1,615
Households
White Brit. · 81%
Ethnicity
No religion · 50%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
24 · 5.4 per 1k
Crimes · Apr '26
£332,500
Median property price
84
Postcodes
Overview of The Meads
Coordinates51.3514, 0.7173
Postcodes
84
Population (Census)
4,471
Households (Census)
1,615
Recorded crime · Apr '26
24 · 5.4 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for The Meads
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 5.89 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.89 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in The Meads
Property sales · The Meads
HM Land Registry · The Meads
Average price
£337,353
YoY: +1.4%
Median price: £335,333
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – May '26May '26: 1 sales · avg £395,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£428k£279k£130k
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Police Recorded Crime in The Meads
Crime trends · The Meads
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearMay '24 – Apr '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
30174
May '24Nov '24May '25Nov '25Apr '26
11
YoY -63%
ASB
1370
May '24Nov '24May '25Nov '25Apr '26
5
YoY -62%
Vehicle Crime
420
May '24Nov '24May '25Nov '25Apr '26
2
YoY +100%
Burglary
210
May '24Nov '24May '25Nov '25Apr '26
0
YoY -100%
Criminal damage
840
May '24Nov '24May '25Nov '25Apr '26
1
YoY stable
Demographics in The Meads
Ethnicity
White Brit.81.5%
African5.7%
Other White4.4%
Gypsy / Trav.1.3%
Indian1.0%
+ other · 6.1%
Religion
No religion50.2%
Christian43.2%
Not answered3.9%
Muslim1.1%
+ other · 1.6%
Age groups
35–4924.6%
25–3415.5%
50–6414.7%
10–1510.5%
5–98.2%
+ 5 other age groups · 26.5%
Households
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children22.7%
Other15.1%
Lone parent family: With dependent children9.8%
Cohabiting couple family: No children8.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children8.5%
+ 7 other households · 35.2%
Schools in The Meads
Open state schools in this area, ranked by distance from the area centre.
View all schools in this areaSchool performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in The Meads
Postcodes in The Meads
ME10 2BPME10 2BSME10 2BTME10 2DBME10 2DDME10 2XEME10 2XFME10 2XHME10 2XJME10 2XLME10 2XNME10 5AAME10 5ABME10 5ADME10 5AEME10 5AFME10 5AGME10 5AHME10 5AJME10 5ALME10 5ANME10 5APME10 5AQME10 5ARME10 5ASME10 5ATME10 5AUME10 5AWME10 5AZME10 5BAME10 5BBME10 5BDME10 5BEME10 5BFME10 5BGME10 5BHME10 5BJME10 5BLME10 5BNME10 5BPME10 5BQME10 5BSME10 5BTME10 5BUME10 5BWME10 5BXME10 5BYME10 5BZME10 5DAME10 5FEME10 5GAME10 5JAME10 5JBME10 5JDME10 5JEME10 5JFME10 5JGME10 5JHME10 5JJME10 5JLME10 5JNME10 5JPME10 5JQME10 5JRME10 5JSME10 5JTME10 5JUME10 5JWME10 5JXME10 5JYME10 5JZME10 5LAME10 5LBME10 5LDME10 5LEME10 5LFME10 5LGME10 5NAME10 5NEME10 5NFME10 5NZME10 5SNME10 5TAME10 5TP