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Thurrock

Thurrock is a town in Essex, England, with a population of around 100,000. It has around 1 pharmacy and 1 restaurant & café, along with 21 bus stops and East Tilbury railway station 3.5 km away. In June 2026, there were around 92 recorded street crimes, most commonly violence & sexual offences. Covers 15 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Thurrock is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 176,001 residents at roughly 1,074 people per km².

38/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 241st of 294 English council areas — better than 18% of them.

Low crime33
Home affordability45
Affordable rents32
Good schools16
Life expectancy39
Low deprivation36
Employment25
Low council tax89

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°COvercast

  • Today: 21° / 18° · 72% rain
  • Tomorrow: 26° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:20

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

113 reported · July 2026 11% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences45
  • Anti-social behaviour20
  • Criminal damage & arson14
  • Vehicle crime11

2 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Corringham, Orsett and Stanford-le-Hope · Essex

Local policing priorities

  • Antisocial Behaviour (ASB) - Concerns from residents about ASB in Thurrock particularly in Town Centres and Lakeside Shopping Centre.
  • Domestic Abuse – Protecting individuals from domestic abuse and repeat victimisation in vulnerable communities where repeat harm has been…

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

218 reported road collisions (2024)

42 killed or seriously injured · 276 casualties · 12.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

137 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 112 rated 4–5 ★ (80 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: East Tilbury (3.5 km)
  • 21 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from East Tilbury (3.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£327,176 average 2.3% YoY

Across Thurrock · to 2026-06

Detached£604,689
Semi-detached£407,467
Terraced£323,791
Flat£192,890

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,375 average monthly rent 4.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £937
  • 2 bed £1,210
  • 3 bed £1,468

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

8.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.7 times median annual pay (9.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (7.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.7p · Asda (10.2 km)

24 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

31 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Marlborough Road (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools5
  • Sports pitches24
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

176,001 residents in Thurrock · 1,074/km²

  • Under 16: 23%
  • 16–64: 64%
  • 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 116 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,255 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (39% of 70,290)

A £1,503
B £1,754
C £2,004
D £2,255
E £2,756
F £3,257
G £3,758
H £4,509

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

58 schools · 31,239 pupils

39 primary · 13 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 19 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

56inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Harris Academy Chafford HundredOutstanding
  • Harris Academy OckendonOutstanding
  • Harris Academy RiversideGood
  • Orsett Heath AcademyGood
  • Thames Park Secondary SchoolGood
  • Mossbourne Port Side AcademyRequires improvement
  • Ormiston Park AcademyRequires improvement
  • William Edwards SchoolRequires improvement
  • Mossbourne Fobbing AcademyInadequate
  • Grays Convent High School
  • St Clere's School
  • The Gateway Academy
  • The Hathaway Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Thurrock

Care & health services

182 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes26
  • GP practices30
  • Dentists29
  • Homecare agencies82
  • Hospitals & hospices5

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Thurrock

Heritage & planning

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 14 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

142 applications decided

80.3% granted · 114 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Reform UK majority

  • Lab 4
  • Con 2
  • Ref 43

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools7
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

228 jobs advertised · £41,195 avg

e.g. Class 1 Driver, Retail Sales Manager, Site Installer - Modular Buildings

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£853 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,662 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 73,858 certificates

8.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Health

Life expectancy: 83.4 yrs women · 79.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.2 women · 58.9 men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Basildon and East Thurrock:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Orsett Heath · 0.7 km

    Orsett Heath is a village in the unitary authority area of Thurrock, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. It is located about twenty miles away from London. Nearby settlements include the towns of Tilbury and G…

  • Treetops School · 1.0 km

    Treetops School is an all-through special school with academy status in Grays, Essex, England. Students are from 5 to 19 with moderate learning difficulties and many are on the autistic spectrum, with speech and langu…

  • Terrel's Heath · 1.0 km

    Terrel's Heath is, in spite of its name, an area of woodland in Chadwell St Mary named on the 1938 six-inch Ordnance Survey map.

  • Orsett Rural District · 1.2 km

    Orsett Rural District was a rural district in Essex, England, from 1894 to 1936. It covered Orsett and surrounding parishes near the Thames Estuary in the south of the county. It was abolished in 1936, when most of th…

  • Thurrock Urban District · 1.2 km

    Thurrock was a local government district and civil parish in south Essex, England, from 1936 to 1974.

  • Orsett Heath Academy · 1.2 km

    The Orsett Heath Academy is a coeducational secondary free school academy in Grays, Essex, England. It is the newest member of the South West Essex Community Education Trust and was built under the leadership of nearb…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)