Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames
Travel to Work
London
ITL Region
Thurrock
National Park
Non-National Park
Deprivation Index(IMD)
IMD England — Index of Multiple Deprivation
Measures deprivation across income, employment, health, education, crime, housing, barriers to housing and services, and living environment.
16201
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Rank 16201 out of 32,844 lower layer super output areas in England. N/A for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as this postcode is in England.
Police Recorded Crime near RM16 5UX
Crime trends · near RM16 5UX
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearApr '24 – Mar '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
17
YoY stable
ASB
7
YoY +75%
Vehicle Crime
4
YoY stable
Burglary
1
YoY +100%
Criminal damage
0
YoY -100%
Apr '24Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Mar '26
1 of 5 key categories improving · burglary rising
35
incidents · Mar '26
Demographics(LSOA 2021 context)
Ethnicity
Total residents: 1,547
White Brit.71.0%
African7.1%
Other White6.9%
Indian3.8%
Caribbean1.9%
+ 4 other groups · 9.3%
Religion
Total residents: 1,545
Christian50.9%
No religion34.2%
Not answered6.8%
Muslim2.8%
Sikh2.2%
+ 1 other religions · 3.1%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,536
50–6422.8%
35–4921.9%
25–3414.0%
10–157.4%
65–747.4%
+ 6 other age groups · 26.5%
Households
Total households: 562
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children22.6%
Other14.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent9.1%
Cohabiting couple family: No children7.8%
+ 8 other households · 34.9%
Administrative Information
Thurrock
Local Authority
Council Area
Thurrock E14001546
Constituency
E14001546
Essex
Police Force
Scotland-wide
Ward
Chafford and North Stifford
Constituency code
E14001546
EU Electoral Region
Eastern
Parish
Thurrock, unparished area
International Territorial Level
Thurrock
Health & NHS
East of England
Health Authority
Serving (pseudo) England (UA/MD/LB)
NHS Scotland
East of England
Cancer Alliance
National
Health Authority
East of England
NHS Region
East of England
Integrated Care Board
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board
Primary Care Org
South West Essex
Sub ICB Location
NHS Mid and South Essex ICB - 07G
Cancer Alliance
East of England
Statistical Areas
LSOA 2021
Super Output Area
Thurrock 020C E01015942
E01015942
MSOA 2021
Mid Super Output
Thurrock 020 E02006926
E02006926
LSOA 2011
Super Output Area
Thurrock 020C E01015942
E01015942
MSOA 2011
Mid Super Output
Thurrock 020 E02006926
E02006926
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Rural/Urban Classification 2021
2001 Classification
(England/Wales) Urban ≥ 10k – less sparse: OA falls within urban settlements with a population of 10,000 or more and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 5
2011 Classification
(England/Wales) Urban major conurbation A1
2021 Classification
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1
Sun & Time Information
4:07 AM
Sunrise
7:43 PM
Sunset
10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
Sunrise (today)
4:07 AM
Sunset (today)
7:43 PM
Daylight duration
10 hours 28 minutes
Time zone
GMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
April 2004
First Introduced
Active from
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
~22 years
Active Duration
2004 -> Present
April 2004 — Introduced
Postcode RM16 5UX introduced by Royal Mail.
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation A1. IMD England rank: 16201
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city UN1. LSOA E01015942 and MSOA E02006926 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode RM16 5UX is currently active and in use.
First introduced
April 2004
Usage ended
Not terminated
Active duration
~22 years
Last updated
2026-02-01
Current status
Live
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