ME19
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Kings Hill and East Malling, in 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 ME19 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In ME19, 84.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How ME19 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ME19 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ME19 at a rate of 54.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.7 per 1,000 people across ME.
In August 2026 alone, 173 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ME19.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (525), anti-social behaviour (327) and other crime (225).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ME19 was 50.8 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 ME19, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ME19 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in ME19
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonbridge and Malling 003A | 1,598 | 90.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 003G | 1,222 | 38.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 003H | 1,520 | 22.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.8% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 007C | 1,491 | 39.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.6% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 007E | 2,983 | 68.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.8% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 007F | 1,732 | 73.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 73.8% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 007G | 2,135 | 21.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.7% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 007H | 1,174 | 11.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.7% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 014A | 1,986 | 56.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.2% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 014B | 1,839 | 60.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.8% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 014C | 1,586 | 122.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 66.8% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 014E | 2,323 | 41.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 41.6% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 014F | 1,748 | 35.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 60.8% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 014G | 1,448 | 35.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 62.5% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 014H | 1,474 | 58.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.6% |
MPs for ME19
- Helen GrantConservativeMP for Maidstone and Malling80% of ME19’s postcodes
- Tom TugendhatConservativeMP for Tonbridge18% of ME19’s postcodes
- Tristan OsborneLabourMP for Chatham and Aylesford1.7% of ME19’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 ME192
Postcode sectors in ME193
Council1
Towns in ME192
Postcode districts next to ME196
Nearest rail stations4
More in the ME postcode area2
ME19 in brief
ME19 is a postcode district covering Kings Hill and East Malling, in Tonbridge and Malling.
About 26,934 people lived in ME19 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £484,995 in 2025 across 439 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 54.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ME19 was £484,995 in 2025.
ME19 had 25,390 usual residents at the census.
In ME19, 84.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In ME19, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.