# ME4 6HJ: area report for a postcode in Medway

ME4 6HJ is a postcode in Medway.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Medway. Open the map at ME4 6HJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway) › [ME4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me4) › [ME4 6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me4-6)

## Around this postcode

- **73 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 28% on July. Medway 021B: 87 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.5239,51.3713,ME46HJ
- **Chatham, 1 km**: About 13 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.5239,51.3713,ME46HJ
- **9 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 370 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.5239,51.3713,ME46HJ
- **No property in ME4 6HJ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=0.5239,51.3713,ME46HJ
- **England’s most deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Medway 021B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.5239,51.3713,ME46HJ
- **£298,547 average price**: For the whole of Medway, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.5239,51.3713,ME46HJ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 890 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.5239,51.3713,ME46HJ
- **5 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 80 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.5239,51.3713,ME46HJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at ME4 6HJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.5239,51.3713,ME46HJ
- **Low road and rail noise at ME4 6HJ**: Road 53 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.5239,51.3713,ME46HJ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 4 of 6**: 5% to 10% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=0.5239,51.3713,ME46HJ
- **10.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.5239,51.3713,ME46HJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Blue Skies School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/blue-skies-school-e135576) | Special | 370 m (5 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Greenvale Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/greenvale-primary-school-e118317) | Primary | 410 m (5 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | – |
| [Phoenix Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/phoenix-primary-school-e138510) | Primary | 430 m (5 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2023 | 38% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Victory Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-victory-academy-e136108) | Secondary | 630 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2023 | Attainment 8 of 38.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Balfour Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/balfour-junior-school-e143880) | Primary | 630 m (8 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2024 | 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Holcombe Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holcombe-grammar-school-e136594) | Secondary | 640 m (8 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2024 | Attainment 8 of 59.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Balfour Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/balfour-infant-school-e118329) | Primary | 700 m (9 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | – |
| [New Horizons Children's Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/new-horizons-childrens-academy-e140215) | Primary | 750 m (9 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2022 | 35% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| November 2025 | £287,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| June 2025 | £350,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 50 m |
| March 2025 | £255,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 60 m |
| July 2025 | £270,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| January 2026 | £235,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| April 2026 | £295,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 150 m |
| August 2025 | £240,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| June 2026 | £240,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: CITY WAY SURGERY (890 m)
- Pharmacies: PALMERS PHARMACY (170 m); KARSONS PHARMACY (730 m); KARSONS PHARMACY (880 m); CHATHAM PHARMACY (960 m)
- Supermarkets: Spar - Scotteswood Avenue (80 m, Spar); Morrisons Daily Chatham Albert Road (510 m, Morrisons); M&S Chatham BP (510 m, Marks and Spencer); Co-op Pattens Lane (720 m, The Co-operative Group); Asda Rochester Express Petrol (990 m, Asda)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £298,547** (July 2026). Medway’s average house price was £298,547 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 1.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £39,622** (2025). Full-time workers living in Medway earned a median of £39,622 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 150th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.5×** (2025). A home in Medway costs 7.5 times local full-time pay. Joint 161st least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 24.4** (2025). Medway has a deprivation score of 24.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 84th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Medway 021B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 29.1** (2025). Medway 021B has a deprivation score of 29.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 8,704th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £257,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Medway 021B was £257,500 in 2025. Joint 12,249th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,661** (2021). Medway 021B had 1,661 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 15,179th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.8%** (January 2026). In Medway 021B, 99.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## ME4 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £250,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in ME4 was £250,000 in 2025. Joint 751st cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 33,218** (2021). ME4 had 33,218 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 740th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 85%** (2022). About 85% of people in ME4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 83.9%** (January 2026). In ME4, 83.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway)
- Centre: 51.3713, 0.5239

Council: [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Chatham and Aylesford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chatham-and-aylesford): Tristan Osborne (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=0.5239,51.3713,ME46HJ

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