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ME3 8GA

Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow · Medway · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow
Local authority
Medway
Constituency
Rochester and Strood
Postcode district
ME3
Postcode sector
ME3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME3 8NZ 62 m
ME3 8NE 458 m
ME3 8NY 607 m
ME3 8NS 650 m
ME3 8PQ 799 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME3 8GA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1997
Terminated
1 March 2001
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME3
Postcode sector
ME3 8
Latitude
51.432861
Longitude
0.524198
British National Grid easting
575,556
British National Grid northing
173,451

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Medway · E06000035
Electoral ward
Hoo St Werburgh & High Halstow · E05014457
Parish or community
E04001136
Westminster constituency
Rochester and Strood · E14001447
Output area
E00081626
Lower layer super output area
Medway 003E · E01016143
Middle layer super output area
Medway 003 · E02003316

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
17
Secondary
2

  1. Cliffe Woods Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

  2. City of Rochester School

    Other independent special school

    1.5 km

  3. Chattenden Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
194
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 80
  • Anti social behaviour 37
  • Criminal damage and arson 24
  • Other theft 13
  • Other crime 10

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
ME3 8 residents
10,133

Age bands in ME3 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19%

1,923 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.1%

1,120 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.4%

2,567 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.8%

2,709 residents

Age 65 and over
17.8%

1,800 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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • HIGHPARKS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PARKSIDE, CLIFFE WOODS, ROCHESTER, ME3 8HX

    ODS code G82100

    1.9 km

  • THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE

    TILLEY CLOSE, MAIN ROAD, HOO, ROCHESTER, ME3 9AE

    ODS code G82077

    2.7 km

  • ST. WERBURGH MED.PRACTICE

    98 BELLS LANE, HOO, ST WERBURGH, ROCHESTER, ME3 9HU

    ODS code G82233

    2.9 km

  • MARITIME HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code G82744

    3.1 km

  • APEX MEDICAL CENTRE

    GUN LANE, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 4UW

    ODS code G82679

    4.5 km

  • PRINCES PARK MEDICAL CTR

    SUNLIGHT SURGERY, SUNLIGHT CENTRE, GILLINGHAM, ME7 1LX

    ODS code G82741

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Lodge Hill Lane

    BCT · Lodge Hill

    0.5 miles

  • Lodge Hill Lane

    BCT · Lodge Hill

    0.5 miles

  • Swinton Avenue

    BCT · Lodge Hill

    0.6 miles

  • Swinton Avenue

    BCT · Lodge Hill

    0.7 miles

  • Kirby Road

    BCT · Lodge Hill

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Medway 003E, 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

11,726 of 33,755

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

23 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 2 secondary schools. Cliffe Woods Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

194 published events cover 12 months, averaging 16.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 80 events.

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