ME3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Hoo St Werburgh and Cliffe Woods, in Medway and Gravesham.
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 ME3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In ME3, 75.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How ME3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ME3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ME3 at a rate of 58.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.7 per 1,000 people across ME.
In August 2026 alone, 192 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ME3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (774), anti-social behaviour (409) and other crime (265).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ME3 was 61.7 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 ME3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ME3 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in ME3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravesham 010A | 1,296 | 54.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 64.7% |
| Gravesham 010B | 1,142 | 46.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 73.3% |
| Gravesham 010C | 1,494 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 64.1% |
| Medway 001A | 1,684 | 76.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 38.5% |
| Medway 001B | 1,731 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Medway 001C | 1,322 | 59.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 56.3% |
| Medway 001D | 2,038 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 75.5% |
| Medway 002A | 1,343 | 72.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 73.5% |
| Medway 002B | 1,475 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.9% |
| Medway 002C | 1,379 | 16.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.5% |
| Medway 002D | 1,527 | 53.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.6% |
| Medway 003A | 2,242 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 82.2% |
| Medway 003B | 1,729 | 45.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
| Medway 003D | 1,595 | 104.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.8% |
| Medway 003E | 2,990 | 77.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 81.2% |
| Medway 003F | 1,744 | 58.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.5% |
| Medway 003G | 1,842 | 55.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.3% |
| Medway 004D | 1,412 | 63.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.3% |
MPs for ME3
- Lauren EdwardsLabourMP for Rochester and Strood85% of ME3’s postcodes
- Dr Lauren SullivanLabourMP for Gravesham15% of ME3’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 ME34
Postcode sectors in ME34
Councils ME3 covers2
Towns in ME32
Postcode districts next to ME32
Nearest rail stations1
More in the ME postcode area2
ME3 in brief
ME3 is a postcode district covering Hoo St Werburgh and Cliffe Woods, in Medway and Gravesham.
About 31,572 people lived in ME3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £365,000 in 2025 across 446 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 58.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ME3 was £365,000 in 2025.
ME3 had 29,817 usual residents at the census.
In ME3, 75.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In ME3, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.