Property market
The five-year median is £367,000 from 2,400 recorded sales in ME3. 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.
ME3
UK postcode district
Part of Rochester
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,061
- Current units
- 867
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 5
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 194
Postcode sectors in ME3
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
14,990 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 4, Rivenhall Way, Hoo, Rochester, ME3 9FH | 24 July 2026 | £375,000 |
| 20, Cagney Close, Wainscott, Rochester, ME3 8AY | 17 July 2026 | £340,000 |
| The Parade, Flat 6, Church Street, Hoo, Rochester, ME3 9AJ | 15 July 2026 | £313,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 8
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,794
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 805
- Anti social behaviour 328
- Criminal damage and arson 185
- Other theft 113
- Vehicle crime 73
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- ME3 usual residents
- 30,241
- Age-profile population
- 29,997
Age bands in ME3
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18.1%
- 5,438 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- 3,075 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.7%
- 7,419 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.5%
- 7,959 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 20.4%
- 6,106 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 851 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, 706 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 440 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 8 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
3
in this district
HIGHPARKS MEDICAL PRACTICE
PARKSIDE, CLIFFE WOODS, ROCHESTER, ME3 8HX
ODS code G82100
ST. WERBURGH MED.PRACTICE
98 BELLS LANE, HOO, ST WERBURGH, ROCHESTER, ME3 9HU
ODS code G82233
THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE
TILLEY CLOSE, MAIN ROAD, HOO, ROCHESTER, ME3 9AE
ODS code G82077
Evidence in context
Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,794 published events cover 12 months, averaging 150 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 805 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.