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RM19

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Purfleet-on-Thames, 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 RM19 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 88% of people in RM19 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£231,250
623rd cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,356
592nd least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
88%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
70.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How RM19 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

RM19Middle
Median sale price20 postcode districts, RM · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in RM20 areas from £231,250 to £640,000. The middle area is £415,000. RM19 is £231,250.
£231,250cheapest
Population20 postcode districts, RM · 2021
Population: every postcode district in RM20 areas from 4,390 to 50,322. The middle area is 32,270. RM19 is 7,356.
7,3562nd least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 postcode districts, RM · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in RM20 areas from 0.0% to 96.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. RM19 is 88.0%.
88%3rd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage20 postcode districts, RM · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in RM20 areas from 70.4% to 96.9%. The middle area is 92.6%. RM19 is 70.4%.
70.4%lowest

Is RM19 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RM19 at a rate of 91.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 94.6 per 1,000 people across the RM postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 80 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RM19.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (295), vehicle crime (117) and other crime (93).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RM19 was 89.3 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 RM19, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RM19 has no single figure. Of its 4 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in RM19

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Thurrock 021A1,307178.1 per 1,000381.6%
Thurrock 021B2,83788.5 per 1,000291.5%
Thurrock 021C2,54673.1 per 1,000554.9%
Thurrock 022C1,832426.0 per 1,000577.6%

Your MP

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 RM191

Postcode sectors in RM191

Council1

Towns in RM191

Postcode districts next to RM192

Nearest rail stations4

More in the RM postcode area2

RM19 in brief

RM19 is a postcode district covering Purfleet-on-Thames, in Thurrock.

About 7,791 people lived in RM19 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £231,250 in 2025 across 78 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 91.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in RM19 was £231,250 in 2025.

RM19 had 7,356 usual residents at the census.

About 88% of people in RM19 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In RM19, 70.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.