RM18
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Tilbury, 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 RM18 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 7% of people in RM18 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How RM18 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RM18 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RM18 at a rate of 121.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.6 per 1,000 people across the RM postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 189 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RM18.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (978), anti-social behaviour (382) and other crime (322).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RM18 was 116.1 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 RM18, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RM18 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RM18
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurrock 013A | 1,492 | 48.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 67.1% |
| Thurrock 013B | 2,653 | 88.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.6% |
| Thurrock 013C | 1,781 | 67.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.3% |
| Thurrock 018A | 2,431 | 163.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.3% |
| Thurrock 018B | 1,946 | 195.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.6% |
| Thurrock 018C | 1,676 | 57.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.6% |
| Thurrock 018D | 1,923 | 128.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.3% |
| Thurrock 018E | 2,026 | 127.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.3% |
| Thurrock 018F | 1,554 | 62.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Thurrock 018G | 1,739 | 218.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.7% |
| Thurrock 018H | 1,525 | 108.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
MPs for RM18
- Jen CraftLabourMP for Thurrock74% of RM18’s postcodes
- James McMurdockIndependentMP for South Basildon and East Thurrock26% of RM18’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.
Middle areas in RM182
Postcode sectors in RM182
Council1
Towns in RM181
Postcode districts next to RM183
Nearest rail stations4
More in the RM postcode area2
RM18 in brief
RM18 is a postcode district covering Tilbury, in Thurrock.
About 20,731 people lived in RM18 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £331,000 in 2025 across 184 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 121.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RM18 was £331,000 in 2025.
RM18 had 19,831 usual residents at the census.
About 7% of people in RM18 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RM18, 89.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.