Purfleet-on-Thames

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:25

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Bexley, 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

83 reported · August 2026▲ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences42
• Vehicle crime10
• Criminal damage & arson9
• Anti-social behaviour7

2 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)

263 food businesses within 2 miles

• 211 rated 4–5 ★ (180 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Purfleet (0.5 km)
• 13 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 (10.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (10.7 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

94 charging locations within ~8 km

• 30 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: MFG EVpower Purfleet (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches18
• Playgrounds9

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
• 12 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

Jen Craft

Labour

Thurrock

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 4
• Con 2
• Ref 43

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés3

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

76% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Gas 22% · Nuclear 20% · Biomass 11%

101 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in RM19

• Purfleet Care Centre

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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  Circus Tavern · 0.3 km

  The Circus Tavern is an entertainment venue in Purfleet, Essex, England, that hosts functions, cabaret acts and is also a nightclub venue. First opened in 1974, it is most famous as having been a long-time venue of th…

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  Purfleet railway station · 0.5 km

  Purfleet railway station is on the London, Tilbury and Southend line serving the town of Purfleet, Essex. It is 16 miles 2 chains (25.8 km) down the line from London Fenchurch Street and it is situated between Rainham…

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  Purfleet Chalk Pits · 0.5 km

  Purfleet Chalk Pits is a 10.7-hectare (26-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Purfleet in Essex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

• Harris Academy Riverside · 0.5 km

  Harris Academy Riverside is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Purfleet in the Thurrock unitary authority, Essex, England. Purfleet is bordered by the A13 road to the north and the River Thames…

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  Purfleet · 0.7 km

  Purfleet-on-Thames, often known as just Purfleet is a town in the Thurrock unitary authority, Essex, England.

• National College Creative Industries · 0.9 km

  National College Creative Industries, formally the National College for the Creative and Cultural Industries, is a college providing technical skills for the creative industries, based in Thurrock, Essex, England. I…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)