Schools
48 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 12 secondary schools. Harris Academy Riverside is the nearest published school at 4 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
RM16 1QY
Purfleet-on-Thames · Thurrock · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Purfleet-on-Thames
- Local authority
- Thurrock
- Constituency
- Thurrock
- Postcode district
- RM16
- Postcode sector
- RM16 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- RM16 1QY
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 July 1990
- Terminated
- 1 July 1995
- Postcode area
- RM
- Postcode district
- RM16
- Postcode sector
- RM16 1
- Latitude
- 51.479199
- Longitude
- 0.239904
- British National Grid easting
- 555,639
- British National Grid northing
- 177,961
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Thurrock · E06000034
- Electoral ward
- Purfleet-on-Thames · E05016318
- Parish or community
- E43000029
- Westminster constituency
- Thurrock · E14001546
- Output area
- E00175291
- Lower layer super output area
- Thurrock 022C · E01034370
- Middle layer super output area
- Thurrock 022 · E02007005
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore RM16
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 48
- Primary
- 33
- Secondary
- 12
- 4 m
Harris Academy Riverside
Free schools
- 774 m
Purfleet Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 2.1 km
Dartford Bridge Community Primary School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 694
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 280
- Vehicle crime 112
- Criminal damage and arson 67
- Drugs 57
- Anti social behaviour 48
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- Postcode sector residents
- Not available
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version not available.
GP practices
15
within 5 km straight-line
PURFLEET CARE CENTRE
TANK HILL ROAD, PURFLEET, RM19 1SX
ODS code Y00033
1.2 km
AVELEY MEDICAL CENTRE
22 HIGH STREET, AVELEY, SOUTH OCKENDON, RM15 4AD
ODS code F81010
2.5 km
TEMPLE HILL SURGERY
ST EDMUNDS CHURCH LIVING, ST. EDMUNDS ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 5ND
ODS code G82647
3.0 km
SLADE GREEN MEDICAL CTR.
156 BRIDGE ROAD, SLADE GREEN, ERITH, DA8 2HS
ODS code G83062
3.6 km
RIVERSIDE SURGERY
ERITH HEALTH CENTRE, 50 PIER ROAD, ERITH, DA8 1RQ
ODS code G83630
4.1 km
DR CJ SHIMMINS & PARTNERS
PILGRIMS WAY, DARTFORD, DA1 1QY
ODS code G82006
4.3 km
PILGRIMS WAY SURGERY
DARTFORD EAST HEALTH CENTRE, DARTFORD, DA1 1QY
ODS code G82212
4.3 km
REDWOOD PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82185
4.4 km
THE WELLCOME PRACTICE
DARTFORD WEST HEALTH CENTRE, TOWER ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2HA
ODS code G82056
4.4 km
DR YASIN SA PRACTICE
DARENTH LANE, SOUTH OCKENDON, RM15 5LP
ODS code F81632
4.4 km
DERRY COURT MEDICAL PRACTICE
UNIT 2/3 DERRY COURT, DERRY AVENUE, SOUTH OCKENDON, RM15 5GN
ODS code F81669
4.4 km
SANCTA MARIA MEDICAL CENTRE
DAIGLEN DRIVE, SOUTH OCKENDON, RM15 5SZ
ODS code F81197
4.4 km
HORSMAN'S PLACE SURGERY
HORSMANS PLACE, INSTONE ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 2JP
ODS code G82048
4.4 km
LOWFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
65-67 LOWFIELD STREET, DARTFORD, DA1 1HP
ODS code G82143
4.5 km
CHAFFORD HUNDRED MEDICAL CENTRE
DRAKE ROAD, CHAFFORD HUNDRED, GRAYS, RM16 6RS
ODS code F81113
4.6 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Harris Riverside Academy
BCT · Purfleet
- 0.1 miles
Railway Station
BCT · Purfleet
- 0.1 miles
Linnet Way
BCT · Purfleet
- 0.1 miles
Railway Station
BCT · Purfleet
- 0.2 miles
Purfleet Rail Station
RLY · Purfleet
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Thurrock 022C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
5 of 10
Overall England rank
15,521 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 1 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
694 published events cover 12 months, averaging 57.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 280 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.