Grays

19°COvercast

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:20

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

11US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Dartford - St Clements 2, United Kingdom

317 reported · July 2026▲ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences131
• Anti-social behaviour46
• Other theft27
• Vehicle crime24

46 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Chafford Hundred and Grays · Essex

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

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)

431 food businesses within 2 miles

• 330 rated 4–5 ★ (232 top)
• 13 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Grays (0.2 km)
• 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£327,176 average▲ 2.3% YoY

Across Thurrock · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (1.7 km)

24 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

60 charging locations within ~8 km

• 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Crown Road (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds11

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)

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

£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%)

56inspected 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: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Thurrock

• Not in the Green Belt
• 8 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

142 applications decided

80.3% granted · 114 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jen Craft

Labour

Thurrock

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 4
• Con 2
• Ref 43

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics9
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés36

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

769 jobs advertised · £41,214 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver - Purfleet, Sign Up To Drive With Uber - Flexible Alternative To Driving Jobs, Class 2 Driver

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

77% low-carbon electricity

Wind 40% · Nuclear 36% · Gas 16% · Imports 8%

68 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Thurrock:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s411 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test357 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office353 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership257 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance195 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  Thurrock Town Hall · 0.1 km

  Thurrock Town Hall is a newest part of municipal complex in New Road in Grays, Essex, a town in England. The complex accommodates the offices and meeting place of Thurrock Council.

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  Grays railway station · 0.2 km

  Grays railway station is on the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the town of Grays, in Essex, England. It lies 19 miles 70 chains (32.0 km) down the line from London Fenchurch Street, via Rainham; it is loca…

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  White Hart, Grays · 0.3 km

  The White Hart is a Grade II listed pub at Kings Walk, Grays, Essex, RM17 6HR.

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  State Cinema · 0.3 km

  The State Cinema is a Grade II* Listed building in Grays, Essex. Designed by F. G. M. Chancellor under Matcham & Co., it opened in 1938 as one of the most modern cinemas of its type at the time with seating for 2200 p…

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  New Recreation Ground · 0.3 km

  The New Recreation Ground was a football stadium on Bridge Road, Grays, Essex, England, and was the home ground of Grays Athletic. Prior to it being closed, the capacity stood at 4,100, of which 1,000 was seated.

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  Grays, Essex · 0.3 km

  Grays, historically also known as Grays Thurrock, is the largest town and administrative headquarters of the borough of Thurrock, in Essex, England. The town is located on the north bank of the River Thames, approxima…

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