ME9 postcode area guide — Maidstone
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the ME9 postcode district in Maidstone — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in ME9
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
76.3%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
41.1%
Gigabit-capable
40%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.9%
Broadband availability in the ME9 postcode district (Maidstone) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 866 postcodes Ofcom measures in ME9, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 76.3% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 40%.
Around 0.9% of premises in ME9 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.
Sample postcodes in ME9
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| ME9 0AA | 100% | 50% |
| ME9 0AB | 100% | 97.1% |
| ME9 0AD | 100% | 100% |
| ME9 0AG | 100% | 100% |
| ME9 0AH | 100% | 100% |
| ME9 0AL | 0% | 0% |
| ME9 0AN | 0% | 0% |
| ME9 0AP | 0% | 0% |
| ME9 0AS | 0% | 0% |
| ME9 0AT | 0% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Maidstone
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Maidstone district (79,984 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
86%
4G outdoors — all networks
98.8%
5G outdoors — all networks
68.5%
Voice indoors — all networks
86.8%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in ME9
Police recorded 256 incidents within about a mile of the centre of ME9 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 73 | 28.5% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 70 | 27.3% |
| Shoplifting | 47 | 18.4% |
| Public order | 15 | 5.9% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 14 | 5.5% |
| Drugs | 9 | 3.5% |
| Other crime | 7 | 2.7% |
| Other theft | 6 | 2.3% |
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 ME9
Based on 243 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in ME9 is £340,000, down 4.9% on the previous year (£357,500).
Detached
£570,000
69 sales
Semi-detached
£335,000
87 sales
Terraced
£290,000
65 sales
Flat / maisonette
£175,000
14 sales
Latest recorded sales in ME9
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2026 | £625,000 | Detached | Woodgate Close | ME9 7QG |
| 19 May 2026 | £305,000 | Semi-detached | Mallard Crescent | ME9 8TJ |
| 15 May 2026 | £650,000 | Terraced | The Street | ME9 8JR |
| 15 May 2026 | £317,000 | Semi-detached | Helen Thompson Close | ME9 8DW |
| 13 May 2026 | £846,250 | Detached | Doves Croft | ME9 8LQ |
| 7 May 2026 | £325,000 | Terraced | Church Farm Road | ME9 7AG |
| 7 May 2026 | £318,000 | Detached | Chequers Hill | ME9 0BN |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £295,000 | Semi-detached | Meadow Rise | ME9 8SB |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £320,000 | Terraced | Hasted Road | ME9 7LA |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £250,000 | Terraced | Pear Tree Walk | ME9 7NF |
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):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19.1% |
| 15–29 | 22.3% |
| 30–44 | 19.9% |
| 45–64 | 19.6% |
| 65+ | 19.1% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 67.4% |
| Private rented | 17.4% |
| Social rented | 10.7% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around ME9
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iwade School | Primary | 4–11 | 591 | ME9 8RS |
| Bapchild and Tonge Church of England Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 2–11 | 252 | ME9 9NL |
| Newington Church of England Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 242 | ME9 7LB |
| Holywell Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 212 | ME9 7AE |
| Lower Halstow Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 200 | ME9 7ES |
| Bobbing Village School | Primary | 4–11 | 192 | ME9 8PL |
| Borden Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 138 | ME9 8JS |
| Rodmersham School | Primary | 4–11 | 128 | ME9 0PS |
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 ME9
126 rated food businesses operate in ME9. 97 hold the top rating of 5, 21 are rated 4, and 1 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Applegate Farm Shop, Asda Express Sittingbourne - Sheppey Way PFS, Bapchild And Tonge C Of E School And Nursery, Bapchild Service Station, Beechfields Residential Home.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in ME9
From a sample of 118 Energy Performance Certificates across 9 ME9 postcodes, the most common rating is band B (average band C). 56% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
35%
Band C
21%
Band D
29%
Band E
10%
Band F
5%
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 ME9 typically use:
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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.