ME13
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Faversham, Preston and Davington, 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 ME13 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In ME13, 72.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How ME13 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ME13 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ME13 at a rate of 78.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.7 per 1,000 people across ME.
In August 2026 alone, 232 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ME13.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (787), anti-social behaviour (577) and other crime (389).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ME13 was 87.0 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 ME13, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ME13 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in ME13
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swale 014A | 1,228 | 121.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 76.7% |
| Swale 014B | 1,239 | 50.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.1% |
| Swale 014C | 1,214 | 114.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 75.0% |
| Swale 014D | 1,283 | 34.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.4% |
| Swale 014E | 2,052 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.2% |
| Swale 014F | 1,957 | 91.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.3% |
| Swale 015A | 2,193 | 69.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 78.2% |
| Swale 015B | 2,307 | 81.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.2% |
| Swale 015C | 1,976 | 230.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 80.9% |
| Swale 015D | 1,674 | 99.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 86.1% |
| Swale 015E | 1,410 | 122.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.7% |
| Swale 015F | 1,902 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 60.0% |
| Swale 016A | 1,248 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 50.7% |
| Swale 016C | 1,752 | 85.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 46.9% |
| Swale 017A | 1,347 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 33.5% |
| Swale 017B | 1,222 | 48.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 45.9% |
| Swale 017C | 1,496 | 36.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 68.0% |
| Swale 017D | 1,733 | 46.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 48.3% |
MPs for ME13
- Helen WhatelyConservativeMP for Faversham and Mid Kent100% of ME13’s postcodes
- Katie LamConservativeMP for Weald of Kent0.1% of ME13’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 ME133
Postcode sectors in ME135
Council1
Towns in ME131
Postcode districts next to ME137
Nearest rail stations2
More in the ME postcode area2
ME13 in brief
ME13 is a postcode district covering Faversham, Preston and Davington, in Swale.
About 31,227 people lived in ME13 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £355,000 in 2025 across 536 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 78.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ME13 was £355,000 in 2025.
ME13 had 28,910 usual residents at the census.
In ME13, 72.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In ME13, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.