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On Abbs Cross Lane, in Hornchurch
What it's like at RM12 4XR: every home that has sold on Abbs Cross Lane since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Abbs Cross Lane; planning applications within 500 m (Planning London Datahub); new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
5 of the 139 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 117a, Abbs Cross LaneFlat | Sept 2002 | £105,000 | 64 m² | £1,641/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121, Abbs Cross LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2016 | £365,000 | 120 m² | £3,042/m² | 1 |
| 123, Abbs Cross LaneDetached | Nov 2000 | £155,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 136, Abbs Cross LaneSemi-detached | Apr 2021 | £660,000 | 220 m² | £3,000/m² | 3 |
| 138, Abbs Cross LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2024 | £900,000 | 222 m² | £4,054/m² | 3 |
| 146, Abbs Cross LaneSemi-detached | Oct 2023 | £655,000 | 125 m² | £5,240/m² | 1 |
| 148, Abbs Cross LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2007 | £325,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 154, Abbs Cross LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2018 | £490,000 | 109 m² | £4,495/m² | 1 |
| 158, Abbs Cross LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2002 | £294,500 | 122 m² | £2,414/m² | 2 |
| 162, Abbs Cross LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2009 | £325,000 | 192 m² | £1,693/m² | 2 |
| 170, Abbs Cross LaneTerraced | Jan 2025 | £530,000 | 116 m² | £4,569/m² | 3 |
| 174, Abbs Cross LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £355,000 | 75 m² | £4,733/m² | 4 |
| 176, Abbs Cross LaneTerraced | Nov 2010 | £197,500 | 111 m² | £1,779/m² | 1 |
| 180, Abbs Cross LaneTerraced | Oct 2014 | £275,000 | 76 m² | £3,618/m² | 2 |
| 182, Abbs Cross LaneTerraced | Mar 2012 | £213,000 | 87 m² | £2,448/m² | 2 |
| 188, Abbs Cross LaneTerraced | Jun 2020 | £460,000 | 103 m² | £4,466/m² | 2 |
| 192, Abbs Cross LaneTerraced | Sept 2006 | £212,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 196, Abbs Cross LaneTerraced | Aug 2020 | £380,000 | 83 m² | £4,578/m² | 3 |
| 198, Abbs Cross LaneTerraced | Jul 2006 | £185,000 | 94 m² | £1,968/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is Hornchurch Underground station, about a 10-minute walk (850 m). The nearest rail station is Emerson Park, 1.4 km away, with 303k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Stanley Road Hornchurch, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 372, 165, 365); 64 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 14% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 25 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Benhurst Primary School, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 63% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Towers Infant School (0.9 km), with 4 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College, 550 m away; Attainment 8: 45.5 · 8.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Redden Court School (2.9 km) and The Coopers' Company and Coborn School (3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (10.3 km) and Dartford Grammar School (13 km).
The nearest supermarket is Lidl, 750 m away, with Abbs Cross Food & Wine closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Suttons Avenue Surgery (750 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Nail Bar is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Hospital, 2.8 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 68% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 57 restaurants and cafés and 12 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Create A Box is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Harvester the nearest pub (50 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 129 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 13 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 41% flats and 6% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 51% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
It's growing: about 188 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Harrow Lodge Park, 300 m away; for exercise, Harrow Lodge Leisure Centre (450 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.4 µg/m³).
34 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Hornchurch and Upminster constituency: Julia Lopez MP (Conservative), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 1,943 (4.1%), turnout 62%. Vote shares: Conservative 33%, Reform UK 28%, Labour 28%, Green Party 6%.
25 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near RM12 4XR →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
For holidays, London City is 13 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 36 km.
Most households own their home, 21% rent privately.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 139 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Leigh Bell Wharf · about 34 min
Nearest: Sea Lanes Canary Wharf · about 31 min
Nearest: Canary Wharf Pier · about 31 min
Nearest: Eagle Heights Wildlife Foundation · about 33 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 111 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 83.6% | 91.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 15.7% | 6.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.6% | 1.9% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.