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ME12 4LJ

Sheppey East · Swale · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Sheppey East
Local authority
Swale
Constituency
Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Postcode district
ME12
Postcode sector
ME12 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME12 4LL 0 m
ME12 4EQ 58 m
ME12 4LH 105 m
ME12 4LR 207 m
ME12 4RB 215 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME12 4LJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME12
Postcode sector
ME12 4
Latitude
51.399754
Longitude
0.915260
British National Grid easting
602,881
British National Grid northing
170,779

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Swale · E07000113
Electoral ward
Sheppey East · E05009562
Parish or community
E04005058
Westminster constituency
Sittingbourne and Sheppey · E14001474
Output area
E00124755
Lower layer super output area
Swale 006A · E01024580
Middle layer super output area
Swale 006 · E02005120

Postcode source versions

Explore ME12

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
2
Secondary
0

  1. St. Clement's CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    560 m

  2. Curly's Farm and School

    Other independent special school

    1.2 km

  3. Eastchurch Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
463
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 226
  • Anti social behaviour 74
  • Criminal damage and arson 51
  • Other theft 26
  • Vehicle crime 21

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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.

Nearby transport

  • Vanity Holiday Park

    BCT · Leysdown

    0.1 miles

  • Vanity Holiday Park

    BCT · Leysdown

    0.1 miles

  • Warden Bay Road

    BCT · Leysdown

    0.2 miles

  • Isle of Sheppey Holiday Village

    BCT · Leysdown

    0.2 miles

  • Isle of Sheppey Holiday Village

    BCT · Leysdown

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Swale 006A, 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

896 of 33,755

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

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. St. Clement's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 560 m.

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

Recorded crime

463 published events cover 12 months, averaging 38.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 226 events.

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