Schools
47 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 11 secondary schools. West Thurrock Academy is the nearest published school at 294 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
RM20 3AE
West Thurrock & South Stifford · Thurrock · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- RM20 3AE
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 May 2009
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- RM
- Postcode district
- RM20
- Postcode sector
- RM20 3
- Latitude
- 51.475098
- Longitude
- 0.281883
- British National Grid easting
- 558,568
- British National Grid northing
- 177,595
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Thurrock · E06000034
- Electoral ward
- West Thurrock & South Stifford · E05016324
- Parish or community
- E43000029
- Westminster constituency
- Thurrock · E14001546
- Output area
- E00182440
- Lower layer super output area
- Thurrock 022D · E01034371
- 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 RM20
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 47
- Primary
- 33
- Secondary
- 11
- 294 m
West Thurrock Academy
Academy converter
- 1.1 km
Harris Academy Chafford Hundred
Academy converter
- 1.1 km
Harris Primary Academy Chafford Hundred
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,814
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Shoplifting 867
- Violence and sexual offences 631
- Vehicle crime 236
- Other theft 202
- Anti social behaviour 195
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- RM20 3 residents
- 3,209
Age bands in RM20 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 24.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 40.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 17.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 5.6%
747 residents
344 residents
1,218 residents
533 residents
167 residents
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 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
17
within 5 km
CHAFFORD HUNDRED MEDICAL CENTRE
DRAKE ROAD, CHAFFORD HUNDRED, GRAYS, RM16 6RS
ODS code F81113
2.3 km
MILTON ROAD AND THE GRAYS SURGERY
78 HIGH STREET, GRAYS, RM17 6HU
ODS code F81641
2.8 km
THURROCK HEALTH CENTRE
55-57 HIGH STREET, GRAYS, RM17 6NB
ODS code Y02807
2.9 km
AVELEY MEDICAL CENTRE
22 HIGH STREET, AVELEY, SOUTH OCKENDON, RM15 4AD
ODS code F81010
3.1 km
ODDFELLOWS HALL & ST CLEMENTS
ODDFELLOWS HEALTH CENTRE, DELL ROAD, GRAYS, RM17 5JY
ODS code Y00999
3.3 km
DELL MEDICAL CENTRE
THE DELL MEDICAL CENTRE, 111 ORSETT ROAD, GRAYS, RM17 5HB
ODS code F81219
3.3 km
KADIM PRIMECARE MEDICAL CENTRE
167 BRIDGE ROAD, GRAYS, RM17 6DB
ODS code F81623
3.4 km
DR YADAVA N PRACTICE
34 EAST THURROCK ROAD, GRAYS, RM17 6SP
ODS code F81211
3.6 km
PURFLEET CARE CENTRE
TANK HILL ROAD, PURFLEET, RM19 1SX
ODS code Y00033
3.6 km
SANCTA MARIA MEDICAL CENTRE
DAIGLEN DRIVE, SOUTH OCKENDON, RM15 5SZ
ODS code F81197
3.6 km
DR YASIN SA PRACTICE
DARENTH LANE, SOUTH OCKENDON, RM15 5LP
ODS code F81632
3.7 km
DERRY COURT MEDICAL PRACTICE
UNIT 2/3 DERRY COURT, DERRY AVENUE, SOUTH OCKENDON, RM15 5GN
ODS code F81669
3.8 km
BALFOUR MEDICAL CENTRE
2 BALFOUR ROAD, GRAYS, RM17 5NS
ODS code F81155
4.1 km
STIFFORD CLAYS MEDICAL CENTRE
CRAMMAVILL STREET, STIFFORD CLAYS, GRAYS, RM16 2AP
ODS code F81192
4.1 km
TEMPLE HILL SURGERY
ST EDMUNDS CHURCH LIVING, ST. EDMUNDS ROAD, DARTFORD, DA1 5ND
ODS code G82647
4.4 km
DR CJ SHIMMINS & PARTNERS
PILGRIMS WAY, DARTFORD, DA1 1QY
ODS code G82006
4.9 km
PILGRIMS WAY SURGERY
DARTFORD EAST HEALTH CENTRE, DARTFORD, DA1 1QY
ODS code G82212
4.9 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
The Rookery
BCT · West Thurrock
- 0.1 miles
Elm Terrace
BCT · West Thurrock
- 0.1 miles
The Rookery
BCT · West Thurrock
- 0.3 miles
First Avenue
BCT · West Thurrock
- 0.3 miles
West Thurrock Way
BCT · West Thurrock
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Thurrock 022D, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
13,010 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 1
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,814 published events cover 12 months, averaging 234.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 867 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.