RM10 9EH Barking and Dagenham
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Beam. Region: London.
Streets
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 (92% of about 650 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
- A1306 Site NR11, permissioned (560 m)
- 21 New Road Rainham - replacing STHH13 A1306 Site NR11, permissioned (560 m)
- Beam Park: up to 3,119 homes, permissioned (570 m)
- Beam Park, pending decision (570 m)
- NR10 (35-43 New Road), permissioned (640 m)
- NR10 (35-43 New Road), permissioned (640 m)
- NR09 (48-87 New Road), pending decision (790 m)
- NR09 (49-87 New Road), permissioned (790 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 19 addresses are in areas at high risk, 14 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 35 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 34 low and 1 very low.
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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 39 addresses are between 1 m and 3 m above sea level (1 m on average).
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 | 1.2 km |
| Rainham (Essex) 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.5 km | |
| Barking Riverside 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Dagenham East Underground Station | 1.5 km |
| Dagenham Heathway Underground Station | 1.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m, 20 within 800 m; nearest East Entrance Dagenham | 390 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Lakeside | 9.5 km |
| Ferry terminal | Barking Riverside Pier Creekmouth | 3.5 km |
| Car parks | National Car Parks | 1.4 km |
| EV charging points | 7 within 1.6 km; nearest 96 Lower Mardyke Avenue | 460 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 8.0 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 39.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest First Avenue Surgery | 360 m |
| Pharmacies | 7 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Orchard Village Pharmacy | 560 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest I Levitan And Associates | 740 m |
| Hospital | Grays Court Community Hospital | 1.0 km |
| Police station | Dagenham Police Station | 1.6 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Fords Service Station Cashzone | 440 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m; nearest Beam Valley Country Park 40 ha | 140 m |
| Play area | 6 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,650 m² | 140 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 4.2 ha | 740 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.2 ha | 1.2 km |
Within 800 m: 4 parks and gardens, 101 hectares in all.
Landmarks
2 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Dagenham Breach | Lake or reservoir | 1.0 km south-west |
| Hornchurch Shoot | Wetland | 2.1 km south |
| Tom Thumb Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.3 km north |
| Wheelers Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km north |
| Eastbrook Grove | Wood | 2.5 km north |
| Halfway Reach | Tidal water | 2.5 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 15.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 14.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 37 | 39 |
2 of the postcode's 39 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 | 28 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 32% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 6% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 48% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 18% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 13% | 17% |
| Private rented | 40% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 9% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 12% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 48% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 23% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 34% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 55% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 78% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 4% | 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.