ME5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Chatham, Lords Wood and Walderslade, 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 ME5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In ME5, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How ME5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ME5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ME5 at a rate of 74.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.7 per 1,000 people across ME.
In August 2026 alone, 383 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ME5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,485), anti-social behaviour (1,038) and other crime (555).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ME5 was 76.5 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 ME5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ME5 has no single figure. Of its 33 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in ME5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maidstone 001A | 1,315 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.5% |
| Maidstone 001F | 2,313 | 19.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| Medway 020A | 1,695 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Medway 020C | 1,709 | 131.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.8% |
| Medway 020D | 1,762 | 191.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.9% |
| Medway 027B | 1,375 | 40.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.9% |
| Medway 027C | 1,693 | 200.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.9% |
| Medway 027D | 1,631 | 83.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| Medway 027E | 1,766 | 92.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.7% |
| Medway 031A | 1,435 | 78.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.1% |
| Medway 031B | 1,296 | 66.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.6% |
| Medway 031C | 1,300 | 40.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Medway 031D | 1,300 | 58.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 84.4% |
| Medway 031E | 1,477 | 75.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| Medway 033A | 1,484 | 173.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.4% |
| Medway 033C | 1,532 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.1% |
| Medway 033D | 1,718 | 68.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| Medway 034A | 1,493 | 64.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.9% |
| Medway 034B | 1,446 | 95.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| Medway 034C | 1,631 | 34.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Medway 034D | 1,527 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| Medway 037A | 1,661 | 90.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.7% |
| Medway 037B | 1,658 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.8% |
| Medway 037C | 1,677 | 85.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.0% |
| Medway 037D | 1,463 | 32.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.5% |
| Medway 038A | 1,531 | 54.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.9% |
| Medway 038B | 1,464 | 130.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.0% |
| Medway 038C | 1,719 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.3% |
| Medway 038D | 1,603 | 26.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| Medway 038E | 1,599 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.4% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 001B | 1,333 | 20.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 001C | 1,344 | 71.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.6% |
| Tonbridge and Malling 001D | 1,372 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
MPs for ME5
- Tristan OsborneLabourMP for Chatham and Aylesford89% of ME5’s postcodes
- Helen WhatelyConservativeMP for Faversham and Mid Kent7.4% of ME5’s postcodes
- Naushabah KhanLabourMP for Gillingham and Rainham3.6% of ME5’s postcodes
- Lauren EdwardsLabourMP for Rochester and Strood0.4% of ME5’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 ME57
Postcode sectors in ME54
Council1
Towns in ME51
Postcode districts next to ME55
Nearest rail stations4
More in the ME postcode area2
ME5 in brief
ME5 is a postcode district covering Chatham, Lords Wood and Walderslade, in Medway.
About 53,303 people lived in ME5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £310,000 in 2025 across 737 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 74.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ME5 was £310,000 in 2025.
ME5 had 52,479 usual residents at the census.
In ME5, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In ME5, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.