RM6 5LA

Chadwell Heath · Barking and Dagenham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Romford
Local authority
Barking and Dagenham
Constituency
Ilford South
Postcode district
RM6
Postcode sector
RM6 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RM6 5JX 89 m
RM6 5LB 99 m
RM6 5JU 112 m
RM6 5JS 115 m
RM6 5LH 118 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RM6 5LA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RM
Postcode district
RM6
Postcode sector
RM6 5
Latitude
51.583454
Longitude
0.139752
British National Grid easting
548,346
British National Grid northing
189,346

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Barking and Dagenham · E09000002
Parish or community
E43000192
Westminster constituency
Ilford South · E14001301
Output area
E00000138
Lower layer super output area
Barking and Dagenham 001A · E01000027
Middle layer super output area
Barking and Dagenham 001 · E02000002

Postcode source versions

Explore RM6

43 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
24, Thatches Grove, Romford, RM6 5LA 8 September 2025 £230,000
1, Thatches Grove, Romford, RM6 5LA 17 March 2025 £450,000
39, Thatches Grove, Romford, RM6 5LA 20 September 2024 £420,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
112
Primary
71
Secondary
15
  1. Rose Lane Primary School

    Community school

    381 m
  2. The Warren School

    Academy sponsor led

    742 m
  3. Warren Junior School

    Community school

    826 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,541
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 987
  • Anti social behaviour 411
  • Vehicle crime 236
  • Drugs 162
  • Other theft 140

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
168

97 female, 71 male

Postcode households
52
Residents per household
3.2
RM6 5 residents
12,907

Age bands in RM6 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
24.7%

3,340 residents

Age 15 to 24
13.1%

1,780 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.4%

3,844 residents

Age 45 to 64
22.2%

3,005 residents

Age 65 and over
11.6%

1,571 residents

This postcode contained 1.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RM6 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

49

within 5 km

  • MARKS GATE HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code F82604

    229 m

  • ASHTON GARDENS SURGERY

    ASHTON GARDENS, ROMFORD, RM6 6RT

    ODS code F82686

    1.1 km

  • THE UPSTAIRS SURGERY

    ASHTON GARDENS, ROMFORD, RM6 6RT

    ODS code F82019

    1.1 km

  • GROVE SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y00155

    1.4 km

  • CHADWELL HEATH SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86028

    1.5 km

  • DR GUPTA

    206 MAWNEY ROAD, ROMFORD, RM7 8BU

    ODS code F82610

    1.7 km

  • NORTH STREET MEDICAL CARE

    274 NORTH STREET, ROMFORD, RM1 4QJ

    ODS code F82009

    2.4 km

  • GREEN LANE SURGERY

    872 GREEN LANE, DAGENHAM, RM8 1BX

    ODS code F82661

    2.5 km

  • CHASE CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F82630

    2.5 km

  • LYNWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F82030

    2.6 km

  • LABURNUM HEALTH CENTRE

    ALTHORNE WAY, DAGENHAM, RM10 7DF

    ODS code F82051

    2.7 km

  • BECONTREE MEDICAL CENTRE

    641-645 BECONTREE AVENUE, DAGENHAM, RM8 3HP

    ODS code F82677

    2.7 km

  • TULASI MEDICAL CENTRE

    10 BENNETTS CASTLE LANE, DAGENHAM, RM8 3XU

    ODS code F82660

    2.7 km

  • GOODMAYES MEDICAL CENTRE

    4 EASTWOOD ROAD, GOODMAYES, ILFORD, IG3 8XB

    ODS code F86087

    2.7 km

  • GREEN LANE, GOODMAYES MEDICAL PRACTICE

    595 GREEN LANE, GOODMAYES, ILFORD, IG3 9RN

    ODS code F86034

    2.9 km

  • ST EDWARDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    7 ST. EDWARDS WAY, ROMFORD, RM1 3DQ

    ODS code F82011

    2.9 km

  • MODERN MEDICAL CENTRE

    195 RUSH GREEN ROAD, ROMFORD, RM7 0PX

    ODS code F82638

    3.3 km

  • WESTERN ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    99 WESTERN ROAD, ROMFORD, RM1 3LS

    ODS code F82013

    3.3 km

  • DR SZ HAIDER'S PRACTICE

    561-563 VALENCE AVENUE, DAGENHAM, RM8 3RH

    ODS code F82038

    3.4 km

  • EASTBROOK SURGERY

    RUSH GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE, 261 DAGENHAM ROAD, ROMFORD, RM7 0XR

    ODS code F82039

    3.6 km

Showing 20 of 49 matching practices.

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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Whalebone Lane North/Rose Lane

    BCT · Chadwell Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Padnall Road Chadwell Heath

    BCT · Chadwell Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Whalebone Ln Nth/The Moby Dick

    BCT · Chadwell Heath

    0.2 miles
  • Marks Gate Community Centre

    BCT · Chadwell Heath

    0.2 miles
  • Whalebone Ln Nth/The Moby Dick

    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.

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
18
Medium risk addresses
3
Low risk addresses
5
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 £415,000 from 7 recorded sales in RM6 5LA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Barking and Dagenham is £371,030 in June 2026, up 4.3% year on year.

Schools

112 open schools are in scope, including 71 primary and 15 secondary schools. Rose Lane Primary School is the nearest published school at 381 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,541 published events cover 12 months, averaging 211.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 987 events.

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