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

ME5 7RG 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 7RG 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

- **35 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 30% on July. Medway 034A: 65 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.5329,51.3576,ME57RG
- **Chatham, 2.7 km**: About 33 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.5329,51.3576,ME57RG
- **6 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 400 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.5329,51.3576,ME57RG
- **No property in ME5 7RG 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=0.5329,51.3576,ME57RG
- **England’s least deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Medway 034A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.5329,51.3576,ME57RG
- **£297,757 average price**: For the whole of Medway, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.5329,51.3576,ME57RG
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 280 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.5329,51.3576,ME57RG
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 440 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.5329,51.3576,ME57RG
- **96.4% can get gigabit broadband at ME5 7RG**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.5329,51.3576,ME57RG
- **Low road and rail noise at ME5 7RG**: Road 51 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.5329,51.3576,ME57RG
- **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=0.5329,51.3576,ME57RG
- **9.2 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.5329,51.3576,ME57RG

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Wayfield Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wayfield-primary-school-e143909) | Primary | 400 m (5 minutes on foot) | Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met, special measures | 31% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Rowans](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-rowans-e144134) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 460 m (6 minutes on foot) | Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met | – |
| [Kingfisher Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kingfisher-community-primary-school-e139927) | Primary | 640 m (8 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, February 2025 | 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Bradfields Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bradfields-academy-e140701) | Special | 660 m (8 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, November 2022 | – |
| [INSPIRE Free Special School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/inspire-free-special-school-e141005) | Special | 660 m (8 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, December 2023 | – |
| [Maundene School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/maundene-school-e145112) | Primary | 710 m (9 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2022 | 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [PGW Partnership of Greenacre and Walderslade](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pgw-partnership-of-greenacre-and-walderslade-e134820) | Sixth form and further education | 850 m (11 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Walderslade School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/walderslade-school-e150869) | Secondary | 930 m (12 minutes on foot) | Inadequate (overall), February 2023, before the school changed, special measures | Attainment 8 of 29.2 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| October 2025 | £280,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| May 2026 | £212,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| October 2025 | £255,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| September 2024 | £235,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 120 m |
| May 2025 | £310,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 120 m |
| September 2024 | £235,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| June 2024 | £310,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, freehold | 140 m |
| January 2026 | £255,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 190 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: THE CHURCHILL CLINIC (280 m)
- Pharmacies: WAYFIELD PHARMACY (290 m); MORRISONS PHARMACY (490 m)
- Supermarkets: Morrisons Wayfield Chatham (440 m, Morrisons); Spar - Churchill Avenue (740 m, Spar)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £297,757** (August 2026). Medway’s average house price was £297,757 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 0.5% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 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 163rd least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 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 034A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 16.0** (2025). Medway 034A has a deprivation score of 16.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 15,465th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £265,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Medway 034A was £265,000 in 2025. Joint 12,910th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,493** (2021). Medway 034A had 1,493 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 22,850th 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: 96.9%** (January 2026). In Medway 034A, 96.9% 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.

## 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: 51.3576, 0.5329

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), August 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=0.5329,51.3576,ME57RG

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