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ME10 5AR

The Meads · Swale · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Sittingbourne
Ward
The Meads
Local authority
Swale
Constituency
Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Postcode district
ME10
Postcode sector
ME10 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME10 5NA 56 m
ME10 5AN 64 m
ME10 5JX 91 m
ME10 5TA 98 m
ME10 5JH 127 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME10 5AR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME10
Postcode sector
ME10 5
Latitude
51.352394
Longitude
0.718371
British National Grid easting
589,383
British National Grid northing
164,987

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Swale · E07000113
Electoral ward
The Meads · E05009564
Parish or community
E43000268
Westminster constituency
Sittingbourne and Sheppey · E14001474
Output area
E00166897
Lower layer super output area
Swale 009F · E01035304
Middle layer super output area
Swale 009 · E02005123

Postcode source versions

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Property

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20 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
9, Argent Way, Sittingbourne, ME10 5AR 19 March 2021 £400,000
3, Argent Way, Sittingbourne, ME10 5AR 10 July 2020 £385,000
5, Argent Way, Sittingbourne, ME10 5AR 24 August 2017 £405,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
21
Secondary
5

  1. Aspire School

    Free schools special

    410 m

  2. Bobbing Village School

    Academy converter

    606 m

  3. Grove Park Primary School

    Academy converter

    675 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,019
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 711
  • Shoplifting 300
  • Anti social behaviour 271
  • Criminal damage and arson 189
  • Other theft 146

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
24

12 female, 12 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
3.0
ME10 5 residents
3,679

Age bands in ME10 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
24.3%

874 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.6%

452 residents

Age 25 to 44
32.2%

1,161 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.6%

851 residents

Age 65 and over
7.3%

263 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME10 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

7

within 5 km

  • THE MEADS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    29 QUARTZ WAY, THE MEADS, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 5AA

    ODS code G82634

    230 m

  • LONDON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    32 LONDON ROAD, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 1ND

    ODS code G82231

    1.3 km

  • GREEN PORCH MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    GREEN PORCH MEDICAL CENTRE, GREEN PORCH CLOSE, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 2HA

    ODS code G82702

    1.5 km

  • GROVEHURST HEALTH

    GROVEHURST ROAD, KEMSLEY, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 2ST

    ODS code G82026

    1.7 km

  • MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTRE

    BELL ROAD, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 4XX

    ODS code G82693

    2.4 km

  • THE MEDIC CARE SURGERY

    SITTINGBOURNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, BELL ROAD, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 4DT

    ODS code G82698

    2.4 km

  • THE CHESTNUTS SURGERY

    70 EAST STREET, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 4RU

    ODS code G82035

    2.4 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Argent Way

    BCT · Sonora Fields

    0.1 miles

  • Sapphire Close

    BCT · Sonora Fields

    0.1 miles

  • Sapphire Close

    BCT · Sonora Fields

    0.1 miles

  • Jacinth Drive

    BCT · Sonora Fields

    0.1 miles

  • Jacinth Drive

    BCT · Sonora Fields

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Swale 009F, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,659 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
6 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

32 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 5 secondary schools. Aspire School is the nearest published school at 410 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

2,019 published events cover 12 months, averaging 168.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 711 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.