DOCK ROAD, RM18 7DW House Prices & Local Information

RM18 7DW is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Dock Road, 0.9km from Tilbury in Tilbury. Administratively it sits within Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park ward and the Thurrock constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, RM18 7DW is a mixed area of service workers, students and families in semi-detached housing. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a teachers and carers in metro suburbs zone — ethnically mixed workforce primarily in care and education. Average age 27 — a clear signal of a student and young renter community, typically with strong café and nightlife culture nearby. 54% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 37% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Thurrock. Full-time employment stands at 19% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are above average at 105 incidents per 1,000 residents — worth reviewing the crime breakdown below. Property: With prices averaging £124k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for RM18 7DW are sourced from Output Area E00080914 (shared with 8 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.