Crap Towns / South Ockendon / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in South Ockendon?
In January 2026, 1.8% of premises in South Ockendon couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 54 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 54 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 166 | 1.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 8,791 | 95.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Stone | 7.8 km | 9.4 |
| Tilbury | 7.3 km | 2.0 |
| South Ockendon | – | 1.8 |
| Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock | 3.5 km | 1.7 |
| Havering | 7.6 km | 1.1 |
| Dartford | 8.4 km | 0.8 |
| Aveley | 3.2 km | 0.8 |
| Purfleet-on-Thames | 5.0 km | 0.7 |
| Grays | 4.2 km | 0.4 |
| Chadwell St Mary | 6.3 km | 0.3 |
| Swanscombe | 7.3 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |