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 £298,000 over the last year, up 6.4% over five years. 18,898 sales are on record. 57% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £163,500 median sold price (all time)
- £298,000 median price, last 12 months
- 18,898 recorded sales
- +6.4% 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, Jul 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 75 Sidney Road | Terraced | £305,000 | May 2026 |
| 13 Beatty Road | Detached | £530,000 | May 2026 |
| 227 High Street | Detached | £515,000 | May 2026 |
| 251A City Way | Semi | £400,000 | May 2026 |
| 254 City Way | Detached | £657,000 | May 2026 |
| 3 Narwhal Crescent | Flat | £212,500 | May 2026 |
| 15 Summerson Close | Terraced | £303,000 | May 2026 |
| 17 Castle Street | Terraced | £242,500 | May 2026 |
| 2 Darwin Court | Flat | £147,500 | May 2026 |
| 142 Rochester Avenue | Terraced | £278,000 | Apr 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jul 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 1,310
- Anti-social behaviour 620
- Criminal damage and arson 277
Source: police.uk street-level crime (Open Government Licence) · Jun 2025 – May 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)
- 8.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jun 2026)
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Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| ME1 1 | £270,000 | 5,336 |
| ME1 2 | £299,000 | 7,289 |
| ME1 3 | £309,750 | 6,273 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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