ME7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Gillingham, Brompton and Grange, 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 ME7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In ME7, 93.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How ME7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ME7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ME7 at a rate of 130.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.7 per 1,000 people across ME.
In August 2026 alone, 622 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ME7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,643), anti-social behaviour (1,396) and other crime (1,197).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ME7 was 135.1 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 ME7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ME7 has no single figure. Of its 33 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 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 ME7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medway 007A | 1,961 | 83.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.1% |
| Medway 007I | 1,643 | 125.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 65.0% |
| Medway 009A | 1,279 | 102.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.7% |
| Medway 009C | 1,717 | 309.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Medway 009D | 1,694 | 111.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Medway 009E | 1,719 | 110.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 56.1% |
| Medway 009F | 1,629 | 51.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Medway 010A | 1,886 | 92.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.4% |
| Medway 010B | 1,349 | 143.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Medway 010C | 2,541 | 76.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.1% |
| Medway 010D | 1,610 | 76.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.0% |
| Medway 012A | 1,797 | 341.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 79.7% |
| Medway 012B | 1,768 | 157.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.0% |
| Medway 012C | 1,686 | 233.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.9% |
| Medway 012D | 2,109 | 236.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.5% |
| Medway 013A | 1,821 | 155.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| Medway 013B | 1,471 | 102.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Medway 013C | 1,455 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Medway 013D | 1,538 | 153.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Medway 013E | 1,481 | 97.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Medway 016A | 1,775 | 82.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.8% |
| Medway 016B | 1,612 | 178.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.4% |
| Medway 016C | 1,772 | 93.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Medway 016D | 1,719 | 144.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Medway 019A | 1,510 | 126.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Medway 019B | 1,486 | 235.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Medway 019C | 1,959 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Medway 019D | 1,328 | 76.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Medway 030D | 1,505 | 140.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| Medway 035A | 1,674 | 24.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.7% |
| Medway 035B | 1,562 | 28.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| Medway 035C | 1,664 | 155.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| Medway 035E | 1,615 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.1% |
MPs for ME7
- Naushabah KhanLabourMP for Gillingham and Rainham91% of ME7’s postcodes
- Lauren EdwardsLabourMP for Rochester and Strood5.9% of ME7’s postcodes
- Helen WhatelyConservativeMP for Faversham and Mid Kent2.6% of ME7’s postcodes
- Tristan OsborneLabourMP for Chatham and Aylesford0.5% of ME7’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 ME77
Postcode sectors in ME76
Council1
Towns in ME71
Postcode districts next to ME74
Nearest rail stations4
More in the ME postcode area2
ME7 in brief
ME7 is a postcode district covering Gillingham, Brompton and Grange, in Medway.
About 55,928 people lived in ME7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £272,500 in 2025 across 567 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 130.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ME7 was £272,500 in 2025.
ME7 had 52,921 usual residents at the census.
In ME7, 93.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In ME7, 5.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.