# ME5 7HQ: area report for a postcode in Medway

ME5 7HQ 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 ME5 7HQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway) › [ME5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me5) › [ME5 7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me5-7)

## Around this postcode

- **43 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 9% on July. Medway 019B: 236 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.5553,51.3728,ME57HQ
- **Gillingham (Kent), 1.6 km**: About 20 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.5553,51.3728,ME57HQ
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 500 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.5553,51.3728,ME57HQ
- **No property in ME5 7HQ 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=0.5553,51.3728,ME57HQ
- **England’s most deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Medway 019B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.5553,51.3728,ME57HQ
- **£298,547 average price**: For the whole of Medway, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.5553,51.3728,ME57HQ
- **3 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 550 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.5553,51.3728,ME57HQ
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 10 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.5553,51.3728,ME57HQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at ME5 7HQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.5553,51.3728,ME57HQ
- **Loud road and rail noise at ME5 7HQ**: Road 65 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.5553,51.3728,ME57HQ
- **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=0.5553,51.3728,ME57HQ
- **9.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.5553,51.3728,ME57HQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Chatham Grammar](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chatham-grammar-e137389) | Secondary | 500 m (6 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, October 2023 | Attainment 8 of 60.6 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Byron Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/byron-primary-school-e142399) | Primary | 670 m (8 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Robert Napier School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-robert-napier-school-e138511) | Secondary | 670 m (8 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 30.2 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Alchemy School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/alchemy-school-e146736) | Special | 790 m (10 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Luton Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/luton-primary-school-e150218) | Primary | 850 m (11 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2023, before the school changed | 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/napier-community-primary-and-nursery-academy-e141199) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Improved significantly, November 2024 | 84% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Danecourt School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/danecourt-school-e142266) | Special | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Improved significantly, November 2024 | – |
| [Will Adams Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/will-adams-academy-e149009) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, November 2024 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| January 2025 | £290,001 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| November 2023 | £460,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| November 2025 | £400,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| June 2026 | £410,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| November 2025 | £310,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |
| July 2026 | £283,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 180 m |
| August 2026 | £390,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 190 m |
| October 2024 | £335,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 200 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: MATRIX MEDICAL PRACTICE (550 m); STONECROSS AND WEST DRIVE SURGERY (850 m); NAPIER ROAD SURGERY (930 m)
- Pharmacies: MEDICLINIC PHARMACY (150 m); MEDWAY PHARMACY (480 m); SMITHS PHARMACY (610 m); STREET END PHARMACY (850 m); STURDEE AVENUE PHARMACY (950 m)
- Dental practices: WATLING STREET DENTAL CARE (80 m); NELSON ROAD DENTAL & IMPLANT CENTRE (560 m); DENTAL SURGERY (820 m)
- Supermarkets: Sainsburys Chatham Watling Street Local (10 m, Sainsburys); Co-op Canterbury Street (650 m, The Co-operative Group); Tesco Gillingham Sturdee Ave Express (950 m, Tesco)

## 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 019B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 30.0** (2025). Medway 019B has a deprivation score of 30.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 8,252nd most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £340,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Medway 019B was £340,000 in 2025. Joint 12,327th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,486** (2021). Medway 019B had 1,486 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 22,480th least 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 019B, 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.

## ME5 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £310,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in ME5 was £310,000 in 2025. Joint 1,022nd most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 52,479** (2021). ME5 had 52,479 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 169th 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: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in ME5 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: 95.4%** (January 2026). In ME5, 95.4% 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: 51.3728, 0.5553

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

## Your MP

- [Gillingham and Rainham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/gillingham-and-rainham): Naushabah Khan (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=0.5553,51.3728,ME57HQ

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Snapshot 2026.10.8. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me5-7hq