Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames

Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames is covered by postcode districts RM16, RM19 and RM20. It is in the Thurrock council area, England.

Typical price £290,000 Homes sold in Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames, last 12 months. ▼ 10.8% on the year before Gigabit broadband 330 of 462 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 120 of 468 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 100 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 7 5 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in this place, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in this place, by flood risk Of the 468 postcodes in this place that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst, 104 are at very low risk only and 348 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A13A126M25A282 RM16 5UA: not on the flood risk listRM16 5UB: not on the flood risk listRM16 5UD: not on the flood risk listRM16 5UF: not on the flood risk listRM16 5UG: not on the flood risk listRM16 5UH: not on the flood risk listRM16 5UN: not on the flood risk listRM16 5UP: not on the flood risk listRM16 5UR: not on the flood risk listRM16 5US: not on the flood risk listRM16 5UT: not on the flood risk listRM16 5UX: not on the flood risk listRM16 5UY: not on the flood risk listRM16 5UZ: not on the flood risk listRM16 6AG: not on the flood risk listRM16 6AP: not on the flood risk listRM16 6AQ: not on the flood risk listRM16 6AW: not on the flood risk listRM16 6AY: not on the flood risk listRM16 6AZ: not on the flood risk listRM16 6BB: not on the flood risk listRM16 6BD: not on the flood risk listRM16 6BE: not on the flood risk listRM16 6BF: not on the flood risk listRM16 6BG: not on the flood risk listRM16 6BH: not on the flood risk listRM16 6BJ: not on the flood risk listRM16 6BL: not on the flood risk listRM16 6BP: not on the flood risk listRM16 6BQ: not on the flood risk listRM16 6BS: not on the flood risk listRM16 6BT: not on the flood risk listRM16 6BU: not on the flood risk listRM16 6BW: not on the flood risk listRM16 6BX: not on the flood risk listRM16 6BY: not on the flood risk listRM16 6BZ: not on the flood risk listRM16 6DA: not on the flood risk listRM16 6DD: not on the flood risk listRM16 6DE: not on the flood risk listRM16 6DF: not on the flood risk listRM16 6DG: not on the flood risk listRM16 6DJ: not on the flood risk listRM16 6DN: not on the flood risk listRM16 6DR: not on the flood risk listRM16 6DS: not on the flood risk listRM16 6DT: not on the flood risk listRM16 6DU: not on the flood risk listRM16 6DW: not on the flood risk listRM16 6DY: not on the flood risk listRM16 6EA: not on the flood risk listRM16 6ED: not on the flood risk listRM16 6EE: not on the flood risk listRM16 6EJ: not on the flood risk listRM16 6EL: not on the flood risk listRM16 6EN: not on the flood risk listRM16 6EP: not on the flood risk listRM16 6ER: not on the flood risk listRM16 6ES: not on the flood risk listRM16 6ET: not on the flood risk listRM16 6EU: not on the flood risk listRM16 6EW: not on the flood risk listRM16 6EX: not on the flood risk listRM16 6EY: not on the flood risk listRM16 6EZ: not on the flood risk listRM16 6GE: not on the flood risk listRM16 6GG: not on the flood risk listRM16 6GX: not on the flood risk listRM16 6GZ: not on the flood risk listRM16 6HA: not on the flood risk listRM16 6HB: not on the flood risk listRM16 6HH: not on the flood risk listRM16 6LP: not on the flood risk listRM16 6LQ: not on the flood risk listRM16 6LR: not on the flood risk listRM16 6LT: not on the flood risk listRM16 6LU: not on the flood risk listRM16 6LW: not on the flood risk listRM16 6LX: not on the flood risk listRM16 6LY: not on the flood risk listRM16 6LZ: not on the flood risk listRM16 6NA: not on the flood risk listRM16 6NB: not on the flood risk listRM16 6ND: not on the flood risk listRM16 6NE: not on the flood risk listRM16 6NF: not on the flood risk listRM16 6NG: not on the flood risk listRM16 6NH: not on the flood risk listRM16 6NJ: not on the flood risk listRM16 6NL: not on the flood risk listRM16 6NN: not on the flood risk listRM16 6NP: not on the flood risk listRM16 6NQ: not on the flood risk listRM16 6NR: not on the flood risk listRM16 6NS: not on the flood risk listRM16 6NT: not on the flood risk listRM16 6NU: not on the flood risk listRM16 6NW: not on the flood risk listRM16 6NX: not on the flood risk listRM16 6NY: not on the flood risk listRM16 6NZ: not on the flood risk listRM16 6PA: not on the flood risk listRM16 6PB: not on the flood risk listRM16 6PD: not on the flood risk listRM16 6PE: not on the flood risk listRM16 6PF: not on the flood risk listRM16 6PG: not on the flood risk listRM16 6PH: not