Property market
The five-year median is £295,000 from 3,851 recorded sales in ME5. 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.
ME5
UK postcode district
Part of Chatham
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,298
- Current units
- 1,003
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 13
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 295
Postcode sectors in ME5
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
30,157 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 73, Derby Road, Chatham, ME5 7JD | 30 July 2026 | £300,000 |
| 2, The Hawthorns, Chatham, ME5 0TQ | 28 July 2026 | £281,000 |
| 50, Crestway, Chatham, ME5 0BD | 24 July 2026 | £270,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 19
- Primary
- 12
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 3,332
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,408
- Anti social behaviour 567
- Criminal damage and arson 333
- Other theft 235
- Vehicle crime 160
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- ME5 usual residents
- 52,166
- Age-profile population
- 51,733
Age bands in ME5
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18.9%
- 9,793 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- 5,558 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.7%
- 13,834 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.6%
- 13,775 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 17%
- 8,773 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 993 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, 960 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 853 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 1 postcode unit 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
5
in this district
KING GEORGE ROAD SURGERY
52A KING GEORGE ROAD, CHATHAM, ME5 0TT
ODS code G82108
MATRIX MEDICAL PRACTICE
10A BEACON HILL, LUTON, CHATHAM, ME5 7JX
ODS code G82719
REACH HEALTHCARE
WALDERSLADE VILLAGE SURGERY, 62A ROBIN HOOD LANE, CHATHAM, ME5 9LD
ODS code G82161
STONECROSS AND WEST DRIVE SURGERY
25 STREET END ROAD, CHATHAM, ME5 0AA
ODS code G82113
THE CHURCHILL CLINIC
94 CHURCHILL AVENUE, CHATHAM, ME5 0DL
ODS code G82697
Evidence in context
Schools
19 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,332 published events cover 12 months, averaging 278 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,408 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.