ME12 4HP

Sheppey East · 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 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME12 4JY 103 m
ME12 4HR 201 m
ME12 4EL 223 m
ME12 4JX 223 m
ME12 4BJ 228 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME12 4HP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME12
Postcode sector
ME12 4
Latitude
51.413969
Longitude
0.836310
British National Grid easting
597,329
British National Grid northing
172,144

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Swale · E07000113
Parish or community
E04005050
Output area
E00189650
Lower layer super output area
Swale 006F · E01035301
Middle layer super output area
Swale 006 · E02005120

Postcode source versions

Explore ME12

9 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Norwood Cottage, Eastchurch Road, Eastchurch, Sheerness, ME12 4HP 31 March 2016 £375,000
Mount Mere, Eastchurch Road, Eastchurch, Sheerness, ME12 4HP 9 April 2014 £270,000
Norwood Cottage, Eastchurch Road, Eastchurch, Sheerness, ME12 4HP 9 July 2013 £182,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
6
Secondary
2
  1. St Georges CofE (Aided) Primary School

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    1.3 km
  2. Eastchurch Church of England Primary School

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    1.8 km
  3. Minster in Sheppey Primary School

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    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
202
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 84
  • Anti social behaviour 33
  • Criminal damage and arson 27
  • Other theft 15
  • Vehicle crime 11

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
31

16 female, 15 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
3.4
ME12 4 residents
8,290

Age bands in ME12 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.6%

971 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

819 residents

Age 25 to 44
30.7%

2,561 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.8%

2,319 residents

Age 65 and over
20.2%

1,685 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider ME12 4 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+
10%
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
90%

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

  • Norwood Corner

    BCT · Eastchurch

    0.0 miles
  • Norwood Corner

    BCT · Eastchurch

    0.1 miles
  • Chequers Water Tower

    BCT · Minster

    0.1 miles
  • Chequers Water Tower

    BCT · Minster

    0.2 miles
  • Court Tree Drive

    BCT · Eastchurch

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Swale 006F, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,584 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
9 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

11 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

202 published events cover 12 months, averaging 16.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 84 events.

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