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ME3 9YA

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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
ME3 9UW 34 m
ME3 9XU 85 m
ME3 9UZ 95 m
ME3 9XZ 112 m
ME3 9YE 120 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
ME3 9YA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2024
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
ME
Postcode district
ME3
Postcode sector
ME3 9
Latitude
51.422553
Longitude
0.568986
British National Grid easting
578,709
British National Grid northing
172,413

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
E00189758
Lower layer super output area
Medway 003G · E01035287
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
14
Secondary
3

  1. Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and the Marlborough

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

  2. Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo

    Academy sponsor led

    1.3 km

  3. St Mary's Island Church of England (Aided) Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
597
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 279
  • Anti social behaviour 130
  • Criminal damage and arson 56
  • Other theft 34
  • Other crime 23

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
ME3 9 residents
11,742

Age bands in ME3 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.4%

2,157 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

1,102 residents

Age 25 to 44
26%

3,044 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.1%

2,941 residents

Age 65 and over
21.1%

2,467 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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

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%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

7

within 5 km

  • ST. WERBURGH MED.PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G82233

    445 m

  • THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G82077

    827 m

  • MARITIME HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code G82744

    2.8 km

  • PRINCES PARK MEDICAL CTR

    SUNLIGHT SURGERY, SUNLIGHT CENTRE, GILLINGHAM, ME7 1LX

    ODS code G82741

    3.4 km

  • THE GLEBE FAMILY PRACTICE

    VICARAGE ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 5UA

    ODS code G82129

    4.7 km

  • NAPIER ROAD SURGERY

    151 NAPIER ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 4HH

    ODS code G82763

    4.7 km

  • WOODLANDS FAMILY PRACTICE

    GILLINGHAM MEDICAL CENTRE, WOODLANDS RD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 2BU

    ODS code G82014

    4.9 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • The Five Bells

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.3 miles

  • Kingsnorth Close

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.3 miles

  • Lower Bells Lane

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.3 miles

  • Kingsnorth Close

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.3 miles

  • The Five Bells

    BCT · Hoo St Werburgh

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Medway 003G, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,510 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
10 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 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and the Marlborough is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

597 published events cover 12 months, averaging 49.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 279 events.

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