# RM16

Postcode district covering Chadwell St Mary, Little Thurrock and Chafford Hundred, in Thurrock.

RM16 is a postcode district covering Chadwell St Mary, Little Thurrock and Chafford Hundred, in Thurrock. Median sale price £399,998 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code RM16. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [RM](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £399,998** (2025). The median price paid for a home in RM16 was £399,998 in 2025. 609th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm16#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 43,941** (2021). RM16 had 43,941 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 336th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm16#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 87%** (2022). About 87% of people in RM16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm16#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.6%** (January 2026). In RM16, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm16#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=RM16) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 87% of people in RM16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=RM16) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 534 homes were sold in RM16 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=RM16) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for RM16.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=RM16) (Census 2021, England and Wales): RM16 had 43,941 usual residents at the census.

## How RM16 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | RM16 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £399,998 | 9th cheapest | 20 postcode districts, RM · 2025 |
| Population | 43,941 | 3rd most populated | 20 postcode districts, RM · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 87% | 4th most people in radon Affected Areas | 20 postcode districts, RM · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 94.6% | 6th highest | 20 postcode districts, RM · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the RM postcode area.
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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in RM16

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Thurrock 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015977) | 1,928 | 76.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.0% |
| [Thurrock 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015979) | 1,473 | 171.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.0% |
| [Thurrock 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015993) | 1,643 | 116.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.6% |
| [Thurrock 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015994) | 1,703 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Thurrock 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015995) | 1,667 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Thurrock 009F](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015996) | 1,742 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| [Thurrock 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015963) | 1,211 | 147.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Thurrock 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015964) | 1,614 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| [Thurrock 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015965) | 2,626 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| [Thurrock 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015966) | 1,630 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| [Thurrock 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015933) | 1,798 | 68.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| [Thurrock 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015934) | 1,521 | 146.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| [Thurrock 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015935) | 1,853 | 126.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.0% |
| [Thurrock 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015936) | 1,930 | 93.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| [Thurrock 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015937) | 1,588 | 103.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| [Thurrock 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015938) | 1,932 | 109.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.8% |
| [Thurrock 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015982) | 2,647 | 125.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.3% |
| [Thurrock 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01033610) | 1,700 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.5% |
| [Thurrock 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01033611) | 1,755 | 37.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 58.7% |
| [Thurrock 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01033613) | 1,589 | 66.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.0% |
| [Thurrock 020A](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015939) | 1,532 | 56.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| [Thurrock 020B](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015941) | 1,463 | 75.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| [Thurrock 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015942) | 1,547 | 96.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.7% |
| [Thurrock 020D](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01033612) | 1,616 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.3% |
| [Thurrock 020E](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01033614) | 1,850 | 51.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |

## Your MP

- [Thurrock](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/thurrock): Jen Craft (Labour), MP since July 2024. 59% of the people here.
- [South Basildon and East Thurrock](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-basildon-and-east-thurrock): James McMurdock (Independent), MP since July 2024. 41% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in RM16

[Chadwell St Mary](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/chadwell-st-mary), [Chafford & North Stifford](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/chafford-and-north-stifford), [Little Thurrock North](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/little-thurrock-north), [Orsett, Bulphan & Hordon-on-the-Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/orsett-bulphan-and-hordon-on-the-hill), [South Chafford](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/south-chafford), [Stifford Clays](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/stifford-clays)

## Postcode sectors in RM16

[RM16 2 (220 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm16-2), [RM16 3 (116 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm16-3), [RM16 4 (178 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm16-4), [RM16 5 (22 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm16-5), [RM16 6 (162 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm16-6)

## Council

[Thurrock](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock)

## Towns in RM16

[Chadwell St Mary](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chadwell-st-mary), [Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chafford-hundred-and-west-thurrock), [Grays](https://openindex.co.uk/town/grays)

## Postcode districts next to RM16

[RM14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm14), [RM15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm15), [RM17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm17), [RM18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm18), [RM20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm20), [SS16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss16), [SS17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss17)

## Nearest rail stations

[Grays (3.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.3218,51.4763), [East Tilbury (3.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.4129,51.4848), [Tilbury Town (3.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.3540,51.4624), [Stanford-Le-Hope (4.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.4230,51.5144)

## More in the RM postcode area

[All RM postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 87% of people in RM16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RM16, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: RM16
- Postcode area: [RM](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm)
- Constituency: [Thurrock †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/thurrock)
- Council: [Thurrock †](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock)
- Area: 25.07 km²
- People, mid-2024: 44,184*
- Neighbourhoods: 25
- Output areas: 131

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[SS17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss17), [RM18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm18), [RM17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm17), [RM14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm14), [RM15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm15), [SS16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss16)

## Latest updates for RM16

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/RM16

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm16, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm16#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm16