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ME12 2DB

Minster Cliffs · Swale · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Minster Cliffs
Local authority
Swale
Constituency
Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Postcode district
ME12
Postcode sector
ME12 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME12 2BF 47 m
ME12 2FF 97 m
ME12 2FE 98 m
ME12 2DH 131 m
ME12 2DA 146 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME12 2DB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME12
Postcode sector
ME12 2
Latitude
51.432336
Longitude
0.796598
British National Grid easting
594,490
British National Grid northing
174,080

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Swale · E07000113
Electoral ward
Minster Cliffs · E05009554
Parish or community
E04005079
Westminster constituency
Sittingbourne and Sheppey · E14001474
Output area
E00189662
Lower layer super output area
Swale 003B · E01024587
Middle layer super output area
Swale 003 · E02005117

Postcode source versions

Explore ME12

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
9
Secondary
2

  1. The Elmley Dray School

    Other independent special school

    920 m

  2. Minster in Sheppey Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

  3. EKC Sheppey Secondary

    Academy sponsor led

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
633
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 235
  • Anti social behaviour 144
  • Criminal damage and arson 89
  • Other theft 39
  • Vehicle crime 28

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
21

12 female, 9 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
1.2
ME12 2 residents
13,057

Age bands in ME12 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19%

2,544 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

1,423 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.6%

3,165 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.4%

3,544 residents

Age 65 and over
20.4%

2,729 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME12 2 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.

GP practices

5

within 5 km

  • SHEERNESS HEALTH CENTRE

    250-262 HIGH STREET, SHEERNESS, ME12 1UP

    ODS code G82023

    2.1 km

  • VEL SURGERY

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

    ODS code G82687

    2.1 km

  • ST GEORGES MEDICAL CENTRE

    55 ST. GEORGES AVENUE, SHEERNESS, ME12 1QU

    ODS code G82057

    2.4 km

  • THE OM MEDICAL CENTRE

    WOOD STREET, SHEERNESS, ME12 1UA

    ODS code G82682

    2.5 km

  • SHEPPEY HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE

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

    ODS code G82799

    2.5 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • The Abbey Hotel

    BCT · Minster

    0.1 miles

  • The Abbey Hotel

    BCT · Minster

    0.1 miles

  • Wards Hill Road Bottom

    BCT · Minster

    0.2 miles

  • The White House

    BCT · Minster

    0.2 miles

  • The White House

    BCT · Minster

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Swale 003B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,726 of 33,755

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

13 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. The Elmley Dray School is the nearest published school at 920 m.

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

Recorded crime

633 published events cover 12 months, averaging 52.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 235 events.

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