# ME15 8ZT: area report for a postcode in Maidstone

ME15 8ZT is a postcode in Maidstone.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Maidstone. Open the map at ME15 8ZT for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone) › [ME15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me15) › [ME15 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me15-8)

## Around this postcode

- **15 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 50% on July. Maidstone 015B: 63 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.5581,51.2540,ME158ZT
- **Bearsted, 2.8 km**: About 35 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.5581,51.2540,ME158ZT
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 470 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.5581,51.2540,ME158ZT
- **No property in ME15 8ZT listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=0.5581,51.2540,ME158ZT
- **England’s least deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Maidstone 015B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.5581,51.2540,ME158ZT
- **£352,878 average price**: For the whole of Maidstone, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.5581,51.2540,ME158ZT
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 940 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.5581,51.2540,ME158ZT
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 740 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.5581,51.2540,ME158ZT
- **95% can get gigabit broadband**: Of homes and businesses in this output area, January 2026. (Output area) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gigabit-broadband?around=0.5581,51.2540,ME158ZT
- **Low road and rail noise at ME15 8ZT**: Road under 40 dB or not modelled, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.5581,51.2540,ME158ZT
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=0.5581,51.2540,ME158ZT
- **7.9 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.5581,51.2540,ME158ZT

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [King's Reach Education](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kings-reach-education-e149070) | Special | 470 m (6 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Senacre Wood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/senacre-wood-primary-school-e118526) | Primary | 570 m (7 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, December 2024 | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Greenfields Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/greenfields-community-primary-school-e134857) | Primary | 600 m (7 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, January 2025 | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Leigh Academy Molehill](https://openindex.co.uk/school/leigh-academy-molehill-e138195) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade | 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Madginford Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/madginford-primary-school-e118488) | Primary | 1.2 km (14 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2023 | 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Leigh Academy Oaks](https://openindex.co.uk/school/leigh-academy-oaks-e137881) | Primary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 89% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Leigh Academy Tree Tops](https://openindex.co.uk/school/leigh-academy-tree-tops-e137882) | Primary | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | Improved significantly, November 2024 | 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Holy Family Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-holy-family-catholic-primary-school-e140980) | Primary | 1.8 km (22 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), October 2023 | 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| June 2023 | £310,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 60 m |
| October 2025 | £519,995 | Detached, new build, freehold | 80 m |
| August 2025 | £545,995 | Detached, new build, freehold | 100 m |
| July 2025 | £545,995 | Detached, new build, freehold | 140 m |
| November 2024 | £375,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| August 2026 | £300,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| March 2025 | £340,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| August 2025 | £340,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 180 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: THE MEDICAL CENTRE GROUP (940 m)
- Pharmacies: SPIRES PHARMACY (750 m); SHEPWAY PHARMACY & HEALTH CLINIC (880 m)
- Dental practices: KENT SMILE STUDIO (880 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Maidstone - Willington Street (740 m, The Co-operative Group); Co-op Maidstone - Shepway Estate (830 m, The Co-operative Group)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £352,878** (August 2026). Maidstone’s average house price was £352,878 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 1.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £38,191** (2025). Full-time workers living in Maidstone earned a median of £38,191 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 165th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 9.2×** (2025). A home in Maidstone costs 9.2 times local full-time pay. Joint 78th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 18.1** (2025). Maidstone has a deprivation score of 18.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 137th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Maidstone 015B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 12.6** (2025). Maidstone 015B has a deprivation score of 12.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 11,816th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £404,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Maidstone 015B was £404,750 in 2025. Joint 8,522nd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,049** (2021). Maidstone 015B had 2,049 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 4,564th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.5%** (January 2026). In Maidstone 015B, 97.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## ME15 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £350,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in ME15 was £350,000 in 2025. Joint 789th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 51,483** (2021). ME15 had 51,483 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 181st most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 86%** (2022). About 86% of people in ME15 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.3%** (January 2026). In ME15, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone)
- Centre: 51.2540, 0.5581

Council: [Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Faversham and Mid Kent](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/faversham-and-mid-kent): Helen Whately (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), August 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Gigabit broadband coverage](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gigabit-broadband), January 2026 (Output area)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=0.5581,51.2540,ME158ZT

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