RM17 5BS

Grays Town · Thurrock · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Grays
Local authority
Thurrock
Constituency
Thurrock
Postcode district
RM17
Postcode sector
RM17 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RM17 5XT 42 m
RM17 5BT 47 m
RM17 5XN 71 m
RM17 5XY 76 m
RM17 9ZZ 109 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RM17 5BS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RM
Postcode district
RM17
Postcode sector
RM17 5
Latitude
51.478942
Longitude
0.320615
British National Grid easting
561,244
British National Grid northing
178,107

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Thurrock · E06000034
Parish or community
E43000029
Westminster constituency
Thurrock · E14001546
Output area
E00080675
Lower layer super output area
Thurrock 016B · E01015956
Middle layer super output area
Thurrock 016 · E02003311

Postcode source versions

Explore RM17

20 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
26, Argyll Road, Grays, RM17 5BS 11 July 2025 £275,000
3, Argyll Road, Grays, RM17 5BS 15 November 2024 £300,000
23, Argyll Road, Grays, RM17 5BS 8 October 2021 £363,250

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
51
Primary
35
Secondary
9
  1. The Light Christian School

    Other independent school

    250 m
  2. Thames Park Secondary School

    Free schools

    523 m
  3. Belmont Castle Academy

    Academy converter

    729 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,707
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,408
  • Shoplifting 377
  • Public order 300
  • Vehicle crime 292
  • Other theft 262

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
67

30 female, 37 male

Postcode households
23
Residents per household
2.9
RM17 5 residents
14,180

Age bands in RM17 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.2%

2,605 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.2%

1,519 residents

Age 25 to 44
30.6%

4,148 residents

Age 45 to 64
25%

3,389 residents

Age 65 and over
14%

1,898 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RM17 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

18

within 5 km

  • THURROCK HEALTH CENTRE

    55-57 HIGH STREET, GRAYS, RM17 6NB

    ODS code Y02807

    255 m

  • MILTON ROAD AND THE GRAYS SURGERY

    78 HIGH STREET, GRAYS, RM17 6HU

    ODS code F81641

    450 m

  • DELL MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE DELL MEDICAL CENTRE, 111 ORSETT ROAD, GRAYS, RM17 5HB

    ODS code F81219

    543 m

  • ODDFELLOWS HALL & ST CLEMENTS

    ODDFELLOWS HEALTH CENTRE, DELL ROAD, GRAYS, RM17 5JY

    ODS code Y00999

    545 m

  • KADIM PRIMECARE MEDICAL CENTRE

    167 BRIDGE ROAD, GRAYS, RM17 6DB

    ODS code F81623

    704 m

  • DR YADAVA N PRACTICE

    34 EAST THURROCK ROAD, GRAYS, RM17 6SP

    ODS code F81211

    909 m

  • BALFOUR MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 BALFOUR ROAD, GRAYS, RM17 5NS

    ODS code F81155

    1.5 km

  • CHAFFORD HUNDRED MEDICAL CENTRE

    DRAKE ROAD, CHAFFORD HUNDRED, GRAYS, RM16 6RS

    ODS code F81113

    1.7 km

  • STIFFORD CLAYS MEDICAL CENTRE

    CRAMMAVILL STREET, STIFFORD CLAYS, GRAYS, RM16 2AP

    ODS code F81192

    2.2 km

  • SAI MEDICAL CENTRE

    105 CALCUTTA ROAD, TILBURY, RM18 7QA

    ODS code F81708

    3.2 km

  • MEDIC HOUSE

    OTTAWA ROAD, TILBURY, RM18 7RJ

    ODS code F81652

    3.4 km

  • COMMONWEALTH HEALTH CENTRE

    QUEBEC ROAD, TILBURY, RM18 7RB

    ODS code F81206

    3.4 km

  • TILBURY HEALTH CENTRE

    LONDON ROAD, TILBURY, RM18 8EB

    ODS code F81110

    3.7 km

  • SANCTA MARIA MEDICAL CENTRE

    DAIGLEN DRIVE, SOUTH OCKENDON, RM15 5SZ

    ODS code F81197

    4.1 km

  • DR YASIN SA PRACTICE

    DARENTH LANE, SOUTH OCKENDON, RM15 5LP

    ODS code F81632

    4.2 km

  • DERRY COURT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    UNIT 2/3 DERRY COURT, DERRY AVENUE, SOUTH OCKENDON, RM15 5GN

    ODS code F81669

    4.3 km

  • ORSETT SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, 63 ROWLEY ROAD, ORSETT, GRAYS, RM16 3ET

    ODS code F81137

    4.8 km

  • AVELEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    22 HIGH STREET, AVELEY, SOUTH OCKENDON, RM15 4AD

    ODS code F81010

    4.9 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Bus Station

    BCS · Grays

    0.1 miles
  • Bus Station

    BCS · Grays

    0.1 miles
  • Bus Station

    BCS · Grays

    0.1 miles
  • Bus Station

    BCS · Grays

    0.2 miles
  • Bus Station

    BCS · Grays

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Thurrock 016B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,406 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
2 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
11
Medium risk addresses
4
Low risk addresses
2
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £300,000 from 3 recorded sales in RM17 5BS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Thurrock is £327,176 in June 2026, up 2.3% year on year.

Schools

51 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 9 secondary schools. The Light Christian School is the nearest published school at 250 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

3,707 published events cover 12 months, averaging 308.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,408 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.