873 | 187.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 83.0% |
| Maidstone 004C | 1,994 | 99.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.6% |
| Maidstone 004D | 2,767 | 105.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 73.8% |
| Maidstone 004E | 1,937 | 88.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.6% |
| Maidstone 004H | 1,153 | 853.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 22.7% |
| Maidstone 004I | 1,079 | 544.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 52.7% |
| Maidstone 005A | 1,635 | 24.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.4% |
| Maidstone 005B | 1,952 | 93.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.9% |
| Maidstone 005C | 1,458 | 30.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.9% |
| Maidstone 005D | 1,394 | 25.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.5% |
| Maidstone 005E | 1,600 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.0% |
| Maidstone 007A | 1,853 | 16.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
| Maidstone 007C | 1,684 | 50.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.8% |
| Maidstone 007D | 1,555 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 84.8% |
MPs for ME14
- Helen GrantConservativeMP for Maidstone and Malling57% of ME14’s postcodes
- Helen WhatelyConservativeMP for Faversham and Mid Kent43% of ME14’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in ME145
Postcode sectors in ME146
Council1
Towns in ME142
Postcode districts next to ME148
Nearest rail stations4
More in the ME postcode area2
ME14 in brief
ME14 is a postcode district covering Maidstone, Penenden Heath and Grove Green, in Maidstone.
About 38,313 people lived in ME14 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £363,500 in 2025 across 530 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 117.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ME14 was £363,500 in 2025.
ME14 had 35,748 usual residents at the census.
In ME14, 78.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In ME14, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.