ME
Postcode areaPostcode area named after Rochester, with 20 districts.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: the outline joins its districts’ outlines, each made of the census output areas that hold most of the district’s postcodes.
Radon Affected Area by postcode area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 78% of people in ME live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How ME compares
Each dot is a postcode area. The black line marks the middle one.
Every postcode area ranked: median sale price, population, people in radon affected area squares and gigabit broadband coverage.
Is ME safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ME at a rate of 94.7 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 6,265 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ME.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (23,509), anti-social behaviour (14,442) and other crime (10,064).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ME was 97.7 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.
Postcode districts in ME
| Name | People (census) | Median sale price | Recorded crime per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ME1Rochester, Troy Town | 34,094 | £308,000 | 97.8 per 1,000 |
| ME2Rochester, Strood | 43,205 | £317,500 | 87.2 per 1,000 |
| ME3Hoo St Werburgh, Cliffe Woods | 29,817 | £365,000 | 58.0 per 1,000 |
| ME4Chatham, Luton | 33,218 | £250,000 | 201.6 per 1,000 |
| ME5Chatham, Lords Wood | 52,479 | £310,000 | 74.1 per 1,000 |
| ME6Snodland, Ham Hill | 12,156 | £320,000 | 99.7 per 1,000 |
| ME7Gillingham, Brompton | 52,921 | £272,500 | 130.5 per 1,000 |
| ME8Gillingham, Rainham | 51,011 | £350,000 | 58.7 per 1,000 |
| ME9Iwade | 23,327 | £358,750 | 61.5 per 1,000 |
| ME10Sittingbourne, Snipeshill | 52,886 | £295,000 | 101.3 per 1,000 |
| ME11Queenborough, Rushenden | 3,915 | £230,000 | 150.3 per 1,000 |
| ME12Minster, Halfway Houses | 42,981 | £281,000 | 126.6 per 1,000 |
| ME13Faversham, Preston | 28,910 | £355,000 | 78.8 per 1,000 |
| ME14Maidstone, Penenden Heath | 35,748 | £363,500 | 117.4 per 1,000 |
| ME15Maidstone, Shepway | 51,483 | £350,000 | 90.1 per 1,000 |
| ME16Maidstone, Allington | 34,404 | £351,000 | 89.2 per 1,000 |
| ME17Coxheath, Lenham | 27,536 | £403,750 | 68.7 per 1,000 |
| ME18Yalding, Wateringbury | 6,932 | £430,000 | 50.9 per 1,000 |
| ME19Kings Hill, East Malling | 25,390 | £484,995 | 54.1 per 1,000 |
| ME20Ditton, Larkfield | 21,758 | £387,500 | 72.6 per 1,000 |
ME in brief
The ME postcode area, named after Rochester, has 20 postcode districts.
The median price paid for a home in ME was £332,500 in 2025.
ME had 664,171 usual residents at the census.
About 78% of people in ME live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In ME, 85.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.