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East Tilbury

East Tilbury is a town in Essex, England, with a population of around 5,471. It has around 1 pharmacy and 2 restaurants and cafés, 10 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is East Tilbury, 0.4 km away. There were around 53 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the East Tilbury area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Thurrock area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 176,001 residents at roughly 1,074 people per km².

Council
Thurrock
County
Essex
Constituency
South Basildon and East Thurrock
Police force
Essex
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 19:19

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

83 reported · July 2026 102% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences41
  • Anti-social behaviour12
  • Criminal damage & arson11
  • Other theft6

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Chadwell St Mary and Tilbury · 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

33 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 30 rated 4–5 ★ (22 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: East Tilbury (0.4 km)
  • 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from East Tilbury (0.4 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 (5.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.7p · Asda (10.1 km)

28 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

15 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Marlborough Road (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches3
  • Playgrounds5

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

  • In a conservation area (East Tilbury)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 18 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

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

19 jobs advertised · £33,973 avg

e.g. Online Computer science Tutoring Job in East Tilbury – Flexible Schedule, Become a Computer science Tutor in East Tilbury – Flexible & Remote, Care Assistant (Driver Required) - Basildon

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

  • Bata shoe factory · 0.3 km

    The Bata shoe factory in East Tilbury is what remains of an industrial estate in Essex, England, which produced shoes for over 70 years. Founded in 1932 by Tomáš Baťa, the factory was "one of the most important planne…

  • East Tilbury railway station · 0.4 km

    East Tilbury railway station is on a loop line of the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the village of East Tilbury, Essex. It is 25 miles 7 chains (40.4 km) down the line from London Fenchurch Street via Rai…

  • Linford Wood · 1.0 km

    Linford Wood is a 3.5-hectare (8.6-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Linford in Thurrock, Essex. It is owned and managed by Thurrock Council.

  • Linford, Essex · 1.1 km

    Linford, historically known as Muckingford, is a village in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. Located around 3 miles north-east from Tilbury Town, it is bordered directly by East Tilbury to its south and also…

  • Mucking Marshes Landfill · 1.2 km

    Mucking Marshes landfill was a major landfill site servicing London, close to the hamlet of Mucking, in Thurrock, Essex. Covering hundreds of acres of former gravel quarry, it was one of the largest landfills in Weste…

  • Thurrock Thameside Nature Park · 1.2 km

    Thurrock Thameside Nature Park is an Essex Wildlife Trust nature reserve located on top of the former Mucking Marshes Landfill in Thurrock, England which will eventually cover 845 acres (342 ha). It is next to the Riv…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is East Tilbury?
East Tilbury is a town in Essex, England, in the Thurrock local authority.
What is the population of East Tilbury?
East Tilbury has an approximate settlement population of 5,471.
How deprived is East Tilbury?
The Thurrock local authority, which includes East Tilbury, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.