SOMERSET CLOSE, ME5 7SN House Prices & Local Information

ME5 7SN is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Somerset Close, 0.6km from Hale in Chatham. Administratively it sits within Princes Park ward and the Chatham and Aylesford constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, ME5 7SN is a high-density area of young ethnic minority families, mostly in flats. An average age of 36 puts this squarely in mixed-family territory — professional couples, school-age children households, and established residents all sharing the streets. 56% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 27 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: With prices averaging £164k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, up 76.3% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for ME5 7SN are sourced from Output Area E00081287 (shared with 5 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.