Property market
The five-year median is £270,000 from 3,251 recorded sales in ME12. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Swale is £298,394 in June 2026, up 4.5% year on year.
ME12
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,237
- Current units
- 946
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 5
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 291
Postcode sectors in ME12
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
21,740 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 40, Buttercup Avenue, Minster On Sea, Sheerness, ME12 3FX | 29 July 2026 | £240,000 |
| 75, Holmside Avenue, Minster On Sea, Sheerness, ME12 3EZ | 23 July 2026 | £287,000 |
| Covert Lodge, Thorn Hill Road, Warden, Sheerness, ME12 4NX | 21 July 2026 | £260,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 15
- Primary
- 10
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 5,259
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,325
- Anti social behaviour 784
- Criminal damage and arson 591
- Shoplifting 307
- Other theft 277
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- ME12 usual residents
- 42,961
- Age-profile population
- 42,980
Age bands in ME12
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18%
- 7,730 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- 4,587 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.9%
- 11,151 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.2%
- 11,253 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 19.2%
- 8,259 residents
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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 908 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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
- 16.7%
In this district, 818 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 537 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 2 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
5
in this district
SHEERNESS HEALTH CENTRE
250-262 HIGH STREET, SHEERNESS, ME12 1UP
ODS code G82023
SHEPPEY HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE
ROYAL ROAD, OFF THE BROADWAY, SHEERNESS, ME12 1HH
ODS code G82799
ST GEORGES MEDICAL CENTRE
55 ST. GEORGES AVENUE, SHEERNESS, ME12 1QU
ODS code G82057
THE OM MEDICAL CENTRE
WOOD STREET, SHEERNESS, ME12 1UA
ODS code G82682
VEL SURGERY
SHEERNESS HEALTH CENTRE, 250-262 HIGH STREET, SHEERNESS, ME12 1UP
ODS code G82687
Evidence in context
Schools
15 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
5,259 published events cover 12 months, averaging 438 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,325 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.