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ME12 6AE

Queenborough and Halfway · Swale · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Queenborough and Halfway
Local authority
Swale
Constituency
Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Postcode district
ME12
Postcode sector
ME12 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME12 6AF 30 m
ME12 3LY 246 m
ME12 3RS 302 m
ME12 3AQ 323 m
ME12 6AN 331 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME12 6AE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME12
Postcode sector
ME12 6
Latitude
51.410980
Longitude
0.784322
British National Grid easting
593,727
British National Grid northing
171,673

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Swale · E07000113
Electoral ward
Queenborough and Halfway · E05009557
Parish or community
E43000268
Westminster constituency
Sittingbourne and Sheppey · E14001474
Output area
E00124830
Lower layer super output area
Swale 004A · E01024595
Middle layer super output area
Swale 004 · E02005118

Postcode source versions

Explore ME12

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
9
Secondary
2

  1. Leigh Academy Minster

    Academy sponsor led

    933 m

  2. Thistle Hill Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.2 km

  3. Nore Academy

    Free schools special

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
753
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 318
  • Anti social behaviour 146
  • Criminal damage and arson 88
  • Other theft 45
  • Other crime 36

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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 not available.

GP practices

5

within 5 km

  • SHEERNESS HEALTH CENTRE

    250-262 HIGH STREET, SHEERNESS, ME12 1UP

    ODS code G82023

    3.1 km

  • VEL SURGERY

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

    ODS code G82687

    3.1 km

  • ST GEORGES MEDICAL CENTRE

    55 ST. GEORGES AVENUE, SHEERNESS, ME12 1QU

    ODS code G82057

    3.2 km

  • THE OM MEDICAL CENTRE

    WOOD STREET, SHEERNESS, ME12 1UA

    ODS code G82682

    3.5 km

  • SHEPPEY HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE

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

    ODS code G82799

    3.7 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Barton Hill Drive south end

    BCT · Minster

    0.1 miles

  • Barton Hill Drive south end

    BCT · Minster

    0.2 miles

  • Thistle Hill Way

    BCT · Minster

    0.3 miles

  • Thistle Hill Way

    BCT · Minster

    0.3 miles

  • Lovell Road

    BCT · Minster

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Swale 004A, 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

13,341 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
6 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

13 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. Leigh Academy Minster is the nearest published school at 933 m.

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

Recorded crime

753 published events cover 12 months, averaging 62.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 318 events.

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