# ME1 1QJ: area report for a postcode in Medway

ME1 1QJ is a postcode in Medway.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Medway. Open the map at ME1 1QJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway) › [ME1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me1) › [ME1 1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me1-1)

## Around this postcode

- **102 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 20% on July. Medway 014C: 347 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.5018,51.3906,ME11QJ
- **Rochester, 370 m**: About 5 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.5018,51.3906,ME11QJ
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 200 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.5018,51.3906,ME11QJ
- **No property in ME1 1QJ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=0.5018,51.3906,ME11QJ
- **England’s most deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Medway 014C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.5018,51.3906,ME11QJ
- **£298,547 average price**: For the whole of Medway, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.5018,51.3906,ME11QJ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 960 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.5018,51.3906,ME11QJ
- **7 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 380 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.5018,51.3906,ME11QJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at ME1 1QJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.5018,51.3906,ME11QJ
- **Low road and rail noise at ME1 1QJ**: Road 54 dB, rail 50 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.5018,51.3906,ME11QJ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 3 of 6**: 3% to 5% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=0.5018,51.3906,ME11QJ
- **12.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.5018,51.3906,ME11QJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Rochester Riverside Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rochester-riverside-church-of-england-primary-school-e149069) | Primary | 200 m (3 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade | – |
| [King's School, Rochester](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kings-school-rochester-e118948) | Independent | 210 m (3 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St Andrew's School (Rochester)](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-andrews-school-rochester-e118985) | Independent | 710 m (9 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-margarets-at-troy-town-cofe-voluntary-controlled-primary-school-e144914) | Primary | 750 m (9 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Rochester Independent College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rochester-independent-college-e119006) | Independent | 870 m (11 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [All Faiths Children's Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/all-faiths-childrens-academy-e138182) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Some aspects not as strong, June 2025 | 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Ripplevale School Rochester](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ripplevale-school-rochester-e132097) | Special | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [FORWARD2 EMPLOYMENT LIMITED](https://openindex.co.uk/school/forward2-employment-limited-e147315) | Special | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| January 2026 | £515,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| February 2025 | £139,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 60 m |
| March 2026 | £420,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| June 2025 | £260,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| September 2023 | £600,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 280 m |
| April 2025 | £845,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 330 m |
| August 2025 | £460,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 330 m |
| August 2025 | £88,750 | Flat or maisonette, new build, leasehold | 370 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Rochester (360 m, 5 minutes on foot); Strood (Kent) (670 m, 8 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: APEX MEDICAL CENTRE (960 m)
- Pharmacies: RYDERS CHEMIST (360 m); BOOTS (630 m); TESCO INSTORE PHARMACY (880 m); PHARMACY @ GUN LANE (960 m)
- Dental practices: COCO DENTAL ROCHESTER LIMITED (530 m); PHOTAY AND ASSOCIATES (650 m); CROWN COURT CLINIC (780 m); NEW ROAD DENTAL PRACTICE (940 m); 45-47 (960 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Rochester - Riverside (380 m, The Co-operative Group); M&S Strood Foodhall (590 m, Marks and Spencer); Iceland Strood (640 m, Iceland); Morrisons Frindsbury Strood (660 m, Morrisons); Aldi Frindsbury Strood (720 m, Aldi)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £298,547** (July 2026). Medway’s average house price was £298,547 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 1.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £39,622** (2025). Full-time workers living in Medway earned a median of £39,622 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 150th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.5×** (2025). A home in Medway costs 7.5 times local full-time pay. Joint 161st least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 24.4** (2025). Medway has a deprivation score of 24.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 84th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Medway 014C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 19.2** (2025). Medway 014C has a deprivation score of 19.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 15,310th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £390,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Medway 014C was £390,000 in 2025. Joint 9,167th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,827** (2021). Medway 014C had 1,827 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 9,058th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 61.9%** (January 2026). In Medway 014C, 61.9% 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.

## ME1 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £308,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in ME1 was £308,000 in 2025. Joint 1,039th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 34,094** (2021). ME1 had 34,094 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 698th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in ME1 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.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.3%** (January 2026). In ME1, 90.3% 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway)
- Centre: 51.3906, 0.5018

Council: [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Rochester and Strood](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/rochester-and-strood): Lauren Edwards (Labour), 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.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=0.5018,51.3906,ME11QJ

## How to cite

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