Southfields

18°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 18° · 72% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:20

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom

21 reported · July 2026▲ 31% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Bicycle theft2
• Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: Corringham, Orsett and Stanford-le-Hope · 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)

109 food businesses within 2 miles

• 89 rated 4–5 ★ (59 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stanford-le-Hope (2.6 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, 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: 135.8p · AppleGreen (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.5 km)

24 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

23 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Marlborough Road (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches10
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds1

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
• 28 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

James McMurdock

Independent

South Basildon and East Thurrock

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 4
• Con 2
• Ref 43

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

74 jobs advertised · £29,551 avg

e.g. Cleaner, Weekend Kitchen Porter, Online Chemistry Tutoring Job in Southfields – Flexible Schedule

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

Nuclear 39% · Wind 39% · Gas 14% · Imports 9%

64 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 South Basildon and East Thurrock:

• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test454 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office405 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership289 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance256 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s253 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Orsett · 1.3 km

  Orsett is a village in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. It lies 3 miles (5 km) north-east of the centre of Grays, its post town. At the 2021 census the Orsett built up area had a population of 1,461.

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  St Giles' and All Saints' Church, Orsett · 1.6 km

  St Giles & All Saints Church is a Church of England parish church in Orsett, Essex, England, which is of medieval origin. It is a Grade I listed building.

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  Basildon (constituency) · 1.8 km

  Basildon was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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  Orsett Hall · 2.0 km

  Orsett Hall was a 17th-century Grade II listed building in Orsett, Essex. It was set in 12 acres (4.9 ha) of parkland and was the centre of the Orsett Hall agricultural estate. The house was destroyed by fire on 11 Ma…

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  Thurrock · 2.1 km

  Thurrock is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames immediately east of London and has over 18 miles (29 km) of riverfront…

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  Linford, Essex · 2.2 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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)