ME20
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ditton, Larkfield and Aylesford, 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 ME20 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In ME20, 85.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How ME20 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ME20 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ME20 at a rate of 72.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.7 per 1,000 people across ME.
In August 2026 alone, 169 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ME20.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (488), violence and sexual offences (463) and other crime (205).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ME20 was 69.1 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 ME20, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ME20 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in ME20
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonbridge and Malling 001A | 2,280 | 66.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 70.4% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 001F | 1,757 | 50.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.7% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 001I | 1,244 | 35.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.8% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 003B | 2,132 | 54.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.9% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 003C | 2,236 | 103.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 85.2% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 003D | 1,363 | 53.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 003E | 1,329 | 104.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.3% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 003F | 1,316 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.1% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 005A | 2,292 | 174.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 76.3% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 005B | 1,346 | 72.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.7% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 005C | 1,518 | 50.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.9% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 005D | 1,806 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.1% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 005E | 2,478 | 42.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 72.2% |
MPs for ME20
- Tristan OsborneLabourMP for Chatham and Aylesford50% of ME20’s postcodes
- Helen GrantConservativeMP for Maidstone and Malling48% of ME20’s postcodes
- Helen WhatelyConservativeMP for Faversham and Mid Kent2.5% of ME20’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 ME203
Postcode sectors in ME202
Council1
Towns in ME201
Postcode districts next to ME206
Nearest rail stations4
More in the ME postcode area2
ME20 in brief
ME20 is a postcode district covering Ditton, Larkfield and Aylesford, in Tonbridge and Malling.
About 22,259 people lived in ME20 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £387,500 in 2025 across 395 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 72.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ME20 was £387,500 in 2025.
ME20 had 21,758 usual residents at the census.
In ME20, 85.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In ME20, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.