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Stanford-le-Hope

Stanford-le-Hope is a town in Essex, England, with a population of around 29,525. It has around 2 schools, 2 pharmacies, 2 supermarkets, and 25 restaurants and cafés, along with 30 bus stops and the Stanford-le-Hope railway station 1.5 km away. The average sold house price is around £374,360, and there were around 138 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 Stanford-le-Hope 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

19°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 24° / 15° · 21% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:22

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Crime

120 reported · July 2026 14% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences44
  • Anti-social behaviour26
  • Other theft10
  • Shoplifting9

6 stop & searches

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

133 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 106 rated 4–5 ★ (68 top)
  • 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Stanford-le-Hope (1.2 km)
  • 29 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Stanford-Le-Hope (1.3 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: 135.8p · AppleGreen (8.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (8.3 km)

22 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

19 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: King Street Car Park (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms3
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches14
  • Playgrounds3

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

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 12 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

Your MP

James McMurdock

Independent

South Basildon and East Thurrock

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK majority

  • Lab 4
  • Con 2
  • Ref 43

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools11
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens10
  • Restaurants & cafés20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

218 jobs advertised · £39,762 avg

e.g. Open Driver Account With Uber - Drive And Earn When And Where You Want, Drive with Uber, Shift Fitter

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

Grid electricity

93% low-carbon electricity

Wind 56% · Nuclear 18% · Solar 16% · Gas 7%

31 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

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

  • Ortu Hassenbrook Academy · 0.6 km

    Mossbourne Portside Academy formerly Ortu Hassenbrook Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, England.

  • The Homesteads, Essex · 0.9 km

    The Homesteads, also known as Balstonia, is a housing estate and ward in the town of Stanford-le-Hope in Thurrock, Essex, England. It is situated on the town's eastern boundary with Corringham, around half-a-mile nort…

  • South Basildon and East Thurrock · 0.9 km

    South Basildon and East Thurrock is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by James McMurdock, an Independent, originally elected for Reform UK.

  • Stanford-le-Hope · 1.2 km

    Stanford-le-Hope is a town in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. Often known locally simply as Stanford, the town is located 24 miles (39 km) east of Charing Cross in central London. At the 2021 census the Sta…

  • Stanford-le-Hope railway station · 1.2 km

    Stanford-le-Hope railway station is on a loop line of the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the town of Stanford-le-Hope, Essex. It is 27 miles 13 chains (43.7 km) down the line from London Fenchurch Street v…

  • Grove House Wood · 1.4 km

    Grove House Wood is a 2.2 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Stanford-le-Hope in Essex. According to Natural England, it is owned by Thurrock Council and managed by Essex Wildlife Trust but it is not listed on the web si…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Stanford-le-Hope?
Stanford-le-Hope is a town in Essex, England, in the Thurrock local authority.
What is the population of Stanford-le-Hope?
Stanford-le-Hope has an approximate settlement population of 29,525.
How deprived is Stanford-le-Hope?
The Thurrock local authority, which includes Stanford-le-Hope, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.