RM16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Chadwell St Mary, Little Thurrock and Chafford Hundred, in Thurrock.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an RM16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In RM16, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How RM16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RM16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RM16 at a rate of 83.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.6 per 1,000 people across RM.
In August 2026 alone, 399 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RM16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,269), other crime (586) and anti-social behaviour (532).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RM16 was 74.9 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in RM16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RM16 has no single figure. Of its 25 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RM16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurrock 004A | 1,928 | 76.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.0% |
| Thurrock 004C | 1,473 | 171.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.0% |
| Thurrock 009C | 1,643 | 116.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.6% |
| Thurrock 009D | 1,703 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Thurrock 009E | 1,667 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Thurrock 009F | 1,742 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Thurrock 010A | 1,211 | 147.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Thurrock 010B | 1,614 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Thurrock 010C | 2,626 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| Thurrock 010D | 1,630 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Thurrock 012A | 1,798 | 68.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| Thurrock 012B | 1,521 | 146.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Thurrock 012C | 1,853 | 126.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.0% |
| Thurrock 012D | 1,930 | 93.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Thurrock 012E | 1,588 | 103.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| Thurrock 012F | 1,932 | 109.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.8% |
| Thurrock 019A | 2,647 | 125.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.3% |
| Thurrock 019B | 1,700 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.5% |
| Thurrock 019C | 1,755 | 37.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 58.7% |
| Thurrock 019D | 1,589 | 66.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.0% |
| Thurrock 020A | 1,532 | 56.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| Thurrock 020B | 1,463 | 75.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| Thurrock 020C | 1,547 | 96.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.7% |
| Thurrock 020D | 1,616 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.3% |
| Thurrock 020E | 1,850 | 51.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |
MPs for RM16
- Jen CraftLabourMP for Thurrock59% of RM16’s postcodes
- James McMurdockIndependentMP for South Basildon and East Thurrock41% of RM16’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
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Council1
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Nearest rail stations4
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RM16 in brief
RM16 is a postcode district covering Chadwell St Mary, Little Thurrock and Chafford Hundred, in Thurrock.
About 44,184 people lived in RM16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £399,998 in 2025 across 534 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 83.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RM16 was £399,998 in 2025.
RM16 had 43,941 usual residents at the census.
In RM16, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In RM16, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.