Schools
127 open schools are in scope, including 78 primary and 17 secondary schools. Little Heath School is the nearest published school at 209 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
RM6 5SL
Aldborough · Redbridge · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Romford
- Ward
- Aldborough
- Local authority
- Redbridge
- Constituency
- Ilford North
- Postcode district
- RM6
- Postcode sector
- RM6 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- RM6 5SL
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- RM
- Postcode district
- RM6
- Postcode sector
- RM6 5
- Latitude
- 51.582675
- Longitude
- 0.116721
- British National Grid easting
- 546,753
- British National Grid northing
- 189,213
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Redbridge · E09000026
- Electoral ward
- Aldborough · E05011234
- Parish or community
- E43000216
- Westminster constituency
- Ilford North · E14001300
- Output area
- E00018353
- Lower layer super output area
- Redbridge 013B · E01003640
- Middle layer super output area
- Redbridge 013 · E02000763
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore RM6
Property
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Ivy Cottage, Eastern Avenue West, Romford, RM6 5SL | 29 November 2006 | £250,000 |
| Denpath, Eastern Avenue West, Romford, RM6 5SL | 9 March 2006 | £218,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 127
- Primary
- 78
- Secondary
- 17
- 209 m
Little Heath School
Foundation special school
- 224 m
Atam Academy
Free schools
- 346 m
The Constance Bridgeman Centre
Pupil referral unit
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,501
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,737
- Anti social behaviour 381
- Vehicle crime 226
- Shoplifting 194
- Other theft 182
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 11
- Postcode households
- 3
- Residents per household
- 3.7
- RM6 5 residents
- 12,907
4 female, 7 male
Age bands in RM6 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 24.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 11.6%
3,340 residents
1,780 residents
3,844 residents
3,005 residents
1,571 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% 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+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- 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
57
within 5 km
GROVE SURGERY
200 CHADWELL HEATH LANE, CHADWELL HEATH, ROMFORD, RM6 4YU
ODS code Y00155
800 m
CHADWELL HEATH SURGERY
72-74 CHADWELL HEATH LANE, CHADWELL HEATH, ROMFORD, RM6 4AF
ODS code F86028
1.2 km
MARKS GATE HEALTH CENTRE
LAWN FARM GROVE, CHADWELL HEATH, ROMFORD, RM6 5LL
ODS code F82604
1.4 km
GOODMAYES MEDICAL CENTRE
4 EASTWOOD ROAD, GOODMAYES, ILFORD, IG3 8XB
ODS code F86087
1.7 km
ASHTON GARDENS SURGERY
ASHTON GARDENS, ROMFORD, RM6 6RT
ODS code F82686
1.9 km
THE UPSTAIRS SURGERY
ASHTON GARDENS, ROMFORD, RM6 6RT
ODS code F82019
1.9 km
THE PALMS MEDICAL CENTRE
97-101 NETLEY ROAD, ILFORD, IG2 7NW
ODS code F86009
2.1 km
GREEN LANE, GOODMAYES MEDICAL PRACTICE
595 GREEN LANE, GOODMAYES, ILFORD, IG3 9RN
ODS code F86034
2.2 km
NEWBURY GROUP PRACTICE
NEWBURY PARK HEALTH CTRE, 40 PERRYMANS FARM ROAD, NEWBURY PARK, ILFORD, IG2 7LE
ODS code F86060
2.2 km
TULASI MEDICAL CENTRE
10 BENNETTS CASTLE LANE, DAGENHAM, RM8 3XU
ODS code F82660
2.5 km
THE DOCTORS HOUSE
40 CAMERON ROAD, SEVEN KINGS, ILFORD, IG3 8LF
ODS code Y00090
2.5 km
SEVEN KINGS PRACTICE
1 SALISBURY ROAD, SEVEN KINGS, ILFORD, IG3 8BG
ODS code F86637
2.5 km
FULLWELL CROSS MED. CTR.
1 TOMSWOOD HILL, BARKINGSIDE, ILFORD, IG6 2HG
ODS code F86010
2.6 km
GREEN LANE SURGERY
872 GREEN LANE, DAGENHAM, RM8 1BX
ODS code F82661
2.7 km
OAK TREE MEDICAL CENTRE
273-275 GREEN LANE, ILFORD, IG3 9TJ
ODS code F86025
2.8 km
THE FOREST EDGE PRACTICE
HAINAULT HEALTH CENTRE, MANFORD WAY, CHIGWELL, IG7 4DF
ODS code F86007
3.0 km
THE WILLOWS PRACTICE
HAINAULT HEALTH CENTRE, MANFORD WAY, CHIGWELL, IG7 4DF
ODS code F86057
3.0 km
FENCE PIECE ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
83 FENCEPIECE ROAD, HAINAULT, ILFORD, IG6 2NB
ODS code F86707
3.0 km
CRANBROOK SURGERY
737A CRANBROOK ROAD, ILFORD, IG2 6RJ
ODS code F86698
3.0 km
THE EASTERN AVENUE MEDICAL CENTRE
737 A CRANBROOK ROAD, ILFORD, IG2 6RJ
ODS code F86083
3.0 km
Showing 20 of 57 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
- 0.0 miles
Barley Lane
BCT · Little Heath
- 0.0 miles
Barley Lane
BCT · Little Heath
- 0.1 miles
Chadwell Heath Lane /Barley Ln
BCT · Little Heath
- 0.1 miles
Little Heath
BCT · Little Heath
- 0.2 miles
Little Heath
BCT · Little Heath
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Redbridge 013B, 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
6 of 10
Overall England rank
17,157 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 1 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- 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
Recorded crime
3,501 published events cover 12 months, averaging 291.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,737 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.