Little Thurrock Blackshots
WardSouth west Thurrock. About 7,389 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 40% of people in Little Thurrock Blackshots live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Little Thurrock Blackshots compares
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Is Little Thurrock Blackshots safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Little Thurrock Blackshots at a rate of 74.5 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, 78 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Little Thurrock Blackshots.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (161), anti-social behaviour (115) and other crime (96).
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 ward, so they describe all of Thurrock and not Little Thurrock Blackshots alone. See Thurrock
Little Thurrock Blackshots in brief
Little Thurrock Blackshots had 7,420 usual residents at the census.
About 40% of people in Little Thurrock Blackshots live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Little Thurrock Blackshots, 99.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Little Thurrock Blackshots, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.