ME1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Rochester, Troy Town and Borstal, in Medway 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 ME1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In ME1, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How ME1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ME1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ME1 at a rate of 97.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.7 per 1,000 people across ME.
In August 2026 alone, 359 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ME1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,339), anti-social behaviour (695) and other crime (527).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ME1 was 105.1 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 ME1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ME1 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in ME1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medway 014A | 1,956 | 143.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 84.7% |
| Medway 014B | 1,977 | 102.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 83.6% |
| Medway 014C | 1,827 | 346.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 61.9% |
| Medway 014D | 1,698 | 55.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.5% |
| Medway 015F | 1,582 | 174.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 74.9% |
| Medway 017A | 1,494 | 57.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Medway 017B | 1,554 | 87.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Medway 017C | 1,984 | 65.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Medway 017D | 1,751 | 106.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.5% |
| Medway 024A | 1,917 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| Medway 024B | 1,511 | 80.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.5% |
| Medway 024C | 2,228 | 84.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Medway 024D | 1,763 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.6% |
| Medway 026A | 1,510 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.3% |
| Medway 026B | 1,449 | 92.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.1% |
| Medway 026C | 1,782 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.1% |
| Medway 026D | 1,700 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 001G | 1,416 | 68.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.4% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 001H | 1,358 | 104.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.4% |
MPs for ME1
- Lauren EdwardsLabourMP for Rochester and Strood70% of ME1’s postcodes
- Tristan OsborneLabourMP for Chatham and Aylesford30% of ME1’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 ME14
Postcode sectors in ME14
Councils ME1 covers2
Towns in ME11
Postcode districts next to ME13
Nearest rail stations4
More in the ME postcode area2
ME1 in brief
ME1 is a postcode district covering Rochester, Troy Town and Borstal, in Medway and Tonbridge and Malling.
About 36,006 people lived in ME1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £308,000 in 2025 across 494 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 97.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ME1 was £308,000 in 2025.
ME1 had 34,094 usual residents at the census.
In ME1, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In ME1, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.