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On David Road, in Becontree North
What it's like at RM8 1RH: every home that has sold on David Road 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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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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on David Road; 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.
4 of the 18 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, David RoadTerraced | Jan 2007 | £170,000 | 60 m² | £2,833/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, David RoadTerraced | Apr 2002 | £122,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 4, David RoadTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2023 | £400,000 | 67 m² | £5,970/m² | 2 |
| 8, David RoadTerraced | Oct 2025 | £370,000 | 64 m² | £5,781/m² | 2 |
| 9, David RoadTerraced | Jun 2013 | £160,000 | 52 m² | £3,077/m² | 1 |
| 10, David RoadTerraced | Aug 2010 | £145,000 | 61 m² | £2,377/m² | 2 |
| 14, David RoadTerraced | Dec 2002 | £137,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 15, David RoadTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2025 | £310,000 | 62 m² | £5,000/m² | 3 |
| 18, David RoadTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2018 | £292,000 | 64 m² | £4,563/m² | 2 |
| 19, David RoadTerraced | Aug 2019 | £315,000 | 83 m² | £3,795/m² | 6 |
| 21, David RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2022 | £365,000 | 85 m² | £4,294/m² | 2 |
| 23, David RoadTerraced | Nov 2013 | £180,000 | 65 m² | £2,769/m² | 2 |
| 24, David RoadTerraced | Feb 2001 | £78,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, David RoadTerraced | Sept 2013 | £260,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 26, David RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2003 | £80,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 27, David RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2025 | £350,000 | 63 m² | £5,556/m² | 2 |
| 30, David RoadTerraced | Oct 2006 | £160,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 32, David RoadTerraced | Aug 2020 | £260,000 | 64 m² | £4,063/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Chadwell Heath, about a 10-minute walk (800 m), with 4.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Stratford (London).
The nearest bus stop is Walnut Tree Road (RM8), 100 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 150, 128); 100 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 21% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 19 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Valence Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 60% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is The Sydney Russell School (1.4 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Mayfield School, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 45 · 10.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Sydney Russell School (1.4 km) and All Saints Catholic School and Technology College (1.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (4.9 km) and Woodford County High School (9.1 km).
It's a family area: 25% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is ASDA Express Dagenham, Becontree Avenue PFS, 600 m away, with Ooshies Cakes closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Green Lane Surgery (100 m), with Valence Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Tania Smith's Unisex Salon is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is King George Hospital, 2.4 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 16 restaurants and cafés, 0 pubs and bars.
Shaz's Burgers is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Royal British Legion Club the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (25 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 79 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 16% flats and 6% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 77% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Valence Park, 550 m away; for exercise, Becontree Heath Leisure Centre (1.0 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.9 µg/m³).
31 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.
Dagenham and Rainham constituency: Margaret Mullane MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 7,173 (18.5%), turnout 51%. Vote shares: Labour 43%, Reform UK 24%, Conservative 18%, Green Party 11%.
39 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 RM8 1RH →
For holidays, London City is 8.2 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 37 km.
Most households own their home, 25% 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Barking and Dagenham since 2011.
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 18 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 12 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.2% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.1% | 86.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.9% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 6.1% | 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.
Nearest: Canvey Island Foreshore · about 39 min
Nearest: Phantom Peak · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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