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

ME5 8RP 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 8RP 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

- **23 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 28% on July. Medway 031B: 67 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.5415,51.3452,ME58RP
- **Chatham, 4.2 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.5415,51.3452,ME58RP
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 540 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.5415,51.3452,ME58RP
- **No property in ME5 8RP 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=0.5415,51.3452,ME58RP
- **England’s most deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Medway 031B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.5415,51.3452,ME58RP
- **£297,757 average price**: For the whole of Medway, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.5415,51.3452,ME58RP
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.5 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.5415,51.3452,ME58RP
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 570 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.5415,51.3452,ME58RP
- **63.8% can get gigabit broadband at ME5 8RP**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.5415,51.3452,ME58RP
- **Low road and rail noise at ME5 8RP**: Road 54 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.5415,51.3452,ME58RP
- **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=0.5415,51.3452,ME58RP
- **8.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.5415,51.3452,ME58RP

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Lordswood School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lordswood-school-e140186) | Primary | 540 m (7 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade | 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Maundene School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/maundene-school-e145112) | Primary | 850 m (11 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2022 | 56% 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 | 910 m (11 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Walderslade Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/walderslade-primary-school-e143261) | Primary | 950 m (12 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, May 2024 | 77% 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 | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade, before the school changed | – |
| [Greenacre School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/greenacre-school-e150870) | Secondary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Inadequate (overall), March 2023, before the school changed, serious weaknesses | Attainment 8 of 29.4 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Bradfields Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bradfields-academy-e140701) | Special | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, November 2022 | – |
| [INSPIRE Free Special School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/inspire-free-special-school-e141005) | Special | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, December 2023 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| January 2026 | £120,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| May 2026 | £277,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 70 m |
| February 2026 | £350,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| November 2025 | £360,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| September 2025 | £192,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| June 2026 | £225,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 150 m |
| June 2026 | £302,260 | Terraced, established, freehold | 150 m |
| August 2025 | £280,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 180 m |

## Within 1 km

- Supermarkets: Morrisons Daily Chatham Admirals Walks (570 m, Morrisons); Tesco Chatham Vic Cross Express (720 m, Tesco)

## 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 031B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 32.6** (2025). Medway 031B has a deprivation score of 32.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 7,100th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 1,296** (2021). Medway 031B had 1,296 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 14,502nd 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: 86.6%** (January 2026). In Medway 031B, 86.6% 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.
- **Claimant rate: 5.7%** (August 2026). In Medway 031B, 5.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 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: 51.3452, 0.5415

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=0.5415,51.3452,ME58RP

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