Stanford-le-Hope

11°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 9° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:26

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, 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

131 reported · August 2026▲ 25% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences46
• Anti-social behaviour26
• Shoplifting19
• Other theft12

8 stop & searches

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

129 food businesses within 2 miles

• 107 rated 4–5 ★ (67 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, 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: 135.8p · AppleGreen (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (8.3 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 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

• Gyms3
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches14
• Playgrounds3

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

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)

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,245 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

149 jobs advertised · £40,180 avg

e.g. Transport Controller, Class 2 ADR Driver - Cylinders - Stanford-le-Hope, Mortgage Broker

Source: Adzuna

£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

65% low-carbon electricity

Wind 37% · Gas 34% · Nuclear 15% · Biomass 7%

143 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

9 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in SS17

• Southend Road Surgery
• Hassengate Medical Centre
• Neera Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Basildon and East Thurrock:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND278 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth244 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK173 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases161 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence129 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• 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.

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  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…

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  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.

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  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…

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  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…

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  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)