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RM5 2BX

Chadwell Heath · Barking and Dagenham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Chadwell Heath
Local authority
Barking and Dagenham
Constituency
Ilford South
Postcode district
RM5
Postcode sector
RM5 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RM5 2EA 39 m
RM5 2DD 71 m
RM5 2BG 166 m
RM5 2BH 173 m
RM5 2BT 225 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RM5 2BX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1996
Postcode area
RM
Postcode district
RM5
Postcode sector
RM5 2
Latitude
51.594629
Longitude
0.145389
British National Grid easting
548,700
British National Grid northing
190,600

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Barking and Dagenham · E09000002
Electoral ward
Chadwell Heath · E05014058
Parish or community
E43000192
Westminster constituency
Ilford South · E14001301
Output area
E00000156
Lower layer super output area
Barking and Dagenham 001A · E01000027
Middle layer super output area
Barking and Dagenham 001 · E02000002

Postcode source versions

Explore RM5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
93
Primary
58
Secondary
14

  1. Crownfield Infant School

    Community school

    789 m

  2. Crownfield Junior School

    Community school

    789 m

  3. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    959 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
1,776
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 591
  • Anti social behaviour 249
  • Shoplifting 167
  • Other theft 165
  • Vehicle crime 138

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
RM5 2 residents
9,813

Age bands in RM5 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.5%

1,846 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.8%

1,066 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.3%

2,369 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.1%

2,268 residents

Age 65 and over
16.3%

1,471 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.

GP practices

36

within 5 km straight-line

  • MARKS GATE HEALTH CENTRE

    LAWN FARM GROVE, CHADWELL HEATH, ROMFORD, RM6 5LL

    ODS code F82604

    1.3 km

  • CHASE CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE

    13-15 CHASE CROSS ROAD, COLLIER ROW, ROMFORD, RM5 3PJ

    ODS code F82630

    1.5 km

  • LYNWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    2A-6 LYNWOOD DRIVE, ROMFORD, RM5 3QL

    ODS code F82030

    1.5 km

  • DR GUPTA

    206 MAWNEY ROAD, ROMFORD, RM7 8BU

    ODS code F82610

    1.9 km

  • NORTH STREET MEDICAL CARE

    274 NORTH STREET, ROMFORD, RM1 4QJ

    ODS code F82009

    2.2 km

  • ASHTON GARDENS SURGERY

    ASHTON GARDENS, ROMFORD, RM6 6RT

    ODS code F82686

    2.4 km

  • THE UPSTAIRS SURGERY

    ASHTON GARDENS, ROMFORD, RM6 6RT

    ODS code F82019

    2.4 km

  • GROVE SURGERY

    200 CHADWELL HEATH LANE, CHADWELL HEATH, ROMFORD, RM6 4YU

    ODS code Y00155

    2.6 km

  • CHADWELL HEATH SURGERY

    72-74 CHADWELL HEATH LANE, CHADWELL HEATH, ROMFORD, RM6 4AF

    ODS code F86028

    2.7 km

  • ST EDWARDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    7 ST. EDWARDS WAY, ROMFORD, RM1 3DQ

    ODS code F82011

    3.0 km

  • THE FOREST EDGE PRACTICE

    HAINAULT HEALTH CENTRE, MANFORD WAY, CHIGWELL, IG7 4DF

    ODS code F86007

    3.3 km

  • THE WILLOWS PRACTICE

    HAINAULT HEALTH CENTRE, MANFORD WAY, CHIGWELL, IG7 4DF

    ODS code F86057

    3.3 km

  • WESTERN ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    99 WESTERN ROAD, ROMFORD, RM1 3LS

    ODS code F82013

    3.4 km

  • GREEN LANE SURGERY

    872 GREEN LANE, DAGENHAM, RM8 1BX

    ODS code F82661

    3.8 km

  • LABURNUM HEALTH CENTRE

    ALTHORNE WAY, DAGENHAM, RM10 7DF

    ODS code F82051

    3.8 km

  • GOODMAYES MEDICAL CENTRE

    4 EASTWOOD ROAD, GOODMAYES, ILFORD, IG3 8XB

    ODS code F86087

    3.9 km

  • BECONTREE MEDICAL CENTRE

    641-645 BECONTREE AVENUE, DAGENHAM, RM8 3HP

    ODS code F82677

    3.9 km

  • MODERN MEDICAL CENTRE

    195 RUSH GREEN ROAD, ROMFORD, RM7 0PX

    ODS code F82638

    3.9 km

  • TULASI MEDICAL CENTRE

    10 BENNETTS CASTLE LANE, DAGENHAM, RM8 3XU

    ODS code F82660

    4.0 km

  • DR MARKS PRACTICE

    107 BRENTWOOD ROAD, ROMFORD, RM1 2SH

    ODS code F82663

    4.0 km

Showing 20 of 36 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Sungate Cottages

    BCT · Marks Gate

    0.1 miles

  • Sungate Cottages

    BCT · Marks Gate

    0.1 miles

  • The City Pavilion

    BCT · Marks Gate

    0.1 miles

  • The City Pavilion

    BCT · Marks Gate

    0.1 miles

  • Marks Gate Billet Road

    BCT · Chadwell Heath

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Barking and Dagenham 001A, 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

6,841 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
7 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

93 open schools are in scope, including 58 primary and 14 secondary schools. Crownfield Infant School is the nearest published school at 789 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,776 published events cover 12 months, averaging 148 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 591 events.

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