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Dagenham Central
What it's like at RM9 6JH: every home that has sold on the street 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.
Sales and extensions on the street; 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.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
The nearest station is Dagenham Heathway Underground station, about a 10-minute walk (700 m). The nearest rail station is Dagenham Dock, 1.4 km away, with 425k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Hatfield Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (route 145); 25 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 27% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 19 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Godwin Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 71% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is The Sydney Russell School (1.3 km).
The nearest secondary is Goresbrook School, 850 m away; Attainment 8: 55.6 · 19.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Sydney Russell School (1.3 km) and Jo Richardson Community School (1.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Ilford County High School (7.5 km) and Bexley Grammar School (9.6 km).
It's a family area: 23% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Iceland, 600 m away; Heathway Seafood (650 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Hedgemans Medical Centre (350 m), with Hedgemans Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, Celebrities is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Hospital, 3.9 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Vue Cinema is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and Mecca Bingo Club the nearest pub (650 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (20 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 125 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 10% flats and 7% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 93% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Goresbrook Park, 300 m away; for exercise, The Gym (650 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 7.7 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 39 km.
38 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.
Barking constituency: Nesil Caliskan MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 11,054 (30.3%), turnout 46%. Vote shares: Labour 45%, Reform UK 14%, Green Party 14%, Conservative 12%.
29 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 RM9 6JH →
Most households own their home, 22% 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.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.7% | 86.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.7% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.5% | 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 34 min
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