ME2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Rochester, Strood and Frindsbury, 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 ME2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in ME2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How ME2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is ME2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in ME2 at a rate of 87.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.7 per 1,000 people across the ME postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 375 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in ME2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,435), anti-social behaviour (817) and other crime (628).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in ME2 was 92.6 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 ME2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so ME2 has no single figure. Of its 25 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in ME2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medway 004B | 1,954 | 67.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 57.9% |
| Medway 004C | 2,185 | 48.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.3% |
| Medway 004E | 1,528 | 94.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.0% |
| Medway 005A | 1,390 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.8% |
| Medway 005B | 1,405 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Medway 005C | 1,494 | 26.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| Medway 005D | 1,679 | 34.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.9% |
| Medway 006A | 1,612 | 73.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.9% |
| Medway 006B | 1,718 | 94.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 78.2% |
| Medway 006C | 1,592 | 97.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Medway 006D | 1,524 | 195.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.9% |
| Medway 006E | 1,799 | 67.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.5% |
| Medway 008A | 1,703 | 52.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Medway 008B | 1,562 | 117.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.6% |
| Medway 008C | 1,563 | 173.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| Medway 008D | 1,664 | 103.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
| Medway 011A | 1,804 | 75.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.9% |
| Medway 011B | 1,732 | 387.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 74.5% |
| Medway 011C | 1,706 | 52.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Medway 011D | 2,419 | 73.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.0% |
| Medway 011E | 2,416 | 77.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.8% |
| Medway 028A | 1,307 | 59.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.6% |
| Medway 028B | 1,505 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 53.0% |
| Medway 028C | 1,533 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 77.5% |
| Medway 028D | 2,257 | 60.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.1% |
MPs for ME2
- Lauren EdwardsLabourMP for Rochester and Strood99% of ME2’s postcodes
- Dr Lauren SullivanLabourMP for Gravesham0.9% of ME2’s postcodes
- Tristan OsborneLabourMP for Chatham and Aylesford0.1% of ME2’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 ME26
Postcode sectors in ME24
Council1
Towns in ME21
Postcode districts next to ME24
Nearest rail stations4
More in the ME postcode area2
ME2 in brief
ME2 is a postcode district covering Rochester, Strood and Frindsbury, in Medway.
About 44,848 people lived in ME2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £317,500 in 2025 across 579 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 87.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in ME2 was £317,500 in 2025.
ME2 had 43,205 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in ME2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In ME2, 87.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.