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ME12 4ST

Sheppey East · Swale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Sheerness
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 4AU 146 m
ME12 4EE 198 m
ME12 4TR 200 m
ME12 4JX 283 m
ME12 4BY 319 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME12 4ST
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME12
Postcode sector
ME12 4
Latitude
51.413408
Longitude
0.842042
British National Grid easting
597,730
British National Grid northing
172,097

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Swale · E07000113
Electoral ward
Sheppey East · E05009562
Parish or community
E04005050
Westminster constituency
Sittingbourne and Sheppey · E14001474
Output area
E00189650
Lower layer super output area
Swale 006F · E01035301
Middle layer super output area
Swale 006 · E02005120

Postcode source versions

Explore ME12

Property

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21 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Coultrip Close, Eastchurch, Sheerness, ME12 4ST 30 September 2022 £565,000
6, Coultrip Close, Eastchurch, Sheerness, ME12 4ST 28 January 2022 £610,000
4, Coultrip Close, Eastchurch, Sheerness, ME12 4ST 30 June 2021 £595,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
6
Secondary
1

  1. Eastchurch Church of England Primary School

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    1.4 km

  2. St Georges CofE (Aided) Primary School

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    1.7 km

  3. Minster in Sheppey Primary School

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    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
233
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 89
  • Anti social behaviour 45
  • Criminal damage and arson 39
  • Other theft 13
  • Drugs 12

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
20

8 female, 12 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.5
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 0.2% 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
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

  • Court Tree Drive

    BCT · Eastchurch

    0.0 miles

  • Court Tree Drive

    BCT · Eastchurch

    0.1 miles

  • Norwood Corner

    BCT · Eastchurch

    0.2 miles

  • Norwood Corner

    BCT · Eastchurch

    0.3 miles

  • Chequers Water Tower

    BCT · Minster

    0.4 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

Property market

The five-year median is £587,500 from 2 recorded sales in ME12 4ST. 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

10 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Eastchurch Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

233 published events cover 12 months, averaging 19.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 89 events.

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