# Grays

Town in Thurrock, East of England.

Grays is a town in Thurrock, East of England. Median sale price £360,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 102.4 per 1,000 people. About 45,637 people.

Town. Code E63004955. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Thurrock](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock)

Grays is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Grays add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £360,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Grays was £360,000 in 2025. Joint 251st most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/grays#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 44,340** (2021). Grays had 44,340 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 252nd most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/grays#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 86%** (2022). About 86% of people in Grays live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/grays#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.1%** (January 2026). In Grays, 97.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/grays#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63004955) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 86% of people in Grays live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63004955) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 519 homes were sold in Grays in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63004955) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Grays.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63004955) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Grays had 44,340 usual residents at the census.

## How Grays compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Grays | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £360,000 | 58th most expensive | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 |
| Population | 44,340 | 22nd most populated | 130 towns, East of England · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 86% | joint 12th most people in radon Affected Areas | 130 towns, East of England · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.1% | joint 11th highest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 |

## Is Grays safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Grays at a rate of 102.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across East of England.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 504 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Grays.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,704), other crime (818) and anti-social behaviour (554).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Grays was 98.7 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in Grays, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Grays has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Grays

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Thurrock 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015957) | 1,536 | 67.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.9% |
| [Thurrock 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015958) | 1,355 | 76.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| [Thurrock 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015993) | 1,643 | 116.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.6% |
| [Thurrock 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015994) | 1,703 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Thurrock 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015995) | 1,667 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Thurrock 009F](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015996) | 1,742 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| [Thurrock 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015963) | 1,211 | 147.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Thurrock 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015964) | 1,614 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| [Thurrock 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015965) | 2,626 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| [Thurrock 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015966) | 1,630 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| [Thurrock 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015960) | 1,506 | 85.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.7% |
| [Thurrock 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015967) | 1,572 | 60.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| [Thurrock 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015968) | 1,445 | 59.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.2% |
| [Thurrock 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015969) | 1,834 | 71.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.1% |
| [Thurrock 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015970) | 1,413 | 63.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.6% |
| [Thurrock 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015955) | 1,711 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.5% |
| [Thurrock 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015956) | 2,156 | 245.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.4% |
| [Thurrock 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015959) | 1,951 | 100.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.4% |
| [Thurrock 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015961) | 1,655 | 63.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| [Thurrock 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015962) | 1,831 | 121.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.8% |
| [Thurrock 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015951) | 1,763 | 68.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.0% |
| [Thurrock 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015952) | 2,371 | 56.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.6% |
| [Thurrock 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015953) | 2,709 | 122.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.6% |
| [Thurrock 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/neighbourhood/e01015954) | 2,581 | 361.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.1% |

## Your MP

- [Thurrock](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/thurrock): Jen Craft (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Thurrock](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock)

## Postcode districts covering Grays

[RM16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm16), [RM17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm17)

## Middle areas in Grays

[Grays Chafford Gorges & Orsett Road](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/grays-chafford-gorges-and-orsett-road), [Grays Town](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/grays-town), [Little Thurrock North](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/little-thurrock-north), [Little Thurrock South](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/little-thurrock-south), [Stifford Clays](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock/stifford-clays)

## Towns near Grays

[Chadwell St Mary](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chadwell-st-mary), [Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chafford-hundred-and-west-thurrock), [Tilbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tilbury), [South Ockendon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-ockendon), [Northfleet](https://openindex.co.uk/town/northfleet), [Swanscombe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swanscombe)

## Grays in brief

Grays is a town in Thurrock, East of England.
About 45,637 people lived in Grays in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £360,000 in 2025 across 519 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 102.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Grays was £360,000 in 2025.
Grays had 44,340 usual residents at the census.
About 86% of people in Grays live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Grays, 97.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63004955
- Constituency: [Thurrock †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/thurrock)
- Council: [Thurrock †](https://openindex.co.uk/thurrock)
- Region: [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/east-of-england)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 8.12 km²
- People, mid-2024: 45,637*
- Neighbourhoods: 24
- Output areas: 133

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chafford-hundred-and-west-thurrock), [Tilbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tilbury), [Chadwell St Mary](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chadwell-st-mary), [South Ockendon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-ockendon), [Northfleet](https://openindex.co.uk/town/northfleet), [Swanscombe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/swanscombe)

## Latest updates for Grays

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63004955

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/grays, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/grays#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/grays