RM10 9LU 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 (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 (210 m)
- Beam Park, pending decision (210 m)
- Former Ford Stamping Plant: up to 3,502 homes, permissioned (470 m)
- Former Ford Stamping Plant, not permissioned (470 m)
- A1306 Site NR11, permissioned (700 m)
- 21 New Road Rainham - replacing STHH13 A1306 Site NR11, permissioned (700 m)
- GSR and Gill Sites: up to 707 homes, permissioned (780 m)
- NR10 (35-43 New Road), permissioned (790 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 17 addresses are in areas at high risk, 4 at medium risk and 2 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 44 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 31 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: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 59 addresses are between 1 m and 5 m above sea level (4 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 | 820 m |
| Rainham (Essex) 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km | |
| Barking Riverside 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.0 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Dagenham Heathway Underground Station | 1.7 km |
| Dagenham East Underground Station | 1.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m, 22 within 800 m; nearest East Entrance Dagenham | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Lakeside | 9.6 km |
| Ferry terminal | Barking Riverside Pier Creekmouth | 3.1 km |
| Car parks | National Car Parks | 1.0 km |
| EV charging points | 7 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 690 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London City Airport LCY | 7.5 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 40.1 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest First Avenue Surgery | 160 m |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Orchard Village Pharmacy | 870 m |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest I Levitan And Associates | 680 m |
| Hospital | Grays Court Community Hospital | 1.2 km |
| Police station | Dagenham Police Station | 2.0 km |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m; nearest Fords Service Station Cashzone | 10 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Beam Valley Country Park 40 ha | 460 m |
| Play area | 6 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 180 m² | 430 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest King George's Field 9,060 m² | 540 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.2 ha | 1.3 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 | 650 m south |
| Hornchurch Shoot | Wetland | 1.9 km south |
| Halfway Reach | Tidal water | 2.1 km south-west |
| Old Man's Head | Wetland | 2.4 km south-east |
| Cross Ness | Wetland | 2.6 km south-west |
| Eastbrook Grove | Wood | 2.8 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 2 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 6 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 45 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 36 |
| Under 55 | 3 | 22 |
56 of the postcode's 59 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 37 at 55 dB or more from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 27% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 10% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 52% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 28% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 12% | 17% |
| Private rented | 36% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 14% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 19% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 37% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 22% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 33% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 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) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 74% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 6% | 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.