Is ME9 7QH a Good Area? Schools, Crime & Local Insights

ME9 7QH is a postcode in Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow, Swale, South East, England. This postcode area guide brings together crime, schools, demographics, property prices, planning applications, HMO licences and roadworks near ME9 7QH, then scores the surrounding small area 43/100 - bottom 27% nationally across 8 matched LocaleIQ domains.

The strongest signals around ME9 7QH are health and property market signals, while housing is the main area to examine before moving, renting or buying here. LocaleIQ uses these local signals as a practical area rating rather than a single raw statistic, so read the score alongside the detailed map layers and source records.

The demographic profile for ME9 7QH is based on Maidstone 011 Census 2021. It covers 9,765 residents, 99 people per square kilometre. The median age is around 49, helping show whether the area skews younger, family-sized or older. Housing tenure is 76% owner-occupied, 13% privately rented, 9% social rented, useful context for renters, buyers and landlords comparing the local property market. On the official England neighbourhood wellbeing index the area ranks in decile 4/10.

For property prices near ME9 7QH, LocaleIQ uses Land Registry sold-price evidence for the ME9 postcode district. The latest median sold price is £383k from 64 rolling sales. The Property tab separates flats, terraced, semi-detached and detached homes where enough sales exist.

For safety, the Crime tab breaks down recorded crime near ME9 7QH by category and map position. Crime trend is flat or improving month on month. Use it with the LocaleIQ safety score because police data can lag and does not capture every local issue.

Local change around ME9 7QH is tracked through nearby planning permissions, HMO licensing and roadworks. This report currently shows 2 street-disruption records in the Planning tab, with dates, distance and source links. Large council source datasets may contain more records than the displayed list.