ME3 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of ME3, Rochester and Strood from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
ME3 is a postcode district in Rochester and Strood. Homes here sold for a median of £375,000 over the last year, up 9.2% over five years. 14,990 sales are on record. 59% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £205,000 median sold price (all time)
- £375,000 median price, last 12 months
- 14,990 recorded sales
- +9.2% 5-year price change
- 10% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 59% 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 |
|---|
| 4 Rivenhall Way | Terraced | £375,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 20 Cagney Close | Semi | £340,000 | Jul 2026 |
| The Parade Church Street | Other | £313,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 3 St Johns Road | Detached | £425,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 84 Bells Lane | Semi | £290,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 26 Heron Way | Terraced | £310,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 21 Fry Close | Semi | £260,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 7 Copperfield Crescent | Other | £700,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 7 Copperfield Crescent | Other | £700,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 17 Oakleigh Grove | Detached | £570,000 | Jul 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 779
- Anti-social behaviour 402
- Criminal damage and arson 180
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.
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Across the wider Medway district
The figures below cover Medway — the council district ME3 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
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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