ME18
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Yalding and Wateringbury, in Maidstone and Tonbridge and Malling.
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 ME18 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In ME18, 64.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How ME18 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ME18 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ME18 at a rate of 50.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.7 per 1,000 people across ME.
In August 2026 alone, 48 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ME18.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (104), anti-social behaviour (83) and other crime (58).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ME18 was 63.0 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 ME18, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ME18 has no single figure. Of its 4 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in ME18
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maidstone 014C | 1,704 | 66.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 57.4% |
| Maidstone 014D | 1,549 | 53.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.0% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 007A | 1,068 | 56.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 50.3% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 007D | 1,976 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 63.3% |
MPs for ME18
- Katie LamConservativeMP for Weald of Kent50% of ME18’s postcodes
- Tom TugendhatConservativeMP for Tonbridge42% of ME18’s postcodes
- Helen GrantConservativeMP for Maidstone and Malling8.6% of ME18’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 ME181
Postcode sectors in ME182
Councils ME18 covers2
Postcode districts next to ME187
Nearest rail stations4
More in the ME postcode area2
ME18 in brief
ME18 is a postcode district covering Yalding and Wateringbury, in Maidstone and Tonbridge and Malling.
About 7,193 people lived in ME18 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £430,000 in 2025 across 74 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 50.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ME18 was £430,000 in 2025.
ME18 had 6,932 usual residents at the census.
In ME18, 64.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In ME18, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.