Baker Street

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 7° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:52Sunset 16:32

9h 40m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

70US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 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

66 reported · August 2026▲ 187% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour21
• Violence & sexual offences16
• Criminal damage & arson13
• Vehicle crime7

5 stop & searches

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

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

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)

123 food businesses within 2 miles

• 104 rated 4–5 ★ (75 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Grays (4.0 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£319,969 average▼ 1.4% YoY

Across Thurrock · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (8 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

29 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Orsett Hall Hotel, Restaurant & Spa (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches19
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

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

£2,255 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Thurrock

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

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

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

170 applications decided

77.6% granted · 132 granted, 38 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

James McMurdock

Independent

South Basildon and East Thurrock

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 4
• Con 2
• Ref 43

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,245 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

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

43% low-carbon electricity

Gas 39% · Nuclear 23% · Imports 18% · Solar 9%

238 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

7 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in RM16

• Chafford Hundred Medical Centre
• Orsett Surgery
• Stifford Clays Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND278 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth244 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK173 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases161 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence129 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Baker Street Mill, Orsett · 0.2 km

  Baker Street Mill is a grade II listed smock mill at Baker Street, Orsett, Essex, England which has been part adapted to residential use on its lower two floors only.

• Orsett Rural District · 0.8 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…

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  Thurrock Urban District · 0.8 km

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

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  Orsett Hall · 1.0 km

  Orsett Hall was a 17th-century Grade II listed building in Orsett, Essex. It was set in 12 acres (4.9 ha) of parkland and was the centre of the Orsett Hall agricultural estate. The house was destroyed by fire on 11 Ma…

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  Baker Street, Essex · 1.1 km

  Baker Street is an area of Orsett in the unitary authority of Thurrock. It is in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. In 2019 it had an estimated population of 598.

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  William Edwards School · 1.3 km

  William Edwards School, commonly referred to by locals and students as Willy Eds, is a coeducational secondary comprehensive school with academy status, in Grays, Essex, England. It is a founding member of the South W…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)