Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:27

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Dartford - St Clements 2, 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

301 reported · August 2026▲ 13% YoY

• Shoplifting76
• Violence & sexual offences72
• Anti-social behaviour43
• Vehicle crime36

35 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Aveley and Ockendon · 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)

370 food businesses within 2 miles

• 304 rated 4–5 ★ (243 top)
• 13 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Chafford Hundred Lakeside (0.7 km)
• 37 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, 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: 157.9p · BP (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (11.5 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

75 charging locations within ~8 km

• 26 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: IKEA Lakeside (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches20
• Playgrounds14

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 2 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

Reform UK majority

• Lab 4
• Con 2
• Ref 43

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens1561
• Restaurants & cafés75

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

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

0 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in RM20

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Thurrock:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND240 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth193 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence142 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK119 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately80 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  West Thurrock · 0.3 km

  West Thurrock is an area the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. It lies 18 miles (29 km) east of Charing Cross, London. West Thurrock was historically a parish; the parish was abolished for civil purposes in 1936…

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  Lakeside Shopping Centre · 0.3 km

  Lakeside Shopping Centre is a large out-of-town shopping centre located in West Thurrock, Essex just beyond the eastern boundary of Greater London. It was constructed on the site of a former chalk quarry. The first te…

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  Essex lorry deaths · 0.5 km

  On 23 October 2019, the bodies of 39 people – 31 men and eight women, all Vietnamese nationals – were found in the trailer of an articulated refrigerator lorry in Grays, Essex, United Kingdom. The trailer had been shi…

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  Chafford Hundred railway station · 0.8 km

  Chafford Hundred railway station, also known as Chafford Hundred Lakeside station, is located on a single-track branch line of the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the area of Chafford Hundred as well as Lak…

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  Harris Academy Chafford Hundred · 0.9 km

  Harris Academy Chafford Hundred is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Chafford Hundred in the borough of Thurrock, England. The building was designed by Nicholas Hare Architects. Previous…

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  St Clement's Church, West Thurrock · 1.3 km

  St Clement's Church is a Grade I listed building in West Thurrock, Essex, England. It is the church for one of the traditional parishes in Thurrock. The building featured in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)