Tilbury
Middle areaSouth Thurrock. 15,556 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 11 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 9% of people in Tilbury live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Tilbury
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Tilbury at a rate of 137.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 100.8 per 1,000 people across Thurrock.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 784 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 325 |
| Other crime | 274 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 267 |
| Vehicle crime | 203 |
| Shoplifting | 95 |
| Drug offences | 83 |
| Burglary | 78 |
| Robbery | 15 |
| Theft from the person | 8 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Tilbury compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Tilbury safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Tilbury at a rate of 137.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 100.8 per 1,000 people across Thurrock.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 158 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Tilbury.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (784), anti-social behaviour (325) and other crime (274).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Thurrock
These figures are published for the whole of Thurrock, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Thurrock and not Tilbury alone. See Thurrock
Tilbury in brief
The median price paid for a home in Tilbury was £327,000 in 2025.
Tilbury had 14,821 usual residents at the census.
About 9% of people in Tilbury live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Tilbury, 95.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.