# Chatham

Town in Medway, South East.

Chatham is a town in Medway, South East. Median sale price £287,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 125.6 per 1,000 people. About 79,628 people.

Town. Code E63005212. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway)

Chatham is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Chatham add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £287,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Chatham was £287,500 in 2025. Joint 452nd most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/chatham#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 76,956** (2021). Chatham had 76,956 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 140th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/chatham#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in Chatham 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. https://openindex.co.uk/town/chatham#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.6%** (January 2026). In Chatham, 91.6% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/town/chatham#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63005212) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in Chatham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63005212) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 951 homes were sold in Chatham in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63005212) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Chatham.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63005212) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Chatham had 76,956 usual residents at the census.

## How Chatham compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Chatham | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £287,500 | joint 16th cheapest | 209 towns, South East · 2025 |
| Population | 76,956 | 20th most populated | 209 towns, South East · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 209 towns, South East · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 91.6% | joint 89th highest | 209 towns, South East · Jan 2026 |

## Is Chatham safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Chatham at a rate of 125.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 81.3 per 1,000 people across South East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 975 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Chatham.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,545), anti-social behaviour (2,241) and other crime (1,549).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Chatham was 127.4 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 Chatham, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Chatham has no single figure. Of its 48 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Chatham

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Maidstone 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01024333) | 1,315 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.5% |
| [Maidstone 001F](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone/neighbourhood/e01034990) | 2,313 | 19.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| [Medway 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016016) | 1,510 | 117.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| [Medway 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016017) | 1,697 | 343.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.6% |
| [Medway 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016019) | 1,868 | 137.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.1% |
| [Medway 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016111) | 1,763 | 391.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 41.1% |
| [Medway 015G](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01035297) | 1,497 | 972.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 45.2% |
| [Medway 020A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016061) | 1,695 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| [Medway 020B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016063) | 1,638 | 212.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.4% |
| [Medway 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016064) | 1,709 | 131.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.8% |
| [Medway 020D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016069) | 1,762 | 191.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.9% |
| [Medway 021A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016020) | 1,287 | 182.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.7% |
| [Medway 021B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016021) | 1,661 | 87.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| [Medway 021C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016022) | 1,472 | 106.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.1% |
| [Medway 021D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016125) | 1,797 | 230.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| [Medway 022A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016018) | 1,961 | 140.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.5% |
| [Medway 022B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016023) | 1,799 | 85.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| [Medway 022C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016024) | 2,053 | 97.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| [Medway 022D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016062) | 1,617 | 176.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.1% |
| [Medway 027A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016025) | 1,625 | 153.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.6% |
| [Medway 027B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016065) | 1,375 | 40.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.9% |
| [Medway 027C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016066) | 1,693 | 200.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.9% |
| [Medway 027D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016067) | 1,631 | 83.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| [Medway 027E](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016068) | 1,766 | 92.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.7% |
| [Medway 031A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016058) | 1,435 | 78.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.1% |
| [Medway 031B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016059) | 1,296 | 66.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.6% |
| [Medway 031C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016079) | 1,300 | 40.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| [Medway 031D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016083) | 1,300 | 58.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 84.4% |
| [Medway 031E](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016084) | 1,477 | 75.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| [Medway 033A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016121) | 1,484 | 173.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.4% |
| [Medway 033B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016122) | 2,350 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.0% |
| [Medway 033C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016123) | 1,532 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.1% |
| [Medway 033D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016173) | 1,718 | 68.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| [Medway 034A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016078) | 1,493 | 64.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.9% |
| [Medway 034B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016080) | 1,446 | 95.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| [Medway 034C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016081) | 1,631 | 34.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| [Medway 034D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016082) | 1,527 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| [Medway 037A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016168) | 1,661 | 90.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.7% |
| [Medway 037B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016169) | 1,658 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.8% |
| [Medway 037C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016171) | 1,677 | 85.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.0% |
| [Medway 037D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016172) | 1,463 | 32.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.5% |
| [Medway 038A](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016055) | 1,531 | 54.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.9% |
| [Medway 038B](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016056) | 1,464 | 130.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.0% |
| [Medway 038C](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016057) | 1,719 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.3% |
| [Medway 038D](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016060) | 1,603 | 26.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| [Medway 038E](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/neighbourhood/e01016170) | 1,599 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.4% |
| [Tonbridge and Malling 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/tonbridge-and-malling/neighbourhood/e01024720) | 1,333 | 20.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Tonbridge and Malling 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/tonbridge-and-malling/neighbourhood/e01024722) | 1,372 | 50.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |

## 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.

## Council

[Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway)

## Postcode districts covering Chatham

[ME4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me4), [ME5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/me5)

## Middle areas in Chatham

[Capstone](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/capstone), [Chatham Central and Rochester Riverside](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/chatham-central-and-rochester-riverside), [Chatham South East](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/chatham-south-east), [Chatham South West](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/chatham-south-west), [Horsted](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/horsted), [Lordswood](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/lordswood), [Luton](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/luton), [Settington](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/settington), [Walderslade](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/walderslade), [Wayfield](https://openindex.co.uk/medway/wayfield)

## Towns near Chatham

[Rochester](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rochester), [Gillingham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gillingham-medway), [Hoo St Werburgh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hoo-st-werburgh), [Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/town/maidstone), [Snodland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/snodland), [Larkfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/larkfield)

## Chatham in brief

Chatham is a town in Medway, South East.
About 79,628 people lived in Chatham in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £287,500 in 2025 across 951 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 125.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Chatham was £287,500 in 2025.
Chatham had 76,956 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Chatham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Chatham, 91.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63005212
- Constituency: [Chatham and Aylesford †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chatham-and-aylesford)
- Council: [Medway †](https://openindex.co.uk/medway)
- Region: [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-east)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 14.03 km²
- People, mid-2024: 79,628*
- Neighbourhoods: 48
- Output areas: 236

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Rochester](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rochester), [Gillingham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gillingham-medway), [Hoo St Werburgh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hoo-st-werburgh), [Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/town/maidstone), [Snodland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/snodland), [Larkfield](https://openindex.co.uk/town/larkfield)

## Latest updates for Chatham

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63005212

## How to cite

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