on the flood risk listRM16 6PL: not on the flood risk listRM16 6PN: not on the flood risk listRM16 6PP: not on the flood risk listRM16 6PR: not on the flood risk listRM16 6PS: not on the flood risk listRM16 6PT: not on the flood risk listRM16 6PU: not on the flood risk listRM16 6PW: not on the flood risk listRM16 6PX: not on the flood risk listRM16 6PY: not on the flood risk listRM16 6QA: not on the flood risk listRM16 6QB: not on the flood risk listRM16 6QD: not on the flood risk listRM16 6QE: not on the flood risk listRM16 6QF: not on the flood risk listRM16 6QH: not on the flood risk listRM16 6QJ: not on the flood risk listRM16 6QL: not on the flood risk listRM16 6QQ: not on the flood risk listRM16 6QW: not on the flood risk listRM16 6QX: not on the flood risk listRM16 6QY: not on the flood risk listRM16 6RA: not on the flood risk listRM16 6RB: not on the flood risk listRM16 6RE: not on the flood risk listRM16 6RG: not on the flood risk listRM16 6RH: not on the flood risk listRM16 6RJ: not on the flood risk listRM16 6RL: not on the flood risk listRM16 6RN: not on the flood risk listRM16 6RP: not on the flood risk listRM16 6RQ: not on the flood risk listRM16 6RR: not on the flood risk listRM16 6RS: not on the flood risk listRM16 6RT: not on the flood risk listRM16 6RU: not on the flood risk listRM16 6RW: not on the flood risk listRM16 6RX: not on the flood risk listRM16 6RY: not on the flood risk listRM16 6RZ: not on the flood risk listRM16 6SA: not on the flood risk listRM16 6SE: not on the flood risk listRM16 6UT: not on the flood risk listRM16 6YA: not on the flood risk listRM16 6YB: not on the flood risk listRM16 6YD: not on the flood risk listRM16 6YE: not on the flood risk listRM16 6YG: not on the flood risk listRM16 6YH: not on the flood risk listRM16 6YJ: not on the flood risk listRM16 6YL: not on the flood risk listRM16 6YN: not on the flood risk listRM16 6YQ: not on the flood risk listRM16 6YR: not on the flood risk listRM16 6YS: not on the flood risk listRM19 1AF: not on the flood risk listRM19 1AP: not on the flood risk listRM19 1AR: not on the flood risk listRM19 1AS: not on the flood risk listRM19 1AT: not on the flood risk listRM19 1GA: not on the flood risk listRM19 1GB: not on the flood risk listRM19 1GE: not on the flood risk listRM19 1GH: not on the flood risk listRM19 1GJ: not on the flood risk listRM19 1GL: not on the flood risk listRM19 1GR: not on the flood risk listRM19 1GS: not on the flood risk listRM19 1GW: not on the flood risk listRM19 1LL: not on the flood risk listRM19 1NA: not on the flood risk listRM19 1ND: not on the flood risk listRM19 1NG: not on the flood risk listRM19 1NP: not on the flood risk listRM19 1NS: not on the flood risk listRM19 1NU: not on the flood risk listRM19 1NX: not on the flood risk listRM19 1PE: not on the flood risk listRM19 1PF: not on the flood risk listRM19 1PH: not on the flood risk listRM19 1PN: not on the flood risk listRM19 1PR: not on the flood risk listRM19 1PT: not on the flood risk listRM19 1PW: not on the flood risk listRM19 1PX: not on the flood risk listRM19 1PY: not on the flood risk listRM19 1PZ: not on the flood risk listRM19 1QA: not on the flood risk listRM19 1QB: not on the flood risk listRM19 1QD: not on the flood risk listRM19 1QE: not on the flood risk listRM19 1QF: not on the flood risk listRM19 1QG: not on the flood risk listRM19 1QH: not on the flood risk listRM19 1QJ: not on the flood risk listRM19 1QL: not on the flood risk listRM19 1QN: not on the flood risk listRM19 1QR: not on the flood risk listRM19 1QX: not on the flood risk listRM19 1QZ: not on the flood risk listRM19 1RB: not on the flood risk listRM19 1RD: not on the flood risk listRM19 1RG: not on the flood risk listRM19 1RH: not on the flood risk listRM19 1RN: not on the flood risk listRM19 1RQ: not on the flood risk listRM19 1RR: not on the flood risk listRM19 1RW: not on the flood risk listRM19 1RX: not on the flood risk listRM19 1RZ: not on the flood risk listRM19 1SE: not on the flood risk listRM19 1SF: not on the flood risk listRM19 1SG: not on the flood risk listRM19 1SH: not on the flood risk listRM19 1SN: not on the flood risk listRM19 1SQ: not on the flood risk listRM19 1ST: not on the flood risk listRM19 1SW: not on the flood risk listRM19 1TA: not on the flood risk listRM19 1TE: not on the flood risk listRM19 1TH: not on the flood risk listRM19 1TJ: not on the flood risk listRM19 1TL: not on the flood risk listRM19 1TN: not on the flood risk listRM19 1TP: not on the flood risk listRM19 1TR: not on the flood risk listRM19 1TS: not on the flood risk listRM19 1TT: not on the flood risk listRM19 1TU: not on the flood risk listRM19 1TY: not on the flood risk listRM19 1TZ: not on the flood risk listRM19 1YL: not on the flood risk listRM19 