ME8 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of ME8, Gillingham and Rainham from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
ME8 is a postcode district in Gillingham and Rainham. Homes here sold for a median of £338,500 over the last year, up 13.6% over five years. 26,369 sales are on record. It sits among England’s less-deprived areas (42% of its postcodes are in the least-deprived 30%). 48% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £170,000 median sold price (all time)
- £338,500 median price, last 12 months
- 26,369 recorded sales
- +13.6% 5-year price change
- 42% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 48% 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 |
|---|
| 4 Truro Close | Semi | £332,500 | May 2026 |
| 14A Penshurst Close | Detached | £590,000 | May 2026 |
| 236 High Street | Semi | £467,000 | May 2026 |
| 202 Eastcourt Lane | Terraced | £300,000 | May 2026 |
| 267 Wigmore Road | Detached | £860,000 | May 2026 |
| 29 Sandringham Road | Semi | £450,000 | May 2026 |
| 7 Prinys Drive | Semi | £405,000 | May 2026 |
| 24 Langdale Close | Terraced | £337,000 | May 2026 |
| 13 Beverley Close | Terraced | £326,000 | May 2026 |
| 49 Brabourne Avenue | Terraced | £260,000 | May 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jul 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 1,149
- Anti-social behaviour 616
- Criminal damage and arson 316
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 ME8 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 |
|---|
| ME8 0 | £467,500 | 4,357 |
| ME8 6 | £310,500 | 4,159 |
| ME8 7 | £353,500 | 4,569 |
| ME8 8 | £325,000 | 6,387 |
| ME8 9 | £325,000 | 6,897 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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