ME15
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Maidstone, Shepway and Park Wood, 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 ME15 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In ME15, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How ME15 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ME15 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ME15 at a rate of 90.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.7 per 1,000 people across ME.
In August 2026 alone, 509 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ME15.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,736), anti-social behaviour (1,087) and other crime (711).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ME15 was 91.0 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 ME15, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ME15 has no single figure. Of its 29 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in ME15
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maidstone 004G | 1,489 | 123.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 82.9% |
| Maidstone 006E | 2,282 | 132.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.1% |
| Maidstone 007B | 1,625 | 35.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| Maidstone 007E | 1,315 | 38.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Maidstone 009B | 2,218 | 221.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.4% |
| Maidstone 009C | 1,916 | 91.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.0% |
| Maidstone 009D | 1,965 | 76.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.8% |
| Maidstone 009E | 2,355 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.4% |
| Maidstone 010A | 1,780 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.7% |
| Maidstone 010B | 1,690 | 90.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.1% |
| Maidstone 010C | 1,643 | 134.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.8% |
| Maidstone 010D | 1,414 | 69.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| Maidstone 010E | 1,573 | 92.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
| Maidstone 012B | 1,466 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Maidstone 012C | 1,537 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 56.1% |
| Maidstone 012D | 1,662 | 92.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| Maidstone 012E | 2,740 | 91.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.3% |
| Maidstone 013B | 1,830 | 114.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.9% |
| Maidstone 013C | 1,442 | 146.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.8% |
| Maidstone 013D | 1,419 | 110.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Maidstone 013E | 1,724 | 188.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Maidstone 013F | 1,332 | 64.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.3% |
| Maidstone 013G | 1,423 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Maidstone 013H | 1,530 | 120.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.1% |
| Maidstone 013I | 1,481 | 166.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.1% |
| Maidstone 014B | 1,329 | 41.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 52.2% |
| Maidstone 015B | 2,049 | 62.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |
| Maidstone 015F | 1,506 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.5% |
| Maidstone 016D | 2,575 | 53.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.4% |
MPs for ME15
- Helen WhatelyConservativeMP for Faversham and Mid Kent52% of ME15’s postcodes
- Helen GrantConservativeMP for Maidstone and Malling33% of ME15’s postcodes
- Katie LamConservativeMP for Weald of Kent15% of ME15’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 ME154
Postcode sectors in ME155
Council1
Towns in ME153
Postcode districts next to ME155
Nearest rail stations4
More in the ME postcode area2
ME15 in brief
ME15 is a postcode district covering Maidstone, Shepway and Park Wood, in Maidstone.
About 54,116 people lived in ME15 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £350,000 in 2025 across 654 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 90.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ME15 was £350,000 in 2025.
ME15 had 51,483 usual residents at the census.
In ME15, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In ME15, 4.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.