ME12 3AJ

Sheppey Central · Swale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Swale
Postcode district
ME12
Postcode sector
ME12 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME12 3ST 517 m
ME12 4HP 779 m
ME12 3SU 806 m
ME12 4HR 846 m
ME12 4HT 858 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME12 3AJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1998
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME12
Postcode sector
ME12 3
Latitude
51.409110
Longitude
0.828243
British National Grid easting
596,789
British National Grid northing
171,582

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Swale · E07000113
Parish or community
E04005079
Output area
E00124945
Lower layer super output area
Swale 005D · E01024620
Middle layer super output area
Swale 005 · E02005119

Postcode source versions

Explore ME12

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
6
Secondary
2
  1. St Georges CofE (Aided) Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km
  2. Minster in Sheppey Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.0 km
  3. Thistle Hill Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
176
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 66
  • Anti social behaviour 28
  • Criminal damage and arson 25
  • Other theft 16
  • Vehicle crime 11

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

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.

Nearby transport

  • Glen Haven

    BCT · Brambledown

    0.3 miles
  • Glen Haven

    BCT · Brambledown

    0.3 miles
  • Norwood Corner

    BCT · Eastchurch

    0.4 miles
  • Norwood Corner

    BCT · Eastchurch

    0.5 miles
  • Chequers Water Tower

    BCT · Minster

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Swale 005D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,366 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
4 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

10 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Georges CofE (Aided) Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

176 published events cover 12 months, averaging 14.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 66 events.

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