ME16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Maidstone, Allington and Cherry Orchard, 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 ME16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In ME16, 85.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How ME16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ME16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ME16 at a rate of 89.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.7 per 1,000 people across ME.
In August 2026 alone, 308 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ME16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,303), anti-social behaviour (672) and other crime (454).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ME16 was 95.0 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 ME16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ME16 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in ME16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maidstone 003A | 1,749 | 30.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Maidstone 003B | 1,695 | 22.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
| Maidstone 003C | 1,202 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.3% |
| Maidstone 003D | 1,836 | 79.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| Maidstone 003E | 1,418 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.3% |
| Maidstone 003F | 1,852 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 30.3% |
| Maidstone 006A | 2,276 | 91.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 78.1% |
| Maidstone 006B | 2,586 | 122.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 75.5% |
| Maidstone 006C | 1,791 | 57.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.1% |
| Maidstone 006F | 1,753 | 201.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 54.2% |
| Maidstone 006G | 1,677 | 115.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.8% |
| Maidstone 008A | 1,707 | 63.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.0% |
| Maidstone 008B | 1,912 | 93.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.4% |
| Maidstone 008C | 1,739 | 105.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.0% |
| Maidstone 008E | 1,549 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.7% |
| Maidstone 008F | 2,331 | 251.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.8% |
| Maidstone 008G | 1,823 | 70.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 73.3% |
| Maidstone 009A | 1,557 | 64.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Maidstone 014A | 2,389 | 62.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.5% |
MPs for ME16
- Helen GrantConservativeMP for Maidstone and Malling99% of ME16’s postcodes
- Helen WhatelyConservativeMP for Faversham and Mid Kent0.6% of ME16’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 ME163
Postcode sectors in ME163
Council1
Towns in ME161
Postcode districts next to ME165
Nearest rail stations4
More in the ME postcode area2
ME16 in brief
ME16 is a postcode district covering Maidstone, Allington and Cherry Orchard, in Maidstone.
About 36,381 people lived in ME16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £351,000 in 2025 across 558 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 89.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ME16 was £351,000 in 2025.
ME16 had 34,404 usual residents at the census.
In ME16, 85.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In ME16, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.