Aveley
Town · 9,362 residents
60Good
Good · better than 3 in 10 towns
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- 55% of residents live within five minutes of a park
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 12% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Road noise reaches 97% of the area
- Food & drink scores 35, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Aveley
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Aveley a good place to live?
Aveley scores 60/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (83).
It scores lowest on food & drink (35).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Aveley in East of England, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Aveley
Aveley reads as pebble-dashed semis and post-war terraces off the A13 corridor, the kind of place where front gardens are paved for a second car and the housing stock looks built for people who work rather than browse. It sits within Thurrock's commuter belt rather than London's, and the streets have a settled, unglamorous practicality to them rather than any polish.
The numbers back up that impression of a place that's solidly average, tipping slightly better than its surroundings. An overall grade in the B range, anchored by strong health and connectivity marks, puts Aveley close to the national norm rather than at either extreme — and against Thurrock specifically, prices here run about 8.6% higher than the borough average, while the crime rate sits well below the parent authority's. That's the quiet spine of the piece: a B+ on safety sitting inside a borough with a notably rougher reputation. Violence and sexual offences make up over a third of recorded crime, which is the single category worth knowing about, but the overall rate compares favourably to Thurrock as a whole.
Housing here is dominated by freehold semis and terraces — of the sales sampled, semi-detached and terraced properties together account for the vast bulk of the market, and freehold ownership is the norm rather than the exception. A For Sale board on an Aveley street is very likely advertising a three-bed semi with its own garden and no service charge, and at a median around £360,000 to £380,000 you're paying a touch above the national average but roughly in line with the regional one. The five-year direction on price is described as improving, even if any single year's movement is noisy. Schools are a mixed picture: Aveley Primary holds a Good rating, but the secondary option, Ormiston Park Academy, is rated Requires Improvement with a weak progress 8 score, which matters if you've got teenagers rather than toddlers. With 34 transport stops serving a population under five thousand, local buses are well provided for, though this is a driving-and-bus town more than a rail one on the data available.