1YN: not on the flood risk listRM20 2AB: not on the flood risk listRM20 2AD: not on the flood risk listRM20 2ZF: not on the flood risk listRM20 2ZG: not on the flood risk listRM20 2ZL: not on the flood risk listRM20 2ZN: not on the flood risk listRM20 2ZP: not on the flood risk listRM20 2ZS: not on the flood risk listRM20 2ZW: not on the flood risk listRM20 3AW: not on the flood risk listRM20 3AX: not on the flood risk listRM20 3BB: not on the flood risk listRM20 3BD: not on the flood risk listRM20 3BF: not on the flood risk listRM20 3BH: not on the flood risk listRM20 3BN: not on the flood risk listRM20 3BQ: not on the flood risk listRM20 3BS: not on the flood risk listRM20 3BT: not on the flood risk listRM20 3BU: not on the flood risk listRM20 3BY: not on the flood risk listRM20 3DA: not on the flood risk listRM20 3DB: not on the flood risk listRM20 3DD: not on the flood risk listRM20 3DE: not on the flood risk listRM20 3DF: not on the flood risk listRM20 3DG: not on the flood risk listRM20 3DH: not on the flood risk listRM20 3EH: not on the flood risk listRM20 3FB: not on the flood risk listRM20 3FZ: not on the flood risk listRM20 3HB: not on the flood risk listRM20 3HP: not on the flood risk listRM20 3HT: not on the flood risk listRM20 3JB: not on the flood risk listRM20 3JD: not on the flood risk listRM20 3JE: not on the flood risk listRM20 3JF: not on the flood risk listRM20 3JG: not on the flood risk listRM20 3JH: not on the flood risk listRM20 3JJ: not on the flood risk listRM20 3JL: not on the flood risk listRM20 3JP: not on the flood risk listRM20 3JR: not on the flood risk listRM20 3LD: not on the flood risk listRM20 3LJ: not on the flood risk listRM20 3LP: not on the flood risk listRM20 3WD: not on the flood risk listRM20 3WE: not on the flood risk listRM20 3WJ: not on the flood risk listRM20 3WY: not on the flood risk listRM20 3WZ: not on the flood risk listRM20 3XD: not on the flood risk listRM20 3ZP: not on the flood risk listRM20 4AB: not on the flood risk listRM20 4BE: not on the flood risk listRM20 4BF: not on the flood risk listRM20 4BH: not on the flood risk listRM20 4BP: not on the flood risk listRM20 4BS: not on the flood risk listRM20 4BT: not on the flood risk listRM20 4BW: not on the flood risk listRM20 4BY: not on the flood risk listRM20 4DP: not on the flood risk listRM20 4DR: not on the flood risk listRM20 4XE: not on the flood risk listRM20 4XL: not on the flood risk listRM20 4XN: not on the flood risk listRM20 4XT: not on the flood risk listRM20 4XW: not on the flood risk listRM20 4YD: not on the flood risk listRM20 4YE: not on the flood risk listRM20 4YH: not on the flood risk listRM20 4YJ: not on the flood risk listRM20 4YL: not on the flood risk listRM20 4YP: not on the flood risk listRM20 4YR: not on the flood risk listRM20 4YT: not on the flood risk listRM20 4YY: not on the flood risk listRM20 4YZ: not on the flood risk listRM19 1LA: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1LB: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1LF: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1LG: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1LH: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1PQ: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1LN: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1NB: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1NF: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1NH: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1NR: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1NT: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1NZ: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1PD: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1PJ: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1PL: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1QY: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1RA: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1RE: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1RJ: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1RL: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1RP: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1RS: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1RU: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1SA: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1SB: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1SD: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1SL: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1SR: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1TD: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1TF: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1TX: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1ZY: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