RM2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Gidea Park and Ardleigh Green, in Havering.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an RM2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in RM2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How RM2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RM2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RM2 at a rate of 57.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.6 per 1,000 people across the RM postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 60 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RM2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (211), anti-social behaviour (182) and other crime (125).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RM2 was 66.6 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in RM2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RM2 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RM2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Havering 010F | 1,666 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.3% |
| Havering 012A | 1,322 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.1% |
| Havering 012B | 1,388 | 58.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| Havering 012C | 1,455 | 19.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.7% |
| Havering 012D | 1,600 | 137.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.4% |
| Havering 012E | 2,286 | 75.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.6% |
| Havering 014E | 1,492 | 27.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| Havering 014F | 1,815 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.1% |
Your MP
- Andrew RosindellReform UKMP for Romford
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in RM21
Postcode sectors in RM22
Council1
Towns in RM21
Postcode districