TN12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Paddock Wood, Marden and Staplehurst, in Tunbridge Wells, 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 TN12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In TN12, 74.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How TN12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is TN12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TN12 at a rate of 64.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.6 per 1,000 people across TN.
In August 2026 alone, 192 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TN12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (682), anti-social behaviour (504) and other crime (308).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TN12 was 59.8 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 TN12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TN12 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in TN12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maidstone 018B | 1,835 | 71.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 59.0% |
| Maidstone 018C | 2,338 | 48.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 82.3% |
| Maidstone 018D | 2,068 | 64.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 76.9% |
| Maidstone 019A | 1,826 | 59.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 71.2% |
| Maidstone 019B | 1,831 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 55.9% |
| Maidstone 019C | 1,566 | 69.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 73.3% |
| Maidstone 019D | 1,470 | 72.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 73.7% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 008A | 1,869 | 98.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 74.4% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 008B | 1,961 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 32.9% |
| Tunbridge Wells 001A | 2,352 | 49.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 71.1% |
| Tunbridge Wells 001B | 1,191 | 30.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.7% |
| Tunbridge Wells 001C | 1,389 | 46.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.7% |
| Tunbridge Wells 001D | 1,608 | 226.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.0% |
| Tunbridge Wells 001E | 1,265 | 56.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.2% |
| Tunbridge Wells 001F | 1,198 | 50.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 70.1% |
| Tunbridge Wells 001G | 1,510 | 94.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.2% |
| Tunbridge Wells 004A | 1,733 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 68.8% |
| Tunbridge Wells 011A | 1,856 | 27.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 64.8% |
| Tunbridge Wells 011B | 1,698 | 27.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 68.0% |
MPs for TN12
- Mike MartinLiberal DemocratMP for Tunbridge Wells46% of TN12’s postcodes
- Katie LamConservativeMP for Weald of Kent42% of TN12’s postcodes
- Tom TugendhatConservativeMP for Tonbridge12% of TN12’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 TN124
Postcode sectors in TN126
Councils TN12 covers3
Towns in TN121
Postcode districts next to TN128
Nearest rail stations3
More in the TN postcode area2
TN12 in brief
TN12 is a postcode district covering Paddock Wood, Marden and Staplehurst, in Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone and Tonbridge and Malling.
About 34,455 people lived in TN12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £425,000 in 2025 across 435 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 64.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in TN12 was £425,000 in 2025.
TN12 had 31,404 usual residents at the census.
In TN12, 74.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In TN12, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.