ME1 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of ME1, Rochester and Strood from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
ME1 is a postcode district in Rochester and Strood. Homes here sold for a median of £295,180 over the last year, up 3.6% over five years. 18,990 sales are on record. 57% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £164,500 median sold price (all time)
- £295,180 median price, last 12 months
- 18,990 recorded sales
- +3.6% 5-year price change
- 13% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 57% of homes rated EPC C or better
- Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid & English Indices of Deprivation, Sep 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 6 Fairlead Road | Semi | £310,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 36 Clive Road | Terraced | £295,360 | Jul 2026 |
| 10 Baker Street | Semi | £240,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 57 Rochester Avenue | Terraced | £290,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 70 Clive Road | Terraced | £298,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 22 Rose Street | Terraced | £171,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 67 Dorrit Way | Terraced | £330,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 264 The Tideway | Semi | £285,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 53 Cecil Road | Terraced | £278,500 | Jul 2026 |
| St. Bartholomews Place New Road | Flat | £185,000 | Jul 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 1,304
- Anti-social behaviour 640
- Criminal damage and arson 280
Source: police.uk street-level crime (Open Government Licence) · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Locations are anonymised "on or near" markers — where crime clusters, not a specific address.
Street-level crime map near here →
Across the wider Medway district
The figures below cover Medway — the council district ME1 sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £300,000 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, May 2026)
- 279,776 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 91% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- ≈44 min fastest train to London (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026)
- 80% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
- 10.4 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jul 2026)
- 78.8 · 82.8 yrs life expectancy (men · women) (OSM (NHS facilities) + IoD2025 health domain + OHID Fingertips (outcomes), 2026/2025)
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Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| ME1 1 | £280,000 | 5,360 |
| ME1 2 | £300,000 | 7,326 |
| ME1 3 | £292,500 | 6,304 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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