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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 (IoD2025). 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 crime34
Home affordability45
Affordable rents32
Good schools16
Life expectancy35
Low deprivation38
Employment26
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

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 9° · 33% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:25

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 8.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 6.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

133 reported · August 2026▲ 41% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences42
  • Anti-social behaviour31
  • Criminal damage & arson18
  • Vehicle crime14

10 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

260 reported road collisions (2025)

78 killed or seriously injured · 326 casualties · 14.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

138 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 119 rated 4–5 ★ (86 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

£319,969 average▼ 1.4% YoY

Across Thurrock · to 2026-08

Detached£590,156
Semi-detached£398,062
Terraced£317,361
Flat£188,423

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,380 average monthly rent▲ 4.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £941
  • 2 bed £1,214
  • 3 bed £1,474

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

Property sales

1,858 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (7.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (7.2 km)

10 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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,751
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK11,673
  • Net moves−922

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 114 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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%)

56 inspected 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: 93% 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

170 applications decided

77.6% granted · 132 granted, 38 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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

8,245 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

167 jobs advertised · £40,123 avg

e.g. HGV Class 1 Driver - Thurrock, HGV Class 1 Driver, Delivery Driver

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£853 median full-time weekly pay

4.4% 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 2026-10-05

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)