ME8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Gillingham, Rainham and Park Wood, 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 ME8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In ME8, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How ME8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ME8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ME8 at a rate of 58.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.7 per 1,000 people across ME.
In August 2026 alone, 269 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ME8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,120), anti-social behaviour (675) and other crime (517).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ME8 was 60.0 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 ME8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ME8 has no single figure. Of its 33 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in ME8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medway 018A | 1,536 | 73.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| Medway 018B | 1,596 | 168.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Medway 018C | 1,648 | 46.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Medway 018D | 1,332 | 84.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Medway 018E | 1,481 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Medway 018F | 1,266 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Medway 023A | 1,812 | 58.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 70.2% |
| Medway 023B | 1,535 | 47.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| Medway 023C | 1,565 | 84.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Medway 023D | 1,442 | 32.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Medway 025A | 1,578 | 44.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.3% |
| Medway 025B | 1,340 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| Medway 025C | 1,477 | 41.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| Medway 025D | 1,464 | 142.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.8% |
| Medway 025E | 1,441 | 70.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Medway 029A | 1,780 | 58.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| Medway 029B | 1,569 | 90.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Medway 029C | 1,547 | 37.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.0% |
| Medway 029D | 1,526 | 20.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Medway 030A | 1,631 | 50.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Medway 030B | 1,320 | 141.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| Medway 030C | 1,516 | 15.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| Medway 032A | 1,444 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Medway 032B | 1,903 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.6% |
| Medway 032C | 1,417 | 25.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Medway 032D | 1,489 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Medway 035D | 1,579 | 21.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Medway 036A | 1,500 | 32.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| Medway 036B | 1,533 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Medway 036C | 1,536 | 67.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Medway 036D | 1,396 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.7% |
| Medway 036E | 1,428 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Swale 008C | 1,360 | 55.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 69.8% |
MPs for ME8
- Naushabah KhanLabourMP for Gillingham and Rainham98% of ME8’s postcodes
- Kevin McKennaLabourMP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey2.4% of ME8’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 ME87
Postcode sectors in ME86
Council1
Towns in ME81
Postcode districts next to ME83
Nearest rail stations3
More in the ME postcode area2
ME8 in brief
ME8 is a postcode district covering Gillingham, Rainham and Park Wood, in Medway.
About 52,621 people lived in ME8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £350,000 in 2025 across 808 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 58.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ME8 was £350,000 in 2025.
ME8 had 51,011 usual residents at the census.
In ME8, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In ME8, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.