ME5 7EJ
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Property report — ME5 7EJ
Open-data due diligence for ME5 7EJ and the area around it.
ME5 7EJ in brief: 45 recorded sales (£16,000–£420,000) · no modelled flood risk · 6 schools nearby.
What scope is each figure? Sold sales, broadband and flood risk are for ME5 7EJ itself. Where open data isn't published that finely (population, crime, schools), we show the ME5 7 sector — each figure below is tagged with its scope.
Avg sold price
£291,188
Population
27,132
Crimes recorded
75
Schools
3
Flood risk
None modelled
Gigabit broadband
94%
Sold-price trend (1995–2026)
Annual sold price in ME5 7, 1995–2026 — mean (blue) and median (terracotta). The median is the typical sale; a wide gap to the mean means a few high-value sales pull the average up. 2026 is a part year (39 sales so far). Hover a point for both figures. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
Sold prices on this postcode
| Date | Price | Address | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-30 | £275,000 | 52 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2022-06-09 | £265,000 | 34 RAINHAM ROAD | Other |
| 2021-01-20 | £191,000 | 50 RAINHAM ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2018-07-13 | £165,000 | 52 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2018-05-10 | £121,500 | 52 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2018-03-22 | £182,000 | 30 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2017-12-06 | £215,000 | 56 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2017-08-16 | £212,500 | 36 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2016-09-23 | £236,260 | 62 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2016-08-16 | £175,500 | 56 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2016-05-27 | £290,000 | 4 RAINHAM ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 2013-07-31 | £163,000 | 62 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2012-11-09 | £420,000 | 6 RAINHAM ROAD | Detached |
| 2011-05-10 | £118,000 | 60 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2010-11-16 | £95,000 | 26 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2007-11-05 | £146,500 | 54 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2007-02-19 | £146,000 | 30 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2006-07-31 | £144,995 | 30 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2005-07-08 | £165,000 | 62 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2004-10-28 | £129,500 | 22 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2004-10-04 | £127,500 | 58 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2004-02-19 | £88,000 | 30 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2003-11-12 | £60,000 | FLAT 1, 18 RAINHAM ROAD | Flat |
| 2003-05-16 | £43,995 | FLAT 2, 18 RAINHAM ROAD | Flat |
| 2003-04-16 | £113,500 | 32 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2003-04-11 | £43,995 | FLAT 4, 18 RAINHAM ROAD | Flat |
| 2003-02-21 | £101,000 | 56 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2002-10-25 | £76,500 | 58 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2002-07-12 | £81,500 | 28 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2002-05-23 | £92,000 | 38 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2001-10-31 | £23,000 | FLAT 1, 18 RAINHAM ROAD | Flat |
| 2000-12-21 | £55,000 | 60 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 2000-11-24 | £33,000 | 54 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 1999-10-04 | £40,000 | 50 RAINHAM ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 1999-09-17 | £16,000 | FLAT 3, 18 RAINHAM ROAD | Flat |
| 1999-08-26 | £49,950 | 40 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 1998-06-08 | £152,500 | 6 RAINHAM ROAD | Detached |
| 1997-07-11 | £38,250 | 24 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 1997-06-03 | £34,000 | 22 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 1997-05-27 | £45,000 | 60 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 1997-02-24 | £34,000 | 50 RAINHAM ROAD | Semi-detached |
| 1997-02-04 | £21,000 | 60 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 1996-11-15 | £34,000 | 20 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 1996-02-09 | £24,000 | 20 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
| 1995-08-14 | £20,000 | 42 RAINHAM ROAD | Terraced |
45 recorded sales on ME5 7EJ. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid (© Crown copyright). Shown for this postcode only.
Nearest schools
| School | Distance | Phase | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatham Grammar | 0.0 mi | Secondary | Report card → |
| Byron Primary School | 0.2 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Luton Primary School | 0.3 mi | Primary | Good (2023) |
| Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy | 0.5 mi | Primary | Good (2019) |
| The Robert Napier School | 0.6 mi | Secondary | Report card → |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School | 0.7 mi | Primary | Report card → |
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Ofsted = latest overall effectiveness (newer inspections may be ungraded). Sources: Get Information about Schools (DfE) · Ofsted.
What's nearby
Nearest GP surgeries: UPPER CANTERBURY ST SURGERY (0.2 mi) · MATRIX MEDICAL PRACTICE (0.3 mi) · STONECROSS AND WEST DRIVE SURGERY (0.4 mi)
Nearest hospitals: MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL (0.5 mi) · GSTT @ MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL (0.5 mi) · MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL - ANAESTHETICS (PAIN) (0.5 mi)
Nearest listed buildings: PHEASANT HOUSE AND ATTACHED FRONT GARDEN WALLS (Grade II) (0.4 mi) · MEDWAY HOSPITAL, LAUNDRY WATER TOWER (Grade II) (0.5 mi) · THORNEY LODGE (Grade II) (0.6 mi)
Nearest pharmacies: MEDWAY PHARMACY (0.2 mi) · SMITHS PHARMACY (0.2 mi) · MEDICLINIC PHARMACY (0.4 mi)
Nearest stations: Gillingham (Kent) (0.9 mi) · Chatham (1.3 mi) · Rochester (2.1 mi)
Nearest supermarkets: The Co-operative Food (0.2 mi) · Aldi (0.8 mi) · Nisa Extra (0.9 mi)
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Source: NaPTAN (DfT).
Who lives here
- Median age
- 37
- One-person households
- 30%
- Households with children
- 33%
- Households
- 10,867
Owned 57% · Social rent 15% · Private rent 27%
Census 2021 (ONS), for ME5 7.
Recorded crime trend
Recorded crimes per month in ME5 7 (May 24–Apr 26, average 78/month). Hover a point to read the count. Source: Police.uk street-level data.
Flood risk
No modelled flood risk is recorded for ME5 7EJ in the Environment Agency dataset. This is reassuring but not a guarantee — Check the exact address on the official Environment Agency map →
Source: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (the official dataset name). Indicative catchment data, not an official property flood search.
How granular is this?
| Measure | DistrictME5 | SectorME5 7 | PostcodeME5 7EJ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average sold price | £313,964 | £291,188 | £117,877 |
| Population | 68,436 | 27,132 | — |
| Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived) | 6/10 | 4/10 | — |
| Crimes recorded | 273 | 75 | — |
| Schools | 19 | 3 | — |
| Flood risk | Low | Low | Low |
| Gigabit broadband | 94% | 94% | 100% |
| Superfast broadband | 99% | 99% | 100% |
— = no separate figure is published at that level. Most open data is published down to the sector (ME5 7); the postcode column is built from the layers that go finer (sold transactions, Ofcom broadband). Sources: HM Land Registry · Police.uk · Ofsted/GIAS · ONS & IoD2025 · Environment Agency · Ofcom.
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Report generated 1 July 2026. Open data is refreshed periodically; HM Land Registry Price Paid typically lags by around two months, so the most recent sales may not appear yet.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026
Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
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