1ZZ: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3AA: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3AD: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3AE: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3AF: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3AG: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3AJ: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3AL: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3AN: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3AP: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3AQ: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3AR: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3AS: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3AT: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3AU: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3BA: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3BJ: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3BP: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3ED: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3EE: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3EF: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3EG: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3FH: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3FJ: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3FN: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3HA: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3HD: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3HL: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3HX: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3JQ: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3JT: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3LG: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3LH: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3LL: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3LU: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3NL: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3NR: very low flood risk onlyRM20 3ZD: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4AA: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4AD: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4AG: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4AJ: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4AL: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4AN: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4AP: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4AQ: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4AR: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4AS: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4AT: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4AU: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4AW: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4AX: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4AY: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4BA: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4BJ: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4BL: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4BQ: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4BU: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4DB: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4DN: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4EH: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4XB: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4XJ: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4XP: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4XU: very low flood risk onlyRM20 4XX: very low flood risk onlyRM19 1GD: low flood risk at worstRM19 1GT: low flood risk at worstRM19 1QW: low flood risk at worstRM19 1YX: low flood risk at worstRM19 1SZ: medium flood risk at worstRM19 1ZU: medium flood risk at worstRM19 1ZX: medium flood risk at worstRM16 5UE: high flood riskRM16 5UJ: high flood riskRM19 1GU: high flood riskRM19 1GX: high flood riskRM19 1QQ: high flood riskRM19 1QU: high flood riskRM19 1TB: high flood riskRM19 1UA: high flood riskRM20 4EL: high flood risk Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames Map of every postcode in this place, by flood risk Of the 468 postcodes in this place that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst, 104 are at very low risk only and 348 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: West Thurrock & South Stifford, Purfleet-on-Thames. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A13 West Thurrock & South StiffordPurfleet-on-Thames
  • A home or business at high risk: 9
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 4
  • At very low risk only: 104
  • Not on the at-risk list: 348

