Property market
The five-year median is £425,000 from 1,239 recorded sales in RM5. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Havering is £456,759 in June 2026, up 3.9% year on year.
RM5
UK postcode district
Part of Romford
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 490
- Current units
- 380
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 6
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- London
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 110
Postcode sectors in RM5
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
8,749 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 139, Chase Cross Road, Romford, RM5 3YS | 17 July 2026 | £650,000 |
| 284, Collier Row Lane, Romford, RM5 3NL | 2 July 2026 | £525,000 |
| 49, Chase Cross Road, Romford, RM5 3PL | 30 June 2026 | £483,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 3
- Primary
- 3
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,403
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 434
- Anti social behaviour 230
- Other theft 149
- Vehicle crime 114
- Shoplifting 110
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- RM5 usual residents
- 20,835
- Age-profile population
- 20,469
Age bands in RM5
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 20%
- 4,090 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.4%
- 2,334 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.2%
- 5,371 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.4%
- 4,998 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 18%
- 3,676 residents
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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 378 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 357 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 309 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
in this district
CHASE CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE
13-15 CHASE CROSS ROAD, COLLIER ROW, ROMFORD, RM5 3PJ
ODS code F82630
LYNWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
2A-6 LYNWOOD DRIVE, ROMFORD, RM5 3QL
ODS code F82030
Evidence in context
Schools
3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,403 published events cover 12 months, averaging 117 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 434 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.