ME17
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Coxheath, Lenham and Harrietsham, 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 ME17 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In ME17, 67.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How ME17 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ME17 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ME17 at a rate of 68.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.7 per 1,000 people across ME.
In August 2026 alone, 191 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ME17.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (692), anti-social behaviour (412) and other crime (358).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ME17 was 67.4 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 ME17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ME17 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in ME17
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maidstone 011A | 1,746 | 132.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 70.4% |
| Maidstone 011B | 1,897 | 71.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 58.1% |
| Maidstone 011E | 1,567 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 77.6% |
| Maidstone 011F | 1,876 | 72.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 71.0% |
| Maidstone 012A | 1,647 | 48.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 79.0% |
| Maidstone 015A | 1,263 | 35.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 24.8% |
| Maidstone 015C | 2,422 | 64.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 51.0% |
| Maidstone 015E | 1,678 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 50.1% |
| Maidstone 015G | 1,441 | 82.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.4% |
| Maidstone 015H | 1,612 | 100.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.9% |
| Maidstone 016A | 2,237 | 94.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 74.7% |
| Maidstone 016B | 1,358 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 67.9% |
| Maidstone 016C | 1,678 | 45.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.0% |
| Maidstone 017C | 1,795 | 65.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 30.5% |
| Maidstone 017D | 1,433 | 47.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 64.8% |
| Maidstone 018A | 1,639 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 39.6% |
MPs for ME17
- Helen WhatelyConservativeMP for Faversham and Mid Kent52% of ME17’s postcodes
- Katie LamConservativeMP for Weald of Kent48% of ME17’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 ME174
Postcode sectors in ME174
Council1
Towns in ME172
Postcode districts next to ME176
Nearest rail stations3
More in the ME postcode area2
ME17 in brief
ME17 is a postcode district covering Coxheath, Lenham and Harrietsham, in Maidstone.
About 30,189 people lived in ME17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £403,750 in 2025 across 532 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 68.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ME17 was £403,750 in 2025.
ME17 had 27,536 usual residents at the census.
In ME17, 67.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In ME17, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.