South Ockendon

19°CLight rain shower

• Today: 21° / 18° · 87% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Partly Cloudy

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

2US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

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

165 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences74
• Anti-social behaviour30
• Criminal damage & arson13
• Other theft8

6 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Aveley and Ockendon · 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)

268 food businesses within 2 miles

• 238 rated 4–5 ★ (195 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ockendon (1.6 km)
• 38 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: 157.9p · BP (8.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (6.1 km)

37 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

61 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: West Road (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches24
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds6

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
• 10 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 & clinics4
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

155 jobs advertised · £37,692 avg

e.g. HGV Driver, Driver, Sign Up To Drive With Uber - Flexible Alternative To Driving Jobs

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

57% low-carbon electricity

Gas 40% · Nuclear 24% · Solar 21% · Wind 6%

167 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

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

• Harris Academy Ockendon · 0.6 km

  Harris Academy Ockendon is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in South Ockendon in the Thurrock area of Essex, England.

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  Belhus, Essex · 1.1 km

  Belhus is a golf course, country park, former stately home and manor in the parish of Aveley in Essex, England. The historic manor was known in medieval times variously as "Bellhouse, Belhouse, Bell House", etc. It is…

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  Arena Essex Raceway · 1.5 km

  Arena Essex Raceway was a stock car and speedway racing track located near Purfleet, Essex. It opened in 1978 and closed in 2018. The Lakeside Shopping Centre was built close to the venue.

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  Ockendon railway station · 1.6 km

  Ockendon is a railway station located on a passing loop on a single-track branch of the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the town of South Ockendon, Essex. It is 18 miles 44 chains (29.9 km) down the line fr…

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  Grays Athletic F.C. · 1.6 km

  Grays Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Grays, Essex, England. It is currently a member of the Isthmian League North Division. The team play at Chadfields in nearby Tilbury.

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  Brimsdown F.C. · 1.6 km

  Brimsdown Football Club is a football club based in Brimsdown in the London Borough of Enfield, England. They are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Division One South and play at Aveley's Parkside ground.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)