ME4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Chatham, Luton and Lower Upnor, in Medway.
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 ME4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In ME4, 83.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How ME4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ME4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ME4 at a rate of 201.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.7 per 1,000 people across ME.
In August 2026 alone, 715 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ME4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,471), anti-social behaviour (1,448) and other crime (1,245).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ME4 was 203.4 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 ME4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ME4 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in ME4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medway 007F | 1,841 | 39.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Medway 007G | 1,832 | 16.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Medway 007H | 2,125 | 237.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 64.3% |
| Medway 015A | 1,510 | 117.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| Medway 015B | 1,697 | 343.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.6% |
| Medway 015C | 1,868 | 137.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.1% |
| Medway 015E | 1,763 | 391.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 41.1% |
| Medway 015G | 1,497 | 972.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 45.2% |
| Medway 020B | 1,638 | 212.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.4% |
| Medway 021A | 1,287 | 182.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.7% |
| Medway 021B | 1,661 | 87.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Medway 021C | 1,472 | 106.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.1% |
| Medway 021D | 1,797 | 230.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| Medway 022A | 1,961 | 140.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.5% |
| Medway 022B | 1,799 | 85.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Medway 022C | 2,053 | 97.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Medway 022D | 1,617 | 176.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.1% |
| Medway 027A | 1,625 | 153.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.6% |
| Medway 033B | 2,350 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.0% |
MPs for ME4
- Tristan OsborneLabourMP for Chatham and Aylesford54% of ME4’s postcodes
- Lauren EdwardsLabourMP for Rochester and Strood46% of ME4’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 ME44
Postcode sectors in ME45
Council1
Towns in ME42
Postcode districts next to ME43
Nearest rail stations4
More in the ME postcode area2
ME4 in brief
ME4 is a postcode district covering Chatham, Luton and Lower Upnor, in Medway.
About 36,290 people lived in ME4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £250,000 in 2025 across 357 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 201.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ME4 was £250,000 in 2025.
ME4 had 33,218 usual residents at the census.
In ME4, 83.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In ME4, 6.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.