Schools
56 open schools are in scope, including 38 primary and 9 secondary schools. The Howard School is the nearest published school at 215 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
ME8 0DF
Rainham South West · Medway · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Rainham South West
- Local authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham
- Postcode district
- ME8
- Postcode sector
- ME8 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- ME8 0DF
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1995
- Terminated
- 1 June 1997
- Postcode area
- ME
- Postcode district
- ME8
- Postcode sector
- ME8 0
- Latitude
- 51.364644
- Longitude
- 0.595022
- British National Grid easting
- 580,747
- British National Grid northing
- 166,038
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Medway · E06000035
- Electoral ward
- Rainham South West · E05014463
- Parish or community
- E43000030
- Westminster constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham · E14001246
- Output area
- E00081309
- Lower layer super output area
- Medway 030B · E01016086
- Middle layer super output area
- Medway 030 · E02003343
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 ME8
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 56
- Primary
- 38
- Secondary
- 9
- 215 m
The Howard School
Academy converter
- 315 m
Rainham School for Girls
Academy converter
- 717 m
Rainham Mark Grammar School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,861
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 655
- Anti social behaviour 272
- Criminal damage and arson 192
- Other theft 170
- Shoplifting 161
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- ME8 0 residents
- 9,965
Age bands in ME8 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 18.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 28.6%
1,454 residents
980 residents
1,769 residents
2,570 residents
2,716 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
17
within 5 km straight-line
MAIDSTONE RD RAINHAM SURGERY
53A-53B MAIDSTONE ROAD, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 0DP
ODS code G82180
455 m
PUMP LANE SURGERY
13 PUMP LANE, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 7AA
ODS code G82635
515 m
THAMES AVE SURGERY
2 THAMES AVENUE, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 9BW
ODS code G82154
577 m
ORCHARD FAMILY PRACTICE
THE RED SUITE, 103-107 HIGH STREET, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 8AA
ODS code G82162
1.0 km
WALTHAM ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
4A WALTHAM ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6XQ
ODS code G82184
1.3 km
EASTCOURT LANE SURGERY
52 EASTCOURT LANE, TWYDALL, GILLINGHAM, ME8 6EY
ODS code G82600
1.3 km
WIGMORE MEDICAL CENTRE
114 WOODSIDE, WIGMORE, GILLINGHAM, ME8 0PW
ODS code G82226
1.4 km
LONG CATLIS ROAD SURGERY
PARKWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, LONG CATLIS ROAD, RAINHAM, ME8 9PR
ODS code G82737
1.8 km
PARKWOOD FAMILY PRACTICE
119 LONG CATLIS ROAD, RAINHAM, GILLINGHAM, ME8 9RR
ODS code G82721
2.2 km
WOODLANDS FAMILY PRACTICE
GILLINGHAM MEDICAL CENTRE, WOODLANDS RD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 2BU
ODS code G82014
2.5 km
MATRIX MEDICAL PRACTICE
10A BEACON HILL, LUTON, CHATHAM, ME5 7JX
ODS code G82719
3.3 km
NAPIER ROAD SURGERY
151 NAPIER ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 4HH
ODS code G82763
3.4 km
STONECROSS AND WEST DRIVE SURGERY
25 STREET END ROAD, CHATHAM, ME5 0AA
ODS code G82113
3.5 km
THE GLEBE FAMILY PRACTICE
VICARAGE ROAD, GILLINGHAM, ME7 5UA
ODS code G82129
4.1 km
THE CHURCHILL CLINIC
94 CHURCHILL AVENUE, CHATHAM, ME5 0DL
ODS code G82697
4.3 km
THE KINGS FAMILY PRACTICE
30-34 MAGPIE HALL ROAD, CHATHAM, ME4 5JY
ODS code G82753
4.5 km
PRINCES PARK MEDICAL CTR
SUNLIGHT SURGERY, SUNLIGHT CENTRE, GILLINGHAM, ME7 1LX
ODS code G82741
4.5 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Bloors Lane
BCT · Rainham
- 0.1 miles
Bloors Lane
BCT · Rainham
- 0.2 miles
Danson Way
BCT · Twydall
- 0.2 miles
Danson Way
BCT · Twydall
- 0.2 miles
Roberts Road
BCT · Rainham
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Medway 030B, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
29,969 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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
1,861 published events cover 12 months, averaging 155.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 655 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.