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

ME4 6QX 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 6QX 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

- **72 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 9% on July. Medway 021D: 231 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.5158,51.3704,ME46QX
- **Chatham, 1.2 km**: About 15 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.5158,51.3704,ME46QX
- **7 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 130 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.5158,51.3704,ME46QX
- **No property in ME4 6QX 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=0.5158,51.3704,ME46QX
- **England’s most deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Medway 021D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.5158,51.3704,ME46QX
- **£298,547 average price**: For the whole of Medway, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.5158,51.3704,ME46QX
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 370 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.5158,51.3704,ME46QX
- **6 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 370 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.5158,51.3704,ME46QX
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at ME4 6QX**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.5158,51.3704,ME46QX
- **Low road and rail noise at ME4 6QX**: Road 52 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.5158,51.3704,ME46QX
- **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=0.5158,51.3704,ME46QX
- **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=0.5158,51.3704,ME46QX

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Balfour Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/balfour-infant-school-e118329) | Primary | 130 m (2 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | – |
| [Balfour Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/balfour-junior-school-e143880) | Primary | 320 m (4 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 | 530 m (7 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2024 | Attainment 8 of 59.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Blue Skies School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/blue-skies-school-e135576) | Special | 550 m (7 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Crest Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/crest-infant-school-e118330) | Primary | 640 m (8 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, May 2025 | – |
| [New Horizons Children's Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/new-horizons-childrens-academy-e140215) | Primary | 740 m (9 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2022 | 35% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Delce Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/delce-academy-e147769) | Primary | 760 m (9 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2024 | 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-john-fisher-catholic-comprehensive-school-e118908) | Secondary | 820 m (10 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 40.4 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| June 2026 | £368,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 50 m |
| January 2024 | £235,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| December 2024 | £325,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 80 m |
| June 2026 | £270,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| February 2025 | £350,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| April 2024 | £378,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| February 2025 | £258,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 150 m |
| March 2025 | £300,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 180 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: CITY WAY SURGERY (370 m)
- Pharmacies: KARSONS PHARMACY (330 m); KARSONS PHARMACY (500 m); ROCHESTER PHARMACY (640 m); PALMERS PHARMACY (700 m)
- Supermarkets: M&S Chatham BP (370 m, Marks and Spencer); Asda Rochester Express Petrol (420 m, Asda); Co-op Pattens Lane (450 m, The Co-operative Group); Spar - Scotteswood Avenue (610 m, Spar); Co-op Dickens Estate (760 m, The Co-operative Group)

## 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 021D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 18.7** (2025). Medway 021D has a deprivation score of 18.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 15,722nd most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £285,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Medway 021D was £285,000 in 2025. Joint 14,790th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,797** (2021). Medway 021D had 1,797 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 9,959th 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: 99.6%** (January 2026). In Medway 021D, 99.6% 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: 51.3704, 0.5158

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=0.5158,51.3704,ME46QX

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