Stanford-le-Hope
Stanford-le-Hope is covered by postcode district SS17. It is in the Thurrock council area, England.
Every postcode in Stanford-le-Hope, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 9
- At medium risk at worst: 15
- At low risk at worst: 36
- At very low risk only: 10
- Not on the at-risk list: 548
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 618 postcodes in Stanford-le-Hope that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 15 are at medium risk at worst, 36 are at low risk at worst, 10 are at very low risk only and 548 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
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. 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 51.5223, longitude 0.4399. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SS17 0GX, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SS17 8DT, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SS17 8DH, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Stanford-le-Hope?
Homes sold for a typical £363,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.3% on the 12 months before. At 513 of the 605 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 191 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 70 of its 618 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Stanford-le-Hope, 1.5 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 Stanford-le-Hope?
Homes in Stanford-le-Hope sold for a typical £363,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 342 sales, down 0.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £365,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £363,750
▼ down 0.3% on the 12 months before
Across the whole SS17 district, Stanford-le-Hope's main postcode district: a typical £365,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Stanford-le-Hope: 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 Stanford-le-Hope?
28 of the 618 postcodes now in use in Stanford-le-Hope came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 8 of the 414 homes sold in Stanford-le-Hope were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SS17 district, 8%.
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 Stanford-le-Hope | Across the SS17 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 342 (0%) | 3 of 393 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 8 of 414 (2%) | 38 of 492 (8%) |
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 Stanford-le-Hope?
Ofcom reports on 605 of the 618 postcodes in Stanford-le-Hope. At 513 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 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 Stanford-le-Hope at risk of flooding?
70 of the 618 postcodes in Stanford-le-Hope 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 191 homes and businesses 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 Stanford-le-Hope?
The open schools at the postcodes in Stanford-le-Hope. 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
- Abbots Hall Primary School100 m 437 pupils, 270 places
- Arthur Bugler Primary School200 m 406 pupils, 420 places
- Graham James Primary Academy400 m 461 pupils, 480 places
- Giffards Primary School850 m 412 pupils, 630 places
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School950 m 196 pupils, 210 places
- Stanford-Le-Hope Primary School1.2 km 438 pupils, 420 places
- Mossbourne Herd Lane Academy1.8 km 440 pupils, 480 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 Stanford-le-Hope?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Stanford-le-Hope is Stanford-le-Hope Rail Station, 1.5 km away in a straight line.
- Stanford-le-Hope Rail Station Railway station 1.5 kmCycle
- East Tilbury Rail Station Railway station 4.6 kmCycle
- Laindon Rail Station Railway station 5.1 kmDrive
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 Stanford-le-Hope?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Stanford-le-Hope. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Dr Devaraja Vc Practice350 m
- Hassengate Medical Centre950 m
- Southend Road Surgery1.3 km
- Neera Medical Centre1.3 km
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Stanford-le-Hope safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,499 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Stanford-le-Hope 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
- 100 September 2025
- 94 October 2025
- 129 November 2025
- 98 December 2025
- 121 January 2026
- 140 February 2026
- 151 March 2026
- 123 April 2026
- 173 May 2026
- 137 June 2026
- 109 July 2026
- 124 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 55, other crime 30, robbery 20, bicycle theft 10, possession of weapons 8, theft from the person 2.
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 Stanford-le-Hope?
- Council
- Thurrock
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Basildon and East Thurrock
- Police force area
- Essex
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- MP
- James McMurdock (Independent)
All 618 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Stanford-le-Hope
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 Stanford-le-Hope
- 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
Stanford-le-Hope postcodes
618 postcodes in use in Stanford-le-Hope, by district:
That district is in the SS postcode area.
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Places near Stanford-le-Hope
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Stanford-le-Hope's £363,750. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Stanford-le-Hope
- What is it like to live in Stanford-le-Hope?
- Homes sold for a typical £363,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.3% on the 12 months before. At 513 of the 605 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 191 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 70 of its 618 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Stanford-le-Hope, 1.5 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 Stanford-le-Hope?
- Stanford-le-Hope is covered by postcode district SS17, across 618 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Stanford-le-Hope in?
- Stanford-le-Hope is in the Thurrock council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Stanford-le-Hope?
- Stanford-le-Hope is in the South Basildon and East Thurrock parliamentary constituency. Its MP is James McMurdock (Independent), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Stanford-le-Hope?
- Homes in Stanford-le-Hope sold for a typical £363,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 342 sales, down 0.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Stanford-le-Hope?
- In Stanford-le-Hope, primary schools at its postcodes include Abbots Hall Primary School, Arthur Bugler Primary School and Graham James Primary Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Mossbourne Port Side Academy, Mossbourne Fobbing Academy and St Clere's School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Stanford-le-Hope have a railway station?
- Yes: Stanford-le-Hope is 1.5 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Stanford-le-Hope, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Stanford-le-Hope?
- Ofcom reports on 605 of the 618 postcodes in Stanford-le-Hope. At 513 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Stanford-le-Hope at risk of flooding?
- 70 of the 618 postcodes in Stanford-le-Hope 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 191 homes and businesses 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 Stanford-le-Hope?
- 28 of the 618 postcodes now in use in Stanford-le-Hope came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 8 of the 414 homes sold in Stanford-le-Hope were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SS17 district, 8%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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