Schools
65 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 11 secondary schools. Elaine Primary School is the nearest published school at 258 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
ME2 2HQ
Strood West · Medway · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Strood West
- Local authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood
- Postcode district
- ME2
- Postcode sector
- ME2 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- ME2 2HQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 April 1987
- Terminated
- 1 January 1995
- Postcode area
- ME
- Postcode district
- ME2
- Postcode sector
- ME2 2
- Latitude
- 51.393754
- Longitude
- 0.480987
- British National Grid easting
- 572,700
- British National Grid northing
- 169,000
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Medway · E06000035
- Electoral ward
- Strood West · E05014469
- Parish or community
- E43000030
- Westminster constituency
- Rochester and Strood · E14001447
- Output area
- E00081632
- Lower layer super output area
- Medway 008C · E01016153
- Middle layer super output area
- Medway 008 · E02003321
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore ME2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 65
- Primary
- 39
- Secondary
- 11
- 258 m
Elaine Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 495 m
FORWARD2 EMPLOYMENT LIMITED
Special post 16 institution
- 593 m
Cedar Children's Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,851
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,133
- Anti social behaviour 384
- Criminal damage and arson 237
- Shoplifting 232
- Other theft 216
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- ME2 2 residents
- 15,814
Age bands in ME2 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 22.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.3%
3,527 residents
1,848 residents
4,656 residents
3,760 residents
2,116 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.
GP practices
13
within 5 km straight-line
COURT VIEW SURGERY
2A DARNLEY ROAD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2HA
ODS code G82203
89 m
APEX MEDICAL CENTRE
GUN LANE, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 4UW
ODS code G82679
943 m
MARLOWE PARK MEDICAL CTR.
WELLS ROAD, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2PW
ODS code G82708
1.1 km
THORNDIKE PARTNERSHIP
HEALTH CARE CENTRE, LONGLEY ROAD, ROCHESTER, ME1 2TH
ODS code G82095
2.1 km
BORSTAL VILLAGE SURGERY
25 WOULDHAM ROAD, BORSTAL, ROCHESTER, ME1 3JY
ODS code G82711
2.4 km
CITY WAY SURGERY
65-67 CITY WAY, ROCHESTER, ME1 2AY
ODS code G82051
3.2 km
BRYANT STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
JAMES WILLIAMS HEALTHY LIVING CTR, PENTAGON CENTRE, MILITARY RD, CHATHAM, ME4 4HY
ODS code G82631
3.3 km
THE KINGS FAMILY PRACTICE
30-34 MAGPIE HALL ROAD, CHATHAM, ME4 5JY
ODS code G82753
4.1 km
MARITIME HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
ST MARY'S ISLAND SURGERY, EDGEWAY, ST MARYS ISLAND, CHATHAM, ME4 3EP
ODS code G82744
4.2 km
MAIDSTONE ROAD SURGERY
262 MAIDSTONE ROAD, CHATHAM, ME4 6JL
ODS code G82139
4.4 km
THE GLEBE FAMILY PRACTICE
VICARAGE ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 5UA
ODS code G82129
4.6 km
HIGHPARKS MEDICAL PRACTICE
PARKSIDE, CLIFFE WOODS, ROCHESTER, ME3 8HX
ODS code G82100
4.6 km
PRINCES PARK MEDICAL CTR
SUNLIGHT SURGERY, SUNLIGHT CENTRE, GILLINGHAM, ME7 1LX
ODS code G82741
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Maple Road Bottom
BCT · Earl Estate
- 0.1 miles
Maple Road Bottom
BCT · Earl Estate
- 0.2 miles
Elaine Avenue
BCT · Earl Estate
- 0.2 miles
Hawthorn Road
BCT · Strood
- 0.2 miles
Sports Centre
BCT · Strood
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Medway 008C, 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
1,850 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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
Recorded crime
2,851 published events cover 12 months, averaging 237.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,133 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.