Chatham
Chatham is covered by postcode districts ME1, ME4, ME5 and ME7. It is mostly in the Medway council area: 1,461 of its 1,589 postcodes. The others are in Maidstone and Tonbridge and Malling. 128 of its 1,589 postcodes are in Kent. ONS lists no county for the other 1,461.
Every postcode in Chatham, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 62
- In use before 2020: 1,527
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,589 postcodes in Chatham that ONS places, 62 are new since 2020 and 1,527 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.3597, longitude 0.5305. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME4 9JJ, is the newest of them.
- 11 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME4 4AR, is the newest of them.
- 11 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME5 0FQ, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. ME5 7FG, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Chatham?
Homes sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.5% on the 12 months before. At 1,218 of the 1,548 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 308 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 50 of its 1,589 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chatham, 2.4 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Chatham?
Homes in Chatham sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 764 sales, up 3.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £440,000 116 sales
- Semi-detached £325,000 241 sales
- Terraced £270,000 331 sales
- Flat or maisonette £156,750 76 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole ME5 district, Chatham's main postcode district: a typical £310,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Chatham: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Chatham?
62 of the 1,589 postcodes now in use in Chatham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 9 of the 966 homes sold in Chatham were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ME5 district, 1%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Chatham | Across the ME5 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 2 of 764 (Under 1%) | 2 of 578 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 9 of 966 (Under 1%) | 9 of 737 (1%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Chatham?
Ofcom reports on 1,548 of the 1,589 postcodes in Chatham. At 1,218 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Chatham at risk of flooding?
50 of the 1,589 postcodes in Chatham have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 308 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Chatham?
The open schools at the postcodes in Chatham (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Wayfield Primary School100 m 428 pupils, 375 places
- Bradfields Academy500 m 452 pupils, 444 places
- The Rowans500 m 54 pupils, 95 places
- New Horizons Children's Academy750 m 618 pupils, 630 places
- Kingfisher Community Primary School800 m 208 pupils, 210 places
- Maundene School950 m 385 pupils, 420 places
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School1.3 km 397 pupils, 420 places
- Greenvale Primary School1.5 km 192 pupils, 210 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Chatham?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Chatham is Chatham Rail Station, 2.4 km away in a straight line.
- Chatham Rail Station Railway station 2.4 kmCycle
- Gillingham (Kent) Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle
- Rochester Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Chatham?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Chatham, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- The Churchill Clinic Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01634 842397 200 mWalk
- Stonecross and West Drive Surgery Phone 01634 563888 1.4 kmCycle
- King George Road Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01634 671037 1.5 kmCycle
- Matrix Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01634 406607 1.7 kmCycle
- The Kings Family Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 01634 810040 2.0 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Chatham safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 3,269 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Chatham over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 216 September 2025
- 232 October 2025
- 227 November 2025
- 259 December 2025
- 242 January 2026
- 237 February 2026
- 354 March 2026
- 258 April 2026
- 320 May 2026
- 284 June 2026
- 303 July 2026
- 337 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 87, drugs 61, possession of weapons 28, robbery 26, bicycle theft 7, theft from the person 6.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Chatham?
- Councils
- Medway (1,461), Maidstone (73) and Tonbridge and Malling (55)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Chatham and Aylesford (1,280), Rochester and Strood (208), Faversham and Mid Kent (73) and 1 other
- Police force area
- Kent
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Chatham
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Chatham is in Medway; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Medway about council tax Council tax, on medway.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Chatham
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Chatham postcodes
1,589 postcodes in use in Chatham, by district:
Those districts are all in the ME postcode area.
Check a Chatham postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Chatham
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Chatham's £295,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Chatham
- What is it like to live in Chatham?
- Homes sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.5% on the 12 months before. At 1,218 of the 1,548 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 308 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 50 of its 1,589 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chatham, 2.4 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Chatham?
- Chatham is covered by postcode districts ME1, ME4, ME5 and ME7, across 1,589 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Chatham?
- Homes in Chatham sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 764 sales, up 3.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Chatham?
- In Chatham, primary schools at its postcodes include Wayfield Primary School, Bradfields Academy and The Rowans; secondary schools at its postcodes include Bradfields Academy, INSPIRE Free Special School and The Rowans. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Chatham have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Chatham is Chatham, 2.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Chatham?
- Ofcom reports on 1,548 of the 1,589 postcodes in Chatham. At 1,218 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Chatham at risk of flooding?
- 50 of the 1,589 postcodes in Chatham have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 308 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Chatham?
- 62 of the 1,589 postcodes now in use in Chatham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 9 of the 966 homes sold in Chatham were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ME5 district, 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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