Thundersley and South Benfleet
TownTown in Castle Point, East of England.
Thundersley and South Benfleet is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Thundersley and South Benfleet 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 0% of people in Thundersley and South Benfleet live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Thundersley and South Benfleet compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Thundersley and South Benfleet safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Thundersley and South Benfleet at a rate of 47.0 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, 235 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Thundersley and South Benfleet.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,011), other crime (378) and anti-social behaviour (249).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Thundersley and South Benfleet was 49.2 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 Thundersley and South Benfleet, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Thundersley and South Benfleet has no single figure. Of its 32 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 11 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 8 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Thundersley and South Benfleet
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Point 001A | 1,608 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.8% |
| Castle Point 001B | 1,537 | 29.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.0% |
| Castle Point 001C | 1,334 | 28.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.4% |
| Castle Point 001D | 1,665 | 73.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 55.2% |
| Castle Point 001E | 1,679 | 25.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.6% |
| Castle Point 002A | 1,409 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.5% |
| Castle Point 002B | 1,471 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| Castle Point 002C | 1,995 | 25.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.8% |
| Castle Point 002D | 1,577 | 63.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.5% |
| Castle Point 002E | 1,500 | 94.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.2% |
| Castle Point 003A | 1,993 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.2% |
| Castle Point 003B | 1,511 | 31.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.7% |
| Castle Point 003C | 1,790 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.1% |
| Castle Point 003D | 1,332 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.7% |
| Castle Point 004A | 1,538 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.0% |
| Castle Point 004B | 1,642 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 75.8% |
| Castle Point 004C | 1,799 | 25.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.8% |
| Castle Point 004D | 1,522 | 45.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.3% |
| Castle Point 004E | 1,578 | 16.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.1% |
| Castle Point 005A | 1,663 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.4% |
| Castle Point 005B | 1,534 | 20.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.5% |
| Castle Point 005C | 1,463 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.4% |
| Castle Point 005D | 1,385 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.6% |
| Castle Point 006A | 1,526 | 87.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.1% |
| Castle Point 006B | 2,131 | 72.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.1% |
| Castle Point 006C | 1,533 | 83.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.8% |
| Castle Point 006D | 1,497 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.5% |
| Castle Point 007A | 1,749 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.9% |
| Castle Point 007B | 1,395 | 30.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.7% |
| Castle Point 007C | 1,872 | 89.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.4% |
| Castle Point 007D | 1,404 | 12.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.8% |
| Castle Point 007E | 1,627 | 59.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.7% |
Your MP
- Rebecca HarrisConservativeMP for Castle Point
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
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Postcode districts covering Thundersley and South Benfleet1
Middle areas in Thundersley and South Benfleet7
Towns near Thundersley and South Benfleet6
Thundersley and South Benfleet in brief
Thundersley and South Benfleet is a town in Castle Point, East of England.
About 50,596 people lived in Thundersley and South Benfleet in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £400,000 in 2025 across 861 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 47.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Thundersley and South Benfleet was £400,000 in 2025.
Thundersley and South Benfleet had 49,886 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Thundersley and South Benfleet live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Thundersley and South Benfleet, 92.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.