RM10 9AS Barking and Dagenham
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Beam. Region: London.
Streets
- Crosby Road, Dagenham: 17 addresses
- First Avenue, Dagenham: 1 address
- Second Avenue, Dagenham: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Barking and Dagenham in 2026-27: Band D £2,199 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,466 | £1,710 | £1,954 | £2,199 | £2,687 | £3,176 | £3,664 | £4,397 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (81% of about 900 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): HMO Article 4.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Beam Park: up to 3,119 homes, permissioned (450 m)
- Beam Park, pending decision (450 m)
- Former Ford Stamping Plant: up to 3,502 homes, permissioned (470 m)
- Former Ford Stamping Plant, not permissioned (470 m)
- GSR and Gill Sites: up to 707 homes, permissioned (810 m)
- A1306 Site NR11, permissioned (860 m)
- 21 New Road Rainham - replacing STHH13 A1306 Site NR11, permissioned (860 m)
- NR10 (35-43 New Road), permissioned (940 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 5 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 5 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Dagenham Dock 425,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 860 m |
| Rainham (Essex) 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.8 km | |
| Barking Riverside 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.0 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Dagenham Heathway Underground Station | 1.4 km |
| Dagenham East Underground Station | 1.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m, 26 within 800 m; nearest Oval Road South Dagenham | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Lakeside | 9.8 km |
| Ferry terminal | Barking Riverside Pier Creekmouth | 3.1 km |
| Car parks | National Car Parks | 1.1 km |
| EV charging points | 10 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 550 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 7.6 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 39.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 6 practices within 1.6 km; nearest First Avenue Surgery | 110 m |
| Pharmacies | 9 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Heathway Pharmacy | 650 m |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest I Levitan And Associates | 440 m |
| Hospital | Grays Court Community Hospital | 1.0 km |
| Police station | Dagenham Police Station | 1.8 km |
| Cash machines | 5 machines within 800 m; nearest Fords Service Station Cashzone | 250 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Dagenham Old Park 21 ha | 380 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Beam Valley Country Park 40 ha | 420 m |
| Play area | 8 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,650 m² | 370 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest King George's Field 9,060 m² | 350 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.2 ha | 1.0 km |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 62 hectares in all.
Landmarks
1 listed building is within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Dagenham Breach | Lake or reservoir | 860 m south |
| Hornchurch Shoot | Wetland | 2.1 km south |
| Halfway Reach | Tidal water | 2.2 km south-west |
| Tom Thumb Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.5 km north-east |
| Wheelers Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.5 km north-east |
| Eastbrook Grove | Wood | 2.7 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 18.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 9.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 15.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; all three are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 11 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 8 | 19 |
11 of the postcode's 19 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 25% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 10% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 63% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 28% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 10% | 17% |
| Private rented | 27% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 13% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 19% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 39% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 19% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 32% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 53% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 33% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 78% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 5% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 3 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Crosby Road.