Schools
129 open schools are in scope, including 83 primary and 18 secondary schools. Robert Clack School is the nearest published school at 115 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
RM8 1DW
Heath · Barking and Dagenham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Dagenham
- Ward
- Heath
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Constituency
- Dagenham and Rainham
- Postcode district
- RM8
- Postcode sector
- RM8 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- RM8 1DW
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- RM
- Postcode district
- RM8
- Postcode sector
- RM8 1
- Latitude
- 51.561798
- Longitude
- 0.153135
- British National Grid easting
- 549,344
- British National Grid northing
- 186,965
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Barking and Dagenham · E09000002
- Electoral ward
- Heath · E05014063
- Parish or community
- E43000192
- Westminster constituency
- Dagenham and Rainham · E14001189
- Output area
- E00000327
- Lower layer super output area
- Barking and Dagenham 006C · E01000061
- Middle layer super output area
- Barking and Dagenham 006 · E02000007
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 RM8
Property
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Hawkwell House, 55, Gosfield Road, Dagenham, RM8 1DW | 1 August 2019 | £115,000 |
| Hawkwell House, 55, Gosfield Road, Dagenham, RM8 1DW | 1 August 2019 | £115,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 129
- Primary
- 83
- Secondary
- 18
- 115 m
Robert Clack School
Community school
- 163 m
All Saints Catholic School and Technology College
Voluntary aided school
- 305 m
William Bellamy Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,420
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,699
- Anti social behaviour 632
- Vehicle crime 451
- Other theft 295
- Public order 274
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 101
- Postcode households
- 48
- Residents per household
- 2.1
- RM8 1 residents
- 15,276
55 female, 46 male
Age bands in RM8 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 26%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 33.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 20.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 7.3%
3,938 residents
1,890 residents
5,025 residents
3,157 residents
1,108 residents
This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RM8 1 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
57
within 5 km
LABURNUM HEALTH CENTRE
ALTHORNE WAY, DAGENHAM, RM10 7DF
ODS code F82051
182 m
BECONTREE MEDICAL CENTRE
641-645 BECONTREE AVENUE, DAGENHAM, RM8 3HP
ODS code F82677
877 m
THE OVAL PRACTICE
OXLOW LANE HEALTH CENTRE, 281 OXLOW LANE, DAGENHAM, RM10 7YU
ODS code Y01795
1.2 km
GREEN LANE SURGERY
872 GREEN LANE, DAGENHAM, RM8 1BX
ODS code F82661
1.3 km
EASTBROOK SURGERY
RUSH GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE, 261 DAGENHAM ROAD, ROMFORD, RM7 0XR
ODS code F82039
1.6 km
THE COLLEGE PRACTICE
RUSH GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE, 261 DAGENHAM ROAD, ROMFORD, RM7 0XR
ODS code F82031
1.6 km
ASHTON GARDENS SURGERY
ASHTON GARDENS, ROMFORD, RM6 6RT
ODS code F82686
1.6 km
THE UPSTAIRS SURGERY
ASHTON GARDENS, ROMFORD, RM6 6RT
ODS code F82019
1.6 km
HALBUTT STREET SURGERY
2 HALBUTT STREET, DAGENHAM, RM9 5AS
ODS code F82001
1.7 km
MODERN MEDICAL CENTRE
195 RUSH GREEN ROAD, ROMFORD, RM7 0PX
ODS code F82638
1.7 km
DR SZ HAIDER'S PRACTICE
561-563 VALENCE AVENUE, DAGENHAM, RM8 3RH
ODS code F82038
1.8 km
DR DP SHAH'S PRACTICE
199 REEDE ROAD, DAGENHAM, RM10 8EJ
ODS code F82679
1.9 km
TULASI MEDICAL CENTRE
10 BENNETTS CASTLE LANE, DAGENHAM, RM8 3XU
ODS code F82660
2.0 km
CHADWELL HEATH SURGERY
72-74 CHADWELL HEATH LANE, CHADWELL HEATH, ROMFORD, RM6 4AF
ODS code F86028
2.4 km
DR M GOYAL'S PRACTICE
THE HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH ELM LANE, DAGENHAM, RM10 9RR
ODS code F82005
2.4 km
DR GUPTA
206 MAWNEY ROAD, ROMFORD, RM7 8BU
ODS code F82610
2.5 km
HEDGEMANS MEDICAL CENTRE
92 HEDGEMANS ROAD, DAGENHAM, RM9 6HT
ODS code F82015
2.5 km
GROVE SURGERY
200 CHADWELL HEATH LANE, CHADWELL HEATH, ROMFORD, RM6 4YU
ODS code Y00155
2.7 km
GREEN LANE, GOODMAYES MEDICAL PRACTICE
595 GREEN LANE, GOODMAYES, ILFORD, IG3 9RN
ODS code F86034
2.8 km
MARKS GATE HEALTH CENTRE
LAWN FARM GROVE, CHADWELL HEATH, ROMFORD, RM6 5LL
ODS code F82604
2.8 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
- 0.1 miles
Becontree Heath Leisure Centre
BCT · Beacontree Heath
- 0.1 miles
CU London University / Wood Lane
BCT · Beacontree Heath
- 0.1 miles
CU London University / Rainham Road North
BCT · Beacontree Heath
- 0.1 miles
CU London University / Rainham Road North
BCT · Beacontree Heath
- 0.2 miles
Becontree Heath Leisure Centre
BCT · Beacontree Heath
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Barking and Dagenham 006C, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
1,545 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
4,420 published events cover 12 months, averaging 368.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,699 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.