# ME17

Postcode district covering Coxheath, Lenham and Harrietsham, in Maidstone.

ME17 is a postcode district covering Coxheath, Lenham and Harrietsham, in Maidstone. Median sale price £403,750 in 2025. Recorded crime 68.7 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code ME17. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [ME](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £403,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in ME17 was £403,750 in 2025. Joint 585th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me17#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 27,536** (2021). ME17 had 27,536 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,052nd 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me17#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 89%** (2022). About 89% of people in ME17 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me17#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 67.5%** (January 2026). In ME17, 67.5% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me17#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=ME17) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 89% of people in ME17 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=ME17) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 532 homes were sold in ME17 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=ME17) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for ME17.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=ME17) (Census 2021, England and Wales): ME17 had 27,536 usual residents at the census.

## How ME17 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | ME17 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £403,750 | 3rd most expensive | 20 postcode districts, ME · 2025 |
| Population | 27,536 | 7th least populated | 20 postcode districts, ME · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 89% | 9th most people in radon Affected Areas | 20 postcode districts, ME · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 67.5% | 3rd lowest | 20 postcode districts, ME · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the ME postcode area.
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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in ME17

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Maidstone 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024361) | 1,746 | 132.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 70.4% |
| [Maidstone 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024362) | 1,897 | 71.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 58.1% |
| [Maidstone 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01034993) | 1,567 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 77.6% |
| [Maidstone 011F](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01034994) | 1,876 | 72.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 71.0% |
| [Maidstone 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024331) | 1,647 | 48.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 79.0% |
| [Maidstone 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024332) | 1,263 | 35.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 24.8% |
| [Maidstone 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024375) | 2,422 | 64.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 51.0% |
| [Maidstone 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024410) | 1,678 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 50.1% |
| [Maidstone 015G](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01034998) | 1,441 | 82.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.4% |
| [Maidstone 015H](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01034999) | 1,612 | 100.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.9% |
| [Maidstone 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024342) | 2,237 | 94.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 74.7% |
| [Maidstone 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024343) | 1,358 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 67.9% |
| [Maidstone 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024344) | 1,678 | 45.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.0% |
| [Maidstone 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024366) | 1,795 | 65.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 30.5% |
| [Maidstone 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024411) | 1,433 | 47.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 64.8% |
| [Maidstone 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024345) | 1,639 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 39.6% |

## Your MP

- [Faversham and Mid Kent](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/faversham-and-mid-kent): Helen Whately (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 52% of the people here.
- [Weald of Kent](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/weald-of-kent): Katie Lam (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 48% of the people here.

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

## Middle areas in ME17

[Harrietsham, Hollingbourne & Lenham](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/harrietsham-hollingbourne-and-lenham), [Headcorn & Sutton Valence](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/headcorn-and-sutton-valence), [Kingswood, Langley Heath & Chart Sutton](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/kingswood-langley-heath-and-chart-sutton), [Loose & Coxheath](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/loose-and-coxheath)

## Postcode sectors in ME17

[ME17 1 (310 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me17-1), [ME17 2 (201 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me17-2), [ME17 3 (309 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me17-3), [ME17 4 (285 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me17-4)

## Council

[Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone)

## Towns in ME17

[Coxheath](https://openindex.co.uk/town/coxheath), [Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/town/maidstone)

## Postcode districts next to ME17

[ME9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me9), [ME13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me13), [ME14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me14), [ME15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me15), [TN12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn12), [TN27](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn27)

## Nearest rail stations

[Harrietsham (2.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.6724,51.2448), [Hollingbourne (3.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.6279,51.2652), [Lenham (4.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.7078,51.2345)

## More in the ME postcode area

[All ME postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 89% of people in ME17 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In ME17, 67.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: ME17
- Postcode area: [ME](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me)
- Constituency: [Faversham and Mid Kent †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/faversham-and-mid-kent)
- Council: [Maidstone †](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone)
- Area: 139 km²
- People, mid-2024: 30,189*
- Neighbourhoods: 16
- Output areas: 82

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[TN27](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn27), [ME15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me15), [ME9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me9), [TN12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn12), [ME14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me14), [ME13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me13)

## Latest updates for ME17

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/ME17

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me17, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me17#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me17