ME
Postcode areaPostcode area named after Rochester, with 20 districts.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: the outline joins its districts’ outlines, each made of the census output areas that hold most of the district’s postcodes.
Gigabit coverage by postcode area
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In ME, 85.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How ME compares
Each dot is a postcode area. The black line marks the middle one.
Every postcode area ranked: median sale price, population, gigabit broadband coverage and claimant rate.
Is ME safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ME at a rate of 94.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 6,265 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ME.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (23,509), anti-social behaviour (14,442) and other crime (10,064).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ME was 97.7 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.
Postcode districts in ME
| Name | People (census) | Median sale price | Recorded crime per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ME1Rochester, Troy Town | 34,094 | £308,000 | 97.8 per 1,000 |
| ME2Rochester, Strood | 43,205 | £317,500 | 87.2 per 1,000 |
| ME3Hoo St Werburgh, Cliffe Woods | 29,817 | £365,000 | 58.0 per 1,000 |
| ME4Chatham, Luton | 33,218 | £250,000 | 201.6 per 1,000 |
| ME5Chatham, Lords Wood | 52,479 | £310,000 | 74.1 per 1,000 |
| ME6Snodland, Ham Hill | 12,156 | £320,000 | 99.7 per 1,000 |
| ME7Gillingham, Brompton | 52,921 | £272,500 | 130.5 per 1,000 |
| ME8Gillingham, Rainham | 51,011 | £350,000 | 58.7 per 1,000 |
| ME9Iwade | 23,327 | £358,750 | 61.5 per 1,000 |
| ME10Sittingbourne, Snipeshill | 52,886 | £295,000 | 101.3 per 1,000 |
| ME11Queenborough, Rushenden | 3,915 | £230,000 | 150.3 per 1,000 |
| ME12Minster, Halfway Houses | 42,981 | £281,000 | 126.6 per 1,000 |
| ME13Faversham, Preston | 28,910 | £355,000 | 78.8 per 1,000 |
| ME14Maidstone, Penenden Heath | 35,748 | £363,500 | 117.4 per 1,000 |
| ME15Maidstone, Shepway | 51,483 | £350,000 | 90.1 per 1,000 |
| ME16Maidstone, Allington | 34,404 | £351,000 | 89.2 per 1,000 |
| ME17Coxheath, Lenham | 27,536 | £403,750 | 68.7 per 1,000 |
| ME18Yalding, Wateringbury | 6,932 | £430,000 | 50.9 per 1,000 |
| ME19Kings Hill, East Malling | 25,390 | £484,995 | 54.1 per 1,000 |
| ME20Ditton, Larkfield | 21,758 | £387,500 | 72.6 per 1,000 |
ME in brief
The ME postcode area, named after Rochester, has 20 postcode districts.
The median price paid for a home in ME was £332,500 in 2025.
ME had 664,171 usual residents at the census.
In ME, 85.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In ME, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.