RM20
Postcode districtPostcode district covering West Thurrock and South Stifford, 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 RM20 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 93% of people in RM20 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How RM20 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RM20 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RM20 at a rate of 333.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.6 per 1,000 people across the RM postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 249 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RM20.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (844), violence and sexual offences (509) and other crime (408).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RM20 was 311.7 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 RM20, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RM20 has no single figure. Of its 3 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RM20
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurrock 022A | 1,793 | 661.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.4% |
| Thurrock 022B | 2,677 | 53.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.6% |
| Thurrock 022D | 2,114 | 152.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.9% |
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 RM201
Postcode sectors in RM204
Council1
Towns in RM201
Postcode districts next to RM204
Nearest rail stations4
More in the RM postcode area2
RM20 in brief
RM20 is a postcode district covering West Thurrock and South Stifford, in Thurrock.
About 7,934 people lived in RM20 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £297,000 in 2025 across 95 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 333.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RM20 was £297,000 in 2025.
RM20 had 7,475 usual residents at the census.
About 93% of people in RM20 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RM20, 93.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.