# ME5 8RE: area report for a postcode in Medway

ME5 8RE 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 8RE for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway) › [ME5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me5) › [ME5 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me5-8)

## Around this postcode

- **8 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 56% on July. Medway 038E: 79 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.5354,51.3366,ME58RE
- **Chatham, 5 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.5354,51.3366,ME58RE
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 510 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.5354,51.3366,ME58RE
- **No property in ME5 8RE 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=0.5354,51.3366,ME58RE
- **England’s least deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Medway 038E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.5354,51.3366,ME58RE
- **£298,547 average price**: For the whole of Medway, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.5354,51.3366,ME58RE
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 800 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.5354,51.3366,ME58RE
- **4 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 350 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.5354,51.3366,ME58RE
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at ME5 8RE**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.5354,51.3366,ME58RE
- **Moderate road and rail noise at ME5 8RE**: Road 57 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.5354,51.3366,ME58RE
- **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=0.5354,51.3366,ME58RE
- **9.3 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.5354,51.3366,ME58RE

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Lordswood School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lordswood-school-e140186) | Primary | 510 m (6 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade | 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Benedict's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-benedicts-catholic-primary-school-e149979) | Primary | 590 m (7 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Swingate Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/swingate-primary-school-e152591) | Primary | 790 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, May 2024 | – |
| [Walderslade Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/walderslade-primary-school-e143261) | Primary | 840 m (11 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, May 2024 | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Tunbury Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tunbury-primary-school-e118493) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2023 | 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-thomas-more-roman-catholic-primary-school-e151928) | Primary | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade, before the school changed | – |
| [Oaklands School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oaklands-school-e148117) | Primary | 1.5 km (18 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, July 2023 | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Maundene School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/maundene-school-e145112) | Primary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2022 | 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 2025 | £402,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| September 2025 | £340,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 40 m |
| April 2025 | £460,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 70 m |
| January 2026 | £153,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| January 2023 | £175,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| October 2025 | £290,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| July 2026 | £300,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 150 m |
| May 2025 | £210,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 180 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: REACH HEALTHCARE (800 m)
- Pharmacies: LORDSWOOD PHARMACY (640 m); FENNS CHEMIST (680 m)
- Dental practices: KENT SMILE STUDIO (680 m); LORDSWOOD HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE (770 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Chatham Vic Cross Express (350 m, Tesco); Morrisons Daily Chatham Admirals Walks (550 m, Morrisons); Tesco Chatham Lords Wood Express (660 m, Tesco); Co-op Walderslade (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 038E (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 16.4** (2025). Medway 038E has a deprivation score of 16.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 15,887th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £282,150** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Medway 038E was £282,150 in 2025. 14,638th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,599** (2021). Medway 038E had 1,599 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 18,168th 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: 97.4%** (January 2026). In Medway 038E, 97.4% 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.

## 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: 51.3366, 0.5354

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=0.5354,51.3366,ME58RE

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