RM4 1XT

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 1XS 58 m
RM4 1XL 186 m
RM4 1XP 198 m
RM4 1XU 229 m
RM4 1XJ 230 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RM4 1XT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RM
Postcode district
RM4
Postcode sector
RM4 1
Latitude
51.647712
Longitude
0.112696
British National Grid easting
546,265
British National Grid northing
196,437

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
E00110586
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
30
Primary
19
Secondary
4
  1. Lambourne Primary School

    Academy converter

    379 m
  2. Debden Park High School

    Academy converter

    1.7 km
  3. Thomas Willingale Primary School and Nursery

    Foundation school

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
122
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 48
  • Vehicle crime 16
  • Drugs 10
  • Anti social behaviour 9
  • Other crime 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
34

18 female, 16 male

Postcode households
25
Residents per household
1.4
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

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RM4 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

7

within 5 km

  • ABRIDGE SURGERY

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

    ODS code F81184

    868 m

  • FOREST PRACTICE

    26 PYRLES LANE, LOUGHTON, IG10 2NH

    ODS code F81152

    2.7 km

  • THE LOUGHTON SURGERY

    25 TRAPS HILL, LOUGHTON, IG10 1SZ

    ODS code F81136

    3.6 km

  • LOUGHTON HEALTH CENTRE

    THE DRIVE, LOUGHTON, IG10 1HW

    ODS code F81048

    4.0 km

  • THE FOREST EDGE PRACTICE

    HAINAULT HEALTH CENTRE, MANFORD WAY, CHIGWELL, IG7 4DF

    ODS code F86007

    4.5 km

  • THE WILLOWS PRACTICE

    HAINAULT HEALTH CENTRE, MANFORD WAY, CHIGWELL, IG7 4DF

    ODS code F86057

    4.5 km

  • THE RIVER SURGERY

    16 ROUS ROAD, BUCKHURST HILL, IG9 6BN

    ODS code F81216

    4.7 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Caravan Park

    BCT · Abridge

    0.1 miles
  • Caravan Park

    BCT · Abridge

    0.1 miles
  • Log Cabin Cafe

    BCT · Abridge

    0.2 miles
  • Log Cabin Cafe

    BCT · Abridge

    0.3 miles
  • Field Close

    BCT · Abridge

    0.3 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.

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
0
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

Schools

30 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 4 secondary schools. Lambourne Primary School is the nearest published school at 379 m.

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

Recorded crime

122 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 48 events.

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