# RM18 8HU: area report for a postcode in Thurrock

RM18 8HU is a postcode in Thurrock.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Thurrock. Open the map at RM18 8HU for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Thurrock](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock) › [RM18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm18) › [RM18 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm18-8)

## Around this postcode

- **31 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 22% on July. Thurrock 018F: 62 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.3721,51.4668,RM188HU
- **Tilbury Town, 1.3 km**: About 17 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.3721,51.4668,RM188HU
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 40 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.3721,51.4668,RM188HU
- **7 of 7 properties in RM18 8HU at very low risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 3. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=0.3721,51.4668,RM188HU
- **England’s most deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Thurrock 018F. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.3721,51.4668,RM188HU
- **£319,969 average price**: For the whole of Thurrock, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.3721,51.4668,RM188HU
- **3 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 750 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.3721,51.4668,RM188HU
- **2 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 480 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.3721,51.4668,RM188HU
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at RM18 8HU**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.3721,51.4668,RM188HU
- **Low road and rail noise at RM18 8HU**: Road 53 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.3721,51.4668,RM188HU
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=0.3721,51.4668,RM188HU
- **14.2 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.3721,51.4668,RM188HU

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Tilbury Pioneer Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tilbury-pioneer-academy-e140832) | Primary | 40 m (1 minute on foot) | School remains Good, September 2022 | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [OA - North View](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oa-north-view-e152091) | Special | 730 m (9 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [OA - Thurrock](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oa-thurrock-e140861) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 880 m (11 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, June 2024 | – |
| [Lansdowne Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lansdowne-primary-academy-e138048) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Mary's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-catholic-primary-school-e146867) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), September 2023 | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Gateway Primary Free School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-gateway-primary-free-school-e138334) | Primary | 1.2 km (14 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Gateway Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-gateway-academy-e133114) | Secondary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, December 2024 | Attainment 8 of 50.0 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Chadwell St Mary Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chadwell-st-mary-primary-school-e143149) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Improved significantly, November 2024 | 86% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| October 2024 | £325,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 50 m |
| May 2024 | £275,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 60 m |
| March 2025 | £275,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 70 m |
| August 2025 | £334,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 70 m |
| May 2026 | £312,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| June 2026 | £260,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| December 2025 | £206,250 | Terraced, established, freehold | 150 m |
| March 2024 | £100,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 170 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: COMMONWEALTH HEALTH CENTRE (750 m); TILBURY HEALTH CENTRE (760 m); MEDIC HOUSE (810 m)
- Pharmacies: ESSEX PHARMACY (730 m)
- Dental practices: ELITE DENTAL STUDIO (730 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Portsea Road (480 m, Chelmsford Star Co-operative Society); Tesco Tilbury Calcutta Rd Express (890 m, Tesco)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £319,969** (August 2026). Thurrock’s average house price was £319,969 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 1.4% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £41,997** (2025). Full-time workers living in Thurrock earned a median of £41,997 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 102nd highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.6×** (2025). A home in Thurrock costs 7.6 times local full-time pay. Joint 156th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 21.0** (2025). Thurrock has a deprivation score of 21.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 122nd most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Thurrock 018F (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 24.0** (2025). Thurrock 018F has a deprivation score of 24.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 11,736th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £316,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Thurrock 018F was £316,500 in 2025. Joint 14,237th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,554** (2021). Thurrock 018F had 1,554 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 20,564th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.8%** (January 2026). In Thurrock 018F, 99.8% 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.

## RM18 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £331,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in RM18 was £331,000 in 2025. Joint 894th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 19,831** (2021). RM18 had 19,831 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,281st least 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.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 7%** (2022). About 7% of people in RM18 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.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 89.8%** (January 2026). In RM18, 89.8% 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Thurrock](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock)
- Centre: 51.4668, 0.3721

Council: [Thurrock](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Thurrock](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/thurrock): Jen Craft (Labour), MP since July 2024.

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

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), August 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=0.3721,51.4668,RM188HU

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