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ME3 7GA

Higham & Shorne · Gravesham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Higham & Shorne
Local authority
Gravesham
Constituency
Gravesham
Postcode district
ME3
Postcode sector
ME3 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME3 7HN 17 m
ME3 7HW 133 m
ME3 8UT 641 m
ME3 8UR 650 m
ME3 7HL 669 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME3 7GA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1998
Terminated
1 December 1999
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME3
Postcode sector
ME3 7
Latitude
51.432159
Longitude
0.481701
British National Grid easting
572,605
British National Grid northing
173,272

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Gravesham · E07000109
Electoral ward
Higham & Shorne · E05014915
Parish or community
E04004936
Westminster constituency
Gravesham · E14001254
Output area
E00123203
Lower layer super output area
Gravesham 010C · E01024267
Middle layer super output area
Gravesham 010 · E02005064

Postcode source versions

Explore ME3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
19
Secondary
2

  1. City of Rochester School

    Other independent special school

    1.5 km

  2. Higham Primary School

    Community school

    1.6 km

  3. Cliffe Woods Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
109
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 39
  • Anti social behaviour 17
  • Other theft 11
  • Public order 11
  • Vehicle crime 10

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
ME3 7 residents
6,636

Age bands in ME3 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.7%

1,009 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

682 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.5%

1,383 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.6%

1,839 residents

Age 65 and over
23.7%

1,524 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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • HIGHPARKS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PARKSIDE, CLIFFE WOODS, ROCHESTER, ME3 8HX

    ODS code G82100

    1.1 km

  • APEX MEDICAL CENTRE

    GUN LANE, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 4UW

    ODS code G82679

    4.0 km

  • COURT VIEW SURGERY

    2A DARNLEY ROAD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2HA

    ODS code G82203

    4.3 km

  • MARITIME HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

    ST MARY'S ISLAND SURGERY, EDGEWAY, ST MARYS ISLAND, CHATHAM, ME4 3EP

    ODS code G82744

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Tennyson Avenue

    BCT · Cliffe Woods

    0.6 miles

  • View Road

    BCT · Cliffe Woods

    0.6 miles

  • View Road

    BCT · Cliffe Woods

    0.6 miles

  • Chequers Street

    BCT · Lower Higham

    0.8 miles

  • Woodside Green

    BCT · Cliffe Woods

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gravesham 010C, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,180 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
4 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

27 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 2 secondary schools. City of Rochester School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

109 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 39 events.

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