RM4 1BP

Chigwell with Lambourne · Epping Forest · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar
Postcode district
RM4
Postcode sector
RM4 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RM4 1BY 66 m
RM4 1DA 67 m
RM4 1UB 92 m
RM4 1UD 99 m
RM4 1BS 107 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RM4 1BP
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 2003
Postcode area
RM
Postcode district
RM4
Postcode sector
RM4 1
Latitude
51.651707
Longitude
0.122061
British National Grid easting
546,900
British National Grid northing
196,900

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Epping Forest · E07000072
Parish or community
E04004020
Westminster constituency
Brentwood and Ongar · E14001125
Output area
E00110592
Lower layer super output area
Epping Forest 010A · E01021770
Middle layer super output area
Epping Forest 010 · E02004536

Postcode source versions

Explore RM4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
15
Secondary
4
  1. Lambourne Primary School

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    489 m
  2. Debden Park High School

    Academy converter

    2.3 km
  3. St John Fisher Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
102
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 46
  • Vehicle crime 12
  • Drugs 8
  • Other crime 7
  • Public order 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
RM4 1 residents
4,568

Age bands in RM4 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

717 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

493 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.9%

1,091 residents

Age 45 to 64
28%

1,333 residents

Age 65 and over
23.6%

1,122 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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • ABRIDGE SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, 37 ONGAR ROAD, ABRIDGE, ROMFORD, RM4 1UD

    ODS code F81184

    99 m

  • FOREST PRACTICE

    26 PYRLES LANE, LOUGHTON, IG10 2NH

    ODS code F81152

    3.3 km

  • THE LOUGHTON SURGERY

    25 TRAPS HILL, LOUGHTON, IG10 1SZ

    ODS code F81136

    4.3 km

  • LOUGHTON HEALTH CENTRE

    THE DRIVE, LOUGHTON, IG10 1HW

    ODS code F81048

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Village Hall

    BCT · Abridge

    0.0 miles
  • New Farm Dr

    BCT · Abridge

    0.1 miles
  • New Farm Dr

    BCT · Abridge

    0.1 miles
  • Pancroft

    BCT · Abridge

    0.1 miles
  • Fir Trees

    BCT · Abridge

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Epping Forest 010A, 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

16,403 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 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

Schools

25 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 4 secondary schools. Lambourne Primary School is the nearest published school at 489 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

102 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 46 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.