South Ockendon
TownTown in Thurrock, East of England.
South Ockendon is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for South Ockendon 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.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 7% of people in South Ockendon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How South Ockendon compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is South Ockendon safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in South Ockendon at a rate of 84.2 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, 182 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in South Ockendon.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (845), other crime (324) and anti-social behaviour (253).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in South Ockendon was 75.5 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 South Ockendon, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so South Ockendon has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in South Ockendon
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurrock 006A | 1,865 | 123.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 81.9% |
| Thurrock 006B | 1,607 | 114.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.8% |
| Thurrock 006C | 1,925 | 84.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.7% |
| Thurrock 006E | 1,439 | 21.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Thurrock 006F | 1,599 | 82.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Thurrock 006G | 1,760 | 43.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.6% |
| Thurrock 006H | 1,835 | 61.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Thurrock 007A | 1,915 | 84.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Thurrock 007B | 1,769 | 62.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Thurrock 007C | 1,538 | 89.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.5% |
| Thurrock 007D | 1,839 | 57.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Thurrock 007E | 1,545 | 34.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 80.8% |
| Thurrock 007F | 1,802 | 217.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
Your MP
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering South Ockendon1
Middle areas in South Ockendon2
Towns near South Ockendon6
South Ockendon in brief
South Ockendon is a town in Thurrock, East of England.
About 23,375 people lived in South Ockendon in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £347,250 in 2025 across 242 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 84.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in South Ockendon was £347,250 in 2025.
South Ockendon had 22,441 usual residents at the census.
About 7% of people in South Ockendon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In South Ockendon, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.