# Maidstone

Town in Maidstone, South East.

Maidstone is a town in Maidstone, South East. Median sale price £343,748 in 2025. Recorded crime 103.9 per 1,000 people. About 116,747 people.

Town. Code E63005466. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone)

Maidstone is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Maidstone add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £343,748** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Maidstone was £343,748 in 2025. 298th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/maidstone#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 109,503** (2021). Maidstone had 109,503 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 98th most populated of 1,209. 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/town/maidstone#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 92%** (2022). About 92% of people in Maidstone 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/town/maidstone#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 86.9%** (January 2026). In Maidstone, 86.9% 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/town/maidstone#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63005466) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 92% of people in Maidstone live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63005466) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 1,592 homes were sold in Maidstone in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63005466) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Maidstone.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63005466) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Maidstone had 109,503 usual residents at the census.

## How Maidstone compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Maidstone | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £343,748 | 59th cheapest | 209 towns, South East · 2025 |
| Population | 109,503 | 11th most populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 92% | joint 51st most people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 86.9% | joint 70th lowest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 |

## Is Maidstone safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Maidstone at a rate of 103.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 1,155 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Maidstone.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (4,424), anti-social behaviour (2,448) and other crime (1,831).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Maidstone was 106.6 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 Maidstone, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Maidstone has no single figure. Of its 62 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Maidstone

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Maidstone 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024353) | 2,060 | 30.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.4% |
| [Maidstone 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024354) | 1,437 | 51.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |
| [Maidstone 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024355) | 2,003 | 44.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.9% |
| [Maidstone 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024385) | 1,675 | 42.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.5% |
| [Maidstone 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024386) | 1,912 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.8% |
| [Maidstone 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024320) | 1,749 | 30.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Maidstone 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024321) | 1,695 | 22.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
| [Maidstone 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024322) | 1,202 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.3% |
| [Maidstone 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024323) | 1,836 | 79.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| [Maidstone 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024324) | 1,418 | 32.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.3% |
| [Maidstone 003F](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024341) | 1,852 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 30.3% |
| [Maidstone 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024352) | 1,873 | 187.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 83.0% |
| [Maidstone 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024382) | 1,994 | 99.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.6% |
| [Maidstone 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024383) | 2,767 | 105.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 73.8% |
| [Maidstone 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024384) | 1,937 | 88.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.6% |
| [Maidstone 004G](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01033092) | 1,489 | 123.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 82.9% |
| [Maidstone 004H](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01034991) | 1,153 | 853.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 22.7% |
| [Maidstone 004I](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01034992) | 1,079 | 544.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 52.7% |
| [Maidstone 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024336) | 1,952 | 93.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.9% |
| [Maidstone 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024337) | 1,458 | 30.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.9% |
| [Maidstone 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024348) | 1,394 | 25.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.5% |
| [Maidstone 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024351) | 1,600 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.0% |
| [Maidstone 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024339) | 2,276 | 91.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 78.1% |
| [Maidstone 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024340) | 2,586 | 122.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 75.5% |
| [Maidstone 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024356) | 1,791 | 57.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.1% |
| [Maidstone 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024373) | 2,282 | 132.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.1% |
| [Maidstone 006F](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01033087) | 1,753 | 201.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 54.2% |
| [Maidstone 006G](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01033091) | 1,677 | 115.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.8% |
| [Maidstone 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024349) | 1,315 | 38.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Maidstone 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024357) | 1,707 | 63.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.0% |
| [Maidstone 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024358) | 1,912 | 93.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.4% |
| [Maidstone 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024367) | 1,739 | 105.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.0% |
| [Maidstone 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024369) | 1,549 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.7% |
| [Maidstone 008F](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01033088) | 2,331 | 251.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.8% |
| [Maidstone 008G](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01033089) | 1,823 | 70.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 73.3% |
| [Maidstone 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024360) | 1,557 | 64.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| [Maidstone 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024372) | 2,218 | 221.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.4% |
| [Maidstone 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024374) | 1,916 | 91.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.0% |
| [Maidstone 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024401) | 1,965 | 76.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.8% |
| [Maidstone 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024403) | 2,355 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.4% |
| [Maidstone 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024371) | 1,780 | 35.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.7% |
| [Maidstone 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024392) | 1,690 | 90.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.1% |
| [Maidstone 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024393) | 1,643 | 134.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.8% |
| [Maidstone 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024395) | 1,414 | 69.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| [Maidstone 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024396) | 1,573 | 92.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
| [Maidstone 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024394) | 1,466 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Maidstone 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024402) | 1,537 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 56.1% |
| [Maidstone 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024404) | 1,662 | 92.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| [Maidstone 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024405) | 2,740 | 91.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.3% |
| [Maidstone 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024390) | 1,830 | 114.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.9% |
| [Maidstone 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024391) | 1,442 | 146.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.8% |
| [Maidstone 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024397) | 1,419 | 110.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| [Maidstone 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024398) | 1,724 | 188.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| [Maidstone 013F](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024399) | 1,332 | 64.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.3% |
| [Maidstone 013G](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024400) | 1,423 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Maidstone 013H](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01034995) | 1,530 | 120.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.1% |
| [Maidstone 013I](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01034996) | 1,481 | 166.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.1% |
| [Maidstone 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024325) | 2,389 | 62.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.5% |
| [Maidstone 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024350) | 2,049 | 62.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |
| [Maidstone 015F](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01034997) | 1,506 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.5% |
| [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% |

## Your MP

- [Maidstone and Malling](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/maidstone-and-malling): Helen Grant (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

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

## Council

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

## Postcode districts covering Maidstone

[ME14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me14), [ME15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me15), [ME16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me16), [ME17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me17)

## Middle areas in Maidstone

[Allington](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/allington), [Barming](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/barming), [Grove Green](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/grove-green), [Kingswood, Langley Heath & Chart Sutton](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/kingswood-langley-heath-and-chart-sutton), [Loose Valley & Boughton Monchelsea](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/loose-valley-and-boughton-monchelsea), [Maidstone West](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/maidstone-west), [Mote Park](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/mote-park), [Parkwood & Senacre](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/parkwood-and-senacre), [Penenden Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/penenden-heath), [Ringlestone & Central Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/ringlestone-and-central-maidstone), [Tovil](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/tovil)

## Towns near Maidstone

[Bearsted](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bearsted), [Coxheath](https://openindex.co.uk/town/coxheath), [Larkfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/larkfield), [Kings Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kings-hill), [Chatham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chatham), [Rochester](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rochester)

## Maidstone in brief

Maidstone is a town in Maidstone, South East.
About 116,747 people lived in Maidstone in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £343,748 in 2025 across 1,592 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 103.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Maidstone was £343,748 in 2025.
Maidstone had 109,503 usual residents at the census.
About 92% of people in Maidstone live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Maidstone, 86.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63005466
- Constituency: [Maidstone and Malling †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/maidstone-and-malling)
- Council: [Maidstone †](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone)
- Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 24.53 km²
- People, mid-2024: 116,747*
- Neighbourhoods: 62
- Output areas: 327

* 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Bearsted](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bearsted), [Coxheath](https://openindex.co.uk/town/coxheath), [Larkfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/larkfield), [Kings Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kings-hill), [Chatham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chatham), [Rochester](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rochester)

## Latest updates for Maidstone

- 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/E63005466

## How to cite

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