# ME1 2XQ: area report for a postcode in Medway

ME1 2XQ 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 2XQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway) › [ME1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me1) › [ME1 2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me1-2)

## Around this postcode

- **12 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 50% on July. Medway 026A: 71 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.5084,51.3586,ME12XQ
- **Chatham, 2.6 km**: About 32 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.5084,51.3586,ME12XQ
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 600 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.5084,51.3586,ME12XQ
- **No property in ME1 2XQ 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=0.5084,51.3586,ME12XQ
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Medway 026A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.5084,51.3586,ME12XQ
- **£298,547 average price**: For the whole of Medway, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.5084,51.3586,ME12XQ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 650 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.5084,51.3586,ME12XQ
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 490 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.5084,51.3586,ME12XQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at ME1 2XQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.5084,51.3586,ME12XQ
- **Low road and rail noise at ME1 2XQ**: Road 53 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.5084,51.3586,ME12XQ
- **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=0.5084,51.3586,ME12XQ
- **10.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.5084,51.3586,ME12XQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Warren Wood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/warren-wood-primary-school-e140989) | Primary | 600 m (8 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade | 38% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Thomas Aveling School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-thomas-aveling-school-e137376) | Secondary | 730 m (9 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, September 2022 | Attainment 8 of 38.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Horsted Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/horsted-infant-school-e152589) | Primary | 960 m (12 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), October 2023, before the school changed | – |
| [Horsted Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/horsted-junior-school-e152590) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, September 2023 | – |
| [New Horizons Children's Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/new-horizons-childrens-academy-e140215) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2022 | 35% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Holcombe Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holcombe-grammar-school-e136594) | Secondary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2024 | Attainment 8 of 59.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [The Rowans](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-rowans-e144134) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 1.3 km (17 minutes on foot) | Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met | – |
| [PGW Partnership of Greenacre and Walderslade](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pgw-partnership-of-greenacre-and-walderslade-e134820) | Sixth form and further education | 1.3 km (17 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| September 2023 | £315,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 60 m |
| February 2026 | £460,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| March 2024 | £430,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| September 2024 | £446,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| June 2024 | £235,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 170 m |
| March 2025 | £257,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 180 m |
| May 2026 | £330,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 190 m |
| March 2025 | £481,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 210 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: MAIDSTONE ROAD SURGERY (650 m)
- Pharmacies: DELMERGATE LIMITED (770 m); ROCHESTER PHARMACY (890 m)
- Supermarkets: Morrisons Daily Rochester Orion Road (490 m, Morrisons); Aldi Horstead RP Maidstone Road (610 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 026A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 8.2** (2025). Medway 026A has a deprivation score of 8.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 6,483rd least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £423,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Medway 026A was £423,500 in 2025. Joint 7,597th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,510** (2021). Medway 026A had 1,510 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 23,003rd 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: 93.3%** (January 2026). In Medway 026A, 93.3% 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.

## 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: 51.3586, 0.5084

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

## Your MP

- [Chatham and Aylesford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chatham-and-aylesford): Tristan Osborne (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=0.5084,51.3586,ME12XQ

## How to cite

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