Schools
88 open schools are in scope, including 53 primary and 16 secondary schools. MidKent College is the nearest published school at 659 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
ME4 4YX
Chatham Central & Brompton · Medway · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood
- Postcode district
- ME4
- Postcode sector
- ME4 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- ME4 4YX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 2004
- Terminated
- 1 September 2004
- Postcode area
- ME
- Postcode district
- ME4
- Postcode sector
- ME4 4
- Latitude
- 51.391222
- Longitude
- 0.532888
- British National Grid easting
- 576,320
- British National Grid northing
- 168,842
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Medway · E06000035
- Electoral ward
- Chatham Central & Brompton · E05014450
- Parish or community
- E43000030
- Westminster constituency
- Rochester and Strood · E14001447
- Output area
- E00189763
- Lower layer super output area
- Medway 007I · E01035293
- Middle layer super output area
- Medway 007 · E02003320
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 ME4
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 88
- Primary
- 53
- Secondary
- 16
- 659 m
MidKent College
Further education
- 673 m
Brompton-Westbrook Primary School
Academy converter
- 969 m
Oasis Academy Skinner Street
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 7,399
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,782
- Anti social behaviour 882
- Criminal damage and arson 676
- Shoplifting 663
- Other theft 542
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- ME4 4 residents
- 4,948
Age bands in ME4 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 18.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 35.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 19.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 7.5%
1,019 residents
1,007 residents
1,925 residents
1,086 residents
407 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
23
within 5 km straight-line
BRYANT STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
JAMES WILLIAMS HEALTHY LIVING CTR, PENTAGON CENTRE, MILITARY RD, CHATHAM, ME4 4HY
ODS code G82631
999 m
THE GLEBE FAMILY PRACTICE
VICARAGE ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 5UA
ODS code G82129
1.2 km
PRINCES PARK MEDICAL CTR
SUNLIGHT SURGERY, SUNLIGHT CENTRE, GILLINGHAM, ME7 1LX
ODS code G82741
1.3 km
THE KINGS FAMILY PRACTICE
30-34 MAGPIE HALL ROAD, CHATHAM, ME4 5JY
ODS code G82753
1.5 km
MARITIME HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
ST MARY'S ISLAND SURGERY, EDGEWAY, ST MARYS ISLAND, CHATHAM, ME4 3EP
ODS code G82744
1.8 km
NAPIER ROAD SURGERY
151 NAPIER ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 4HH
ODS code G82763
1.8 km
THORNDIKE PARTNERSHIP
HEALTH CARE CENTRE, LONGLEY ROAD, ROCHESTER, ME1 2TH
ODS code G82095
2.4 km
CITY WAY SURGERY
65-67 CITY WAY, ROCHESTER, ME1 2AY
ODS code G82051
2.6 km
MATRIX MEDICAL PRACTICE
10A BEACON HILL, LUTON, CHATHAM, ME5 7JX
ODS code G82719
2.6 km
STONECROSS AND WEST DRIVE SURGERY
25 STREET END ROAD, CHATHAM, ME5 0AA
ODS code G82113
2.7 km
WOODLANDS FAMILY PRACTICE
GILLINGHAM MEDICAL CENTRE, WOODLANDS RD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 2BU
ODS code G82014
2.8 km
APEX MEDICAL CENTRE
GUN LANE, STROOD, ROCHESTER, ME2 4UW
ODS code G82679
2.8 km
THE CHURCHILL CLINIC
94 CHURCHILL AVENUE, CHATHAM, ME5 0DL
ODS code G82697
3.5 km
MAIDSTONE ROAD SURGERY
262 MAIDSTONE ROAD, CHATHAM, ME4 6JL
ODS code G82139
3.5 km
COURT VIEW SURGERY
2A DARNLEY ROAD, ROCHESTER, ME2 2HA
ODS code G82203
3.6 km
THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE
TILLEY CLOSE, MAIN ROAD, HOO, ROCHESTER, ME3 9AE
ODS code G82077
3.6 km
EASTCOURT LANE SURGERY
52 EASTCOURT LANE, TWYDALL, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6EY
ODS code G82600
3.9 km
WALTHAM ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
4A WALTHAM ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6XQ
ODS code G82184
4.1 km
BORSTAL VILLAGE SURGERY
25 WOULDHAM ROAD, BORSTAL, ROCHESTER, ME1 3JY
ODS code G82711
4.1 km
ST. WERBURGH MED.PRACTICE
98 BELLS LANE, HOO, ST WERBURGH, ROCHESTER, ME3 9HU
ODS code G82233
4.1 km
Showing 20 of 23 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
High Street
BCT · Brompton
- 0.1 miles
High Street
BCT · Brompton
- 0.1 miles
King Charles Hotel
BCT · Brompton
- 0.2 miles
King Charles Hotel
BCT · Brompton
- 0.3 miles
Dockyard Main Gate
BCT · Chatham
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Medway 007I, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
6,734 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 1 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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
7,399 published events cover 12 months, averaging 616.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,782 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.