Of the 468 postcodes in this place that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst, 104 are at very low risk only and 348 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.4836, longitude 0.2787. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre.

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

RM19 1GU8 at high riskRM16 5UE5 at high riskRM19 1UA2 at high riskRM19 1GX1 at high riskRM16 5UJ1 at high riskRM19 1QQ1 at high riskRM19 1QU1 at high riskRM19 1TB1 at high riskRM20 4EL1 at high risk

What is it like to live in this place?

Homes sold for a typical £290,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, down 10.8% on the 12 months before. At 330 of the 462 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 100 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 120 of its 468 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chafford Hundred, 650 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.

What do homes cost in this place?

Homes in Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames sold for a typical £290,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 293 sales, down 10.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£290,000 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£325,000 12 months to September 2025
▼ down 10.8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £580,000 42 sales
  • Semi-detached £415,000 33 sales
  • Terraced £346,000 86 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £224,750 132 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole RM16 district, Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames's main postcode district: a typical £385,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in this place: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

Are new homes being built in this place?

17 of the 468 postcodes now in use in Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 379 homes sold in Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RM16 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

RM20 3LXsince June 2026RM19 1YLsince November 2024RM20 3DDsince November 2022RM20 3DBsince December 2021RM20 3DEsince December 2021RM20 3WZsince September 2021

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn this placeAcross the RM16 district
The 12 months to September 2026 0 of 293 (0%) 0 of 413 (0%)
The 12 months to September 2025 0 of 379 (0%) 0 of 532 (0%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

What broadband can you get in Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames?

Ofcom reports on 462 of the 468 postcodes in Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames. At 330 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit330 of 462
Postcodes where every home can get superfast422 of 462
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband2 of 462

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

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Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

Is Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames at risk of flooding?

120 of the 468 postcodes in Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 100 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 120 of 468 postcodes High: 21Medium: 79Low: 105Very low: 2,696

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

Which schools are in this place?

The open schools at the postcodes in this place. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.

Primary

Secondary

An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).

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Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

How far is the station from this place?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in this place is Chafford Hundred Rail Station, 650 m away in a straight line.

  • Chafford Hundred Rail Station Railway station 650 mWalk
  • Purfleet Rail Station Railway station 2.9 kmCycle
  • Grays Rail Station Railway station 3.1 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

Which GP surgeries are in this place?

The GP practices at the postcodes in this place. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Is this place safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 3,171 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in this place over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 242 September 2025
  2. 238 October 2025
  3. 275 November 2025
  4. 289 December 2025
  5. 236 January 2026
  6. 291 February 2026
  7. 293 March 2026
  8. 243 April 2026
  9. 256 May 2026
  10. 251 June 2026
  11. 256 July 2026
  12. 301 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Shoplifting881 reports
Violence and sexual offences652 reports
Vehicle crime338 reports
Anti-social behaviour323 reports
Other theft219 reports
Criminal damage and arson195 reports
Public order186 reports
Drugs133 reports

Also: theft from the person 52, burglary 49, robbery 46, other crime 43, bicycle theft 29, possession of weapons 25.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile each way is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: police.uk, data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.

Who runs this place?

Council
Thurrock
Parliamentary constituency
Thurrock
Police force area
Essex
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Jen Craft (Labour)

All 468 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

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Postcodes here

468 postcodes in use in this place, by district:

RM16 postcode district,174 postcodesRM20 postcode district,155 postcodesRM19 postcode district,139 postcodes

Those districts are all in the RM postcode area.

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With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside this place's £290,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Aveley2.7 km, £385,000South Ockendon3.2 km, £345,000Grays3.6 km, £360,000Swanscombe4.1 km, £330,000Stone, Dartford4.3 km, £245,000Ebbsfleet Valley5.6 km, £400,000Dartford6.0 km, £370,000Tilbury6.3 km, £321,250 All places A to Z

Quick answers about this place

What is the postcode for Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames?
Postcode districts RM16, RM19 and RM20, with 468 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames in?
Thurrock. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames?
Jen Craft (Labour), for Thurrock. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
How much are houses in Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames?
A typical £290,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 293 sales, down 10.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry.
What schools are in Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames?
Primary schools at its postcodes include Harris Primary Academy Chafford Hundred, Harris Primary Academy Mayflower and Warren Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Harris Academy Chafford Hundred and Harris Academy Riverside. Source: Department for Education.
Does Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames have a railway station?
Yes: Chafford Hundred station, 650 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
What broadband can you get in Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames?
Ofcom reports on 462 of the 468 postcodes in Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames. At 330 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom.
Is Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames at risk of flooding?
120 of the 468 postcodes in Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 100 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames?
17 of the 468 postcodes now in use in Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 379 homes sold in Chafford Hundred, West Thurrock and Purfleet-on-Thames were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RM16 district, 0%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.

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