ME12 1DP

Sheerness · Swale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Sheerness
Local authority
Swale
Postcode district
ME12
Postcode sector
ME12 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME12 1BD 57 m
ME12 1BN 92 m
ME12 1DS 102 m
ME12 1DR 103 m
ME12 1EH 118 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME12 1DP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME12
Postcode sector
ME12 1
Latitude
51.433118
Longitude
0.756789
British National Grid easting
591,720
British National Grid northing
174,062

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Swale · E07000113
Electoral ward
Sheerness · E05009560
Parish or community
E04012936
Output area
E00124928
Lower layer super output area
Swale 002C · E01024615
Middle layer super output area
Swale 002 · E02005116

Postcode source versions

Explore ME12

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
43, Medway Road, Sheerness, ME12 1DP 3 March 2026 £280,000
76, Medway Road, Sheerness, ME12 1DP 12 September 2025 £208,500
45, Medway Road, Sheerness, ME12 1DP 24 January 2025 £250,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
10
Secondary
2
  1. West Minster Primary School

    Community school

    276 m
  2. St Edward's Catholic Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    529 m
  3. Rose Street Primary School

    Community school

    627 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,473
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 993
  • Anti social behaviour 353
  • Criminal damage and arson 299
  • Shoplifting 259
  • Other theft 121

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
32

19 female, 13 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
2.7
ME12 1 residents
7,351

Age bands in ME12 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
22.4%

1,707 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.2%

934 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.1%

1,916 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.9%

1,898 residents

Age 65 and over
15.4%

1,171 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME12 1 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
85.7%

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

5

within 5 km

  • ST GEORGES MEDICAL CENTRE

    55 ST. GEORGES AVENUE, SHEERNESS, ME12 1QU

    ODS code G82057

    521 m

  • THE OM MEDICAL CENTRE

    WOOD STREET, SHEERNESS, ME12 1UA

    ODS code G82682

    732 m

  • SHEERNESS HEALTH CENTRE

    250-262 HIGH STREET, SHEERNESS, ME12 1UP

    ODS code G82023

    764 m

  • VEL SURGERY

    SHEERNESS HEALTH CENTRE, 250-262 HIGH STREET, SHEERNESS, ME12 1UP

    ODS code G82687

    764 m

  • SHEPPEY HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE

    ROYAL ROAD, OFF THE BROADWAY, SHEERNESS, ME12 1HH

    ODS code G82799

    1.0 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

  • Wheatsheaf Gardens

    BCT · Sheerness

    0.0 miles
  • Wheatsheaf Gardens

    BCT · Sheerness

    0.1 miles
  • Bridgewater Road

    BCT · West Minster

    0.1 miles
  • Bridgewater Road

    BCT · West Minster

    0.1 miles
  • Botany Close

    BCT · Sheerness

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Swale 002C, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

479 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
10 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
2
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

Property market

The five-year median is £257,500 from 4 recorded sales in ME12 1DP. 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.

Schools

14 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. West Minster Primary School is the nearest published school at 276 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,473 published events cover 12 months, averaging 206.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 993 events.

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