ME12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Minster, Halfway Houses and Sheerness, 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 ME12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In ME12, 76.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How ME12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ME12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ME12 at a rate of 126.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.7 per 1,000 people across ME.
In August 2026 alone, 482 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ME12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,176), anti-social behaviour (1,205) and other crime (747).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ME12 was 129.5 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 ME12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ME12 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in ME12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swale 001A | 1,433 | 560.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 73.9% |
| Swale 001B | 1,823 | 130.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.9% |
| Swale 001C | 1,761 | 136.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.3% |
| Swale 001D | 1,690 | 148.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.7% |
| Swale 002A | 1,652 | 356.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 61.9% |
| Swale 002B | 1,617 | 115.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| Swale 002C | 1,494 | 172.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 68.7% |
| Swale 002D | 1,783 | 112.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.0% |
| Swale 003A | 1,401 | 71.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Swale 003B | 1,876 | 73.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.1% |
| Swale 003C | 1,674 | 54.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.2% |
| Swale 003D | 1,632 | 40.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.2% |
| Swale 004A | 1,588 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 79.6% |
| Swale 004B | 1,686 | 28.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.9% |
| Swale 004D | 1,428 | 47.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.9% |
| Swale 004E | 1,399 | 89.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.1% |
| Swale 004F | 1,529 | 53.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.2% |
| Swale 004H | 1,495 | 130.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.7% |
| Swale 004I | 1,730 | 52.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.0% |
| Swale 005A | 1,448 | 85.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.3% |
| Swale 005D | 1,588 | 83.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 88.6% |
| Swale 006A | 2,012 | 178.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 2.9% |
| Swale 006B | 1,408 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Swale 006C | 1,639 | 84.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 64.1% |
| Swale 006E | 2,433 | 180.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 9.8% |
| Swale 006F | 2,141 | 158.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 24.0% |
Your MP
- Kevin McKennaLabourMP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey
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 ME125
Postcode sectors in ME126
Council1
Towns in ME122
Postcode districts next to ME121
Nearest rail stations2
More in the ME postcode area2
ME12 in brief
ME12 is a postcode district covering Minster, Halfway Houses and Sheerness, in Swale.
About 43,592 people lived in ME12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £281,000 in 2025 across 568 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 126.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ME12 was £281,000 in 2025.
ME12 had 42,981 usual residents at the census.
In ME12, 76.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In ME12, 4.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.