RM6 6QA

Chadwell Heath · Barking and Dagenham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Barking and Dagenham
Constituency
Ilford South
Postcode district
RM6
Postcode sector
RM6 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RM6 6PX 7 m
RM6 4LZ 27 m
RM6 6PU 35 m
RM6 6PY 41 m
RM6 4AH 49 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RM6 6QA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 August 2013
Postcode area
RM
Postcode district
RM6
Postcode sector
RM6 6
Latitude
51.570914
Longitude
0.130086
British National Grid easting
547,717
British National Grid northing
187,932

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
E00000154
Lower layer super output area
Barking and Dagenham 002B · E01000032
Middle layer super output area
Barking and Dagenham 002 · E02000003

Postcode source versions

Explore RM6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
136
Primary
84
Secondary
18
  1. Chadwell Primary School

    Community school

    593 m
  2. Furze Infant School

    Community school

    698 m
  3. St Bede's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    738 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6,842
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,829
  • Anti social behaviour 801
  • Shoplifting 594
  • Vehicle crime 531
  • Public order 370

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
RM6 6 residents
10,578

Age bands in RM6 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.7%

2,335 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.4%

1,340 residents

Age 25 to 44
31.4%

3,384 residents

Age 45 to 64
22.5%

2,422 residents

Age 65 and over
11.9%

1,285 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

70

within 5 km straight-line

  • CHADWELL HEATH SURGERY

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

    ODS code F86028

    462 m

  • ASHTON GARDENS SURGERY

    ASHTON GARDENS, ROMFORD, RM6 6RT

    ODS code F82686

    763 m

  • THE UPSTAIRS SURGERY

    ASHTON GARDENS, ROMFORD, RM6 6RT

    ODS code F82019

    763 m

  • GROVE SURGERY

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

    ODS code Y00155

    809 m

  • GREEN LANE SURGERY

    872 GREEN LANE, DAGENHAM, RM8 1BX

    ODS code F82661

    1.1 km

  • TULASI MEDICAL CENTRE

    10 BENNETTS CASTLE LANE, DAGENHAM, RM8 3XU

    ODS code F82660

    1.2 km

  • GREEN LANE, GOODMAYES MEDICAL PRACTICE

    595 GREEN LANE, GOODMAYES, ILFORD, IG3 9RN

    ODS code F86034

    1.4 km

  • GOODMAYES MEDICAL CENTRE

    4 EASTWOOD ROAD, GOODMAYES, ILFORD, IG3 8XB

    ODS code F86087

    1.4 km

  • BECONTREE MEDICAL CENTRE

    641-645 BECONTREE AVENUE, DAGENHAM, RM8 3HP

    ODS code F82677

    1.5 km

  • MARKS GATE HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code F82604

    1.6 km

  • LABURNUM HEALTH CENTRE

    ALTHORNE WAY, DAGENHAM, RM10 7DF

    ODS code F82051

    1.9 km

  • DR SZ HAIDER'S PRACTICE

    561-563 VALENCE AVENUE, DAGENHAM, RM8 3RH

    ODS code F82038

    2.0 km

  • DR A ARIF

    620 LONGBRIDGE ROAD, GOODMAYES, DAGENHAM, RM8 2AJ

    ODS code F86040

    2.4 km

  • SEVEN KINGS PRACTICE

    1 SALISBURY ROAD, SEVEN KINGS, ILFORD, IG3 8BG

    ODS code F86637

    2.4 km

  • THE DOCTORS HOUSE

    40 CAMERON ROAD, SEVEN KINGS, ILFORD, IG3 8LF

    ODS code Y00090

    2.6 km

  • OAK TREE MEDICAL CENTRE

    273-275 GREEN LANE, ILFORD, IG3 9TJ

    ODS code F86025

    2.6 km

  • DR GUPTA

    206 MAWNEY ROAD, ROMFORD, RM7 8BU

    ODS code F82610

    2.7 km

  • OMNES HEALTHCARE LTD

    234 PORTERS AVENUE, DAGENHAM, RM8 2EQ

    ODS code Y02575

    2.9 km

  • HALBUTT STREET SURGERY

    2 HALBUTT STREET, DAGENHAM, RM9 5AS

    ODS code F82001

    2.9 km

  • THE OVAL PRACTICE

    OXLOW LANE HEALTH CENTRE, 281 OXLOW LANE, DAGENHAM, RM10 7YU

    ODS code Y01795

    2.9 km

Showing 20 of 70 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Chadwell Heath Lane

    BCT · Chadwell Heath

    0.0 miles
  • Japan Road

    BCT · Chadwell Heath

    0.0 miles
  • Herbert Gardens

    BCT · Chadwell Heath

    0.0 miles
  • Wangey Road

    BCT · Chadwell Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Wangey Road

    BCT · Chadwell Heath

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Barking and Dagenham 002B, 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

10,040 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
2 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

136 open schools are in scope, including 84 primary and 18 secondary schools. Chadwell Primary School is the nearest published school at 593 m.

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

Recorded crime

6,842 published events cover 12 months, averaging 570.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,829 events.

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