Property market
The five-year median is £302,000 from 3,135 recorded sales in ME2. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Medway is £296,182 in June 2026, up 1.1% year on year.
ME2
UK postcode district
Part of Rochester
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,228
- Current units
- 950
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 8
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 278
Postcode sectors in ME2
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
22,720 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 16, Jersey Road, Rochester, ME2 3PE | 24 July 2026 | £345,500 |
| 18, Commissioners Road, Strood, Rochester, ME2 4EB | 22 July 2026 | £385,000 |
| 33, Gordon Road, Rochester, ME2 3HG | 21 July 2026 | £249,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 19
- Primary
- 15
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 3,566
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,424
- Anti social behaviour 521
- Criminal damage and arson 296
- Shoplifting 293
- Other theft 259
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- ME2 usual residents
- 42,823
- Age-profile population
- 43,026
Age bands in ME2
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 19.7%
- 8,493 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.8%
- 4,626 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.3%
- 11,742 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.1%
- 11,246 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 16.1%
- 6,919 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 942 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 862 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 661 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 2 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
4
in this district
APEX MEDICAL CENTRE
GUN LANE, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 4UW
ODS code G82679
COURT VIEW SURGERY
2A DARNLEY ROAD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2HA
ODS code G82203
MARLOWE PARK MEDICAL CTR.
WELLS ROAD, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2PW
ODS code G82708
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
FERRY ROAD, HALLING, ROCHESTER, ME2 1NP
ODS code G82106
Evidence in context
Schools
19 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,566 published events cover 12 months, averaging 297 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,424 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.