# ME8 8GQ: area report for a postcode in Medway

ME8 8GQ 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 ME8 8GQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway) › [ME8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me8) › [ME8 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me8-8)

## Around this postcode

- **15 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 50% on July. Medway 025B: 52 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.6261,51.3660,ME88GQ
- **Rainham (Kent), 1 km**: About 13 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.6261,51.3660,ME88GQ
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 460 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.6261,51.3660,ME88GQ
- **No property in ME8 8GQ 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=0.6261,51.3660,ME88GQ
- **England’s least deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Medway 025B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.6261,51.3660,ME88GQ
- **£298,547 average price**: For the whole of Medway, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.6261,51.3660,ME88GQ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.2 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.6261,51.3660,ME88GQ
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 840 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.6261,51.3660,ME88GQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at ME8 8GQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.6261,51.3660,ME88GQ
- **Low road and rail noise at ME8 8GQ**: Road 45 dB, rail 40 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.6261,51.3660,ME88GQ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 3 of 6**: 3% to 5% 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=0.6261,51.3660,ME88GQ
- **8.6 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.6261,51.3660,ME88GQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Leigh Academy Rainham](https://openindex.co.uk/school/leigh-academy-rainham-e148577) | Secondary | 460 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2024 | Attainment 8 of 44.5 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Riverside Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/riverside-primary-school-e144135) | Primary | 490 m (6 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, June 2025 | 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Margaret's Church of England Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-margarets-church-of-england-junior-school-e142160) | Primary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, September 2023 | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Margaret's Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-margarets-infant-school-e144133) | Primary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | Improved significantly, May 2025 | – |
| [Miers Court Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/miers-court-primary-school-e144639) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Thames View Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/thames-view-primary-school-e144132) | Primary | 2 km (24 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2023 | 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| May 2026 | £327,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 40 m |
| September 2025 | £441,750 | Detached, new build, freehold | 60 m |
| August 2025 | £345,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 70 m |
| July 2026 | £237,250 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| November 2025 | £370,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 120 m |
| July 2025 | £342,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| March 2026 | £330,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| September 2024 | £350,000 | Semi-detached, new build, freehold | 150 m |

## Within 1 km

- Supermarkets: Asda Rainham High Street Petrol Filling Station (840 m, Asda)

## 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 025B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 11.4** (2025). Medway 025B has a deprivation score of 11.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 10,405th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £400,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Medway 025B was £400,000 in 2025. Joint 8,623rd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,340** (2021). Medway 025B had 1,340 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 15,825th 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: 99.5%** (January 2026). In Medway 025B, 99.5% 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.

## ME8 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £350,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in ME8 was £350,000 in 2025. Joint 789th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 51,011** (2021). ME8 had 51,011 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 191st 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: 99%** (2022). About 99% of people in ME8 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: 98.1%** (January 2026). In ME8, 98.1% 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: 51.3660, 0.6261

Council: [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Gillingham and Rainham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/gillingham-and-rainham): Naushabah Khan (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=0.6261,51.3660,ME88GQ

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