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 £333,500 over the last year, up 11.2% over five years. 26,546 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)
- £333,500 median price, last 12 months
- 26,546 recorded sales
- +11.2% 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, Sep 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 6 Cranford Close | Detached | £500,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 43 St Margarets Drive | Semi | £450,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 322 Broadway | Terraced | £315,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 40 Elmstone Road | Semi | £465,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 37 Capel Close | Detached | £430,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 8 Farnham Close | Terraced | £107,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 11 Newnham Close | Semi | £328,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 35 Tilbury Road | Terraced | £280,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 22 Winchester Way | Terraced | £250,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 7 Rowbrocke Close | Terraced | £245,000 | Jul 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 1,112
- Anti-social behaviour 686
- Criminal damage and arson 302
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 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)
- 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 |
|---|
| ME8 0 | £460,000 | 4,383 |
| ME8 6 | £311,750 | 4,178 |
| ME8 7 | £342,475 | 4,623 |
| ME8 8 | £325,000 | 6,430 |
| ME8 9 | £321,250 | 6,932 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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