ME5 postcode area guide — Maidstone

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Broadband & internet speeds in ME5

Excellent coverage

Broadband availability in the ME5 postcode district (Maidstone) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 994 postcodes Ofcom measures in ME5, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 98.8% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 91.6%.

Around 0% of premises in ME5 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.

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Mobile signal around Maidstone

Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Maidstone district (79,984 premises):

Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.

Crime in ME5

Police recorded 190 incidents within about a mile of the centre of ME5 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:

Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).

House prices in ME5

Based on 550 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in ME5 is £305,000, up 2.3% on the previous year (£298,000).

Latest recorded sales in ME5

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Who lives here? Maidstone demographics

Census 2021 figures for the wider Maidstone district (175,782 residents, 71,208 households):

Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Schools in and around ME5

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.

Food hygiene ratings in ME5

172 rated food businesses operate in ME5. 122 hold the top rating of 5, 25 are rated 4, and 1 are rated 2 or below.

Among the 5-rated: 363 Coffee Lounge, Abacus Childrens Nursery, Aldi, Alphabets Day Nursery, Anchor Seafry Mishas Diner.

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.

Energy performance (EPC) in ME5

From a sample of 238 Energy Performance Certificates across 12 ME5 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band D). 55% of sampled homes are rated C or better.

Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.

Phone area codes for Maidstone

Landlines around ME5 typically use:

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Postcodes in ME5

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Frequently asked questions

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.