ME12 3AA

Minster Cliffs · 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 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME12 3DN 128 m
ME12 3TL 212 m
ME12 3AD 225 m
ME12 3AH 239 m
ME12 3AR 296 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME12 3AA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME12
Postcode sector
ME12 3
Latitude
51.428370
Longitude
0.774286
British National Grid easting
592,956
British National Grid northing
173,580

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Swale · E07000113
Parish or community
E04005079
Output area
E00189679
Lower layer super output area
Swale 003B · E01024587
Middle layer super output area
Swale 003 · E02005117

Postcode source versions

Explore ME12

64 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Hurst Court, 2, Halfway Road, Minster On Sea, Sheerness, ME12 3AA 4 February 2026 £95,000
Hurst Court, 1, Halfway Road, Minster On Sea, Sheerness, ME12 3AA 4 February 2026 £107,000
Hurst Court, 9, Halfway Road, Minster On Sea, Sheerness, ME12 3AA 19 December 2025 £230,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
9
Secondary
2
  1. Halfway Houses Primary School

    Academy converter

    597 m
  2. Nore Academy

    Free schools special

    633 m
  3. Richmond Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    922 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,203
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 937
  • Anti social behaviour 335
  • Criminal damage and arson 270
  • Shoplifting 141
  • Other theft 116

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
123

60 female, 63 male

Postcode households
51
Residents per household
2.4
ME12 3 residents
14,263

Age bands in ME12 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.4%

2,508 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

1,411 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.8%

3,509 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.7%

3,492 residents

Age 65 and over
19.7%

2,674 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME12 3 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+
86%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
84%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
84%
Gigabit-capable
84%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
86%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
4%

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

  • SHEERNESS HEALTH CENTRE

    250-262 HIGH STREET, SHEERNESS, ME12 1UP

    ODS code G82023

    1.0 km

  • VEL SURGERY

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

    ODS code G82687

    1.0 km

  • ST GEORGES MEDICAL CENTRE

    55 ST. GEORGES AVENUE, SHEERNESS, ME12 1QU

    ODS code G82057

    1.2 km

  • THE OM MEDICAL CENTRE

    WOOD STREET, SHEERNESS, ME12 1UA

    ODS code G82682

    1.4 km

  • SHEPPEY HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE

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

    ODS code G82799

    1.6 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

  • Power Station Road

    BCT · Halfway

    0.1 miles
  • Power Station Road

    BCT · Halfway

    0.1 miles
  • Danley Road

    BCT · Halfway

    0.2 miles
  • Danley Road

    BCT · Halfway

    0.3 miles
  • Holiday Village

    BCT · Sheerness

    0.3 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
2
Medium risk addresses
6
Low risk addresses
6
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 £210,000 from 7 recorded sales in ME12 3AA. 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

13 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. Halfway Houses Primary School is the nearest published school at 597 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,203 published events cover 12 months, averaging 183.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 937 events.

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