ME10
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Sittingbourne, Snipeshill and Milton Regis, in Swale.
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 ME10 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In ME10, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How ME10 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ME10 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ME10 at a rate of 101.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.7 per 1,000 people across ME.
In August 2026 alone, 539 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ME10.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,840), anti-social behaviour (1,350) and other crime (784).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ME10 was 109.7 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.
Deprivation in ME10, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ME10 has no single figure. Of its 31 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in ME10
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swale 007B | 1,642 | 71.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Swale 007C | 1,355 | 76.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.2% |
| Swale 007D | 1,651 | 26.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.0% |
| Swale 007F | 1,767 | 55.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Swale 007I | 1,578 | 89.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.4% |
| Swale 007J | 1,513 | 110.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.8% |
| Swale 009B | 1,846 | 169.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.1% |
| Swale 009E | 1,554 | 149.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.8% |
| Swale 009F | 1,853 | 92.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.6% |
| Swale 009G | 1,760 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 76.0% |
| Swale 009H | 1,724 | 61.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.3% |
| Swale 009I | 1,420 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.5% |
| Swale 010A | 1,411 | 151.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.1% |
| Swale 010B | 1,753 | 154.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.8% |
| Swale 010C | 1,557 | 182.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.0% |
| Swale 010D | 2,033 | 104.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.4% |
| Swale 010E | 2,066 | 496.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 62.4% |
| Swale 011A | 2,717 | 99.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.6% |
| Swale 011B | 1,275 | 72.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.5% |
| Swale 011C | 1,393 | 102.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.7% |
| Swale 011D | 1,463 | 104.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Swale 011E | 1,701 | 58.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Swale 012A | 1,416 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Swale 012B | 1,704 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.0% |
| Swale 012C | 1,861 | 52.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.3% |
| Swale 012D | 1,681 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Swale 012E | 1,502 | 25.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.1% |
| Swale 013A | 1,356 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.4% |
| Swale 013E | 1,666 | 49.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 80.2% |
| Swale 013F | 1,633 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.8% |
| Swale 013G | 1,539 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.9% |
MPs for ME10
- Kevin McKennaLabourMP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey96% of ME10’s postcodes
- Helen WhatelyConservativeMP for Faversham and Mid Kent4.2% of ME10’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 ME106
Postcode sectors in ME106
Council1
Towns in ME101
Postcode districts next to ME101
Nearest rail stations4
More in the ME postcode area2
ME10 in brief
ME10 is a postcode district covering Sittingbourne, Snipeshill and Milton Regis, in Swale.
About 55,318 people lived in ME10 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £295,000 in 2025 across 828 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 101.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ME10 was £295,000 in 2025.
ME10 had 52,886 usual residents at the census.
In ME10, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In ME10, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.