Grays
Grays is covered by postcode districts RM16, RM17, RM18 and RM20. It is in the Thurrock council area, England.
Every postcode in Grays, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 20
- In use before 2020: 753
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 773 postcodes in Grays that ONS places, 20 are new since 2020 and 753 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.4843, longitude 0.3309. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 15 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RM17 9TL, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Grays?
Homes sold for a typical £361,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.3% on the 12 months before. At 626 of the 714 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 136 of its 773 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Grays, 1.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Grays?
Homes in Grays sold for a typical £361,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 378 sales, up 0.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £483,500 40 sales
- Semi-detached £420,000 129 sales
- Terraced £343,000 139 sales
- Flat or maisonette £190,000 70 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole RM17 district, Grays's main postcode district: a typical £330,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Grays: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Grays?
20 of the 773 postcodes now in use in Grays came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 512 homes sold in Grays were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RM17 district, 0%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Grays | Across the RM17 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 378 (0%) | 0 of 252 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 512 (0%) | 0 of 346 (0%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Grays?
Ofcom reports on 714 of the 773 postcodes in Grays. At 626 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Grays at risk of flooding?
136 of the 773 postcodes in Grays have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1 home or business in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Grays?
The open schools at the postcodes in Grays (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Quarry Hill Academy300 m 501 pupils, 510 places
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School300 m 530 pupils, 624 places
- Little Thurrock Primary School800 m 639 pupils, 630 places
- The Light Christian School800 m 23 pupils, 80 places
- Thameside Primary School1.1 km 844 pupils, 860 places
- Deneholm Primary School1.2 km 374 pupils, 420 places
- Belmont Castle Academy1.5 km 691 pupils, 660 places
- Woodside Academy1.7 km 662 pupils, 660 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Grays?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Grays is Grays Rail Station, 1.1 km away in a straight line.
- Grays Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
- Tilbury Town Rail Station Railway station 2.9 kmCycle
- Chafford Hundred Rail Station Railway station 3.0 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Grays?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Grays, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Oddfellows Hall & St Clements Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2024 · Phone 01375 388070 450 mWalk
- Dell Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 0844 477 3125 500 mWalk
- Kadim Primecare Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01375 373322 500 mWalk
- Balfour Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2025 · Phone 01375 373366 550 mWalk
- Dr Yadava N Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01375 390575 850 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Grays safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 4,202 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Grays over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 336 September 2025
- 324 October 2025
- 370 November 2025
- 310 December 2025
- 346 January 2026
- 332 February 2026
- 327 March 2026
- 334 April 2026
- 336 May 2026
- 343 June 2026
- 400 July 2026
- 444 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 110, other crime 69, possession of weapons 57, bicycle theft 41, robbery 39, theft from the person 28.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Grays?
- Council
- Thurrock
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Thurrock (763) and South Basildon and East Thurrock (10)
- Police force area
- Essex
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Grays
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Thurrock about council tax Council tax, on thurrock.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Grays
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Grays postcodes
773 postcodes in use in Grays, by district:
Those districts are all in the RM postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Grays
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Grays's £361,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Grays
- What is it like to live in Grays?
- Homes sold for a typical £361,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.3% on the 12 months before. At 626 of the 714 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 136 of its 773 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Grays, 1.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Grays?
- Grays is covered by postcode districts RM16, RM17, RM18 and RM20, across 773 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Grays in?
- Grays is in the Thurrock council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Grays?
- Homes in Grays sold for a typical £361,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 378 sales, up 0.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Grays?
- In Grays, primary schools at its postcodes include Quarry Hill Academy, St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School and Little Thurrock Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Grays Convent High School, The Hathaway Academy and Thames Park Secondary School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Grays have a railway station?
- Yes: Grays is 1.1 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Grays, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Grays?
- Ofcom reports on 714 of the 773 postcodes in Grays. At 626 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Grays at risk of flooding?
- 136 of the 773 postcodes in Grays have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1 home or business in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Grays?
- 20 of the 773 postcodes now in use in Grays came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 512 homes sold in Grays were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RM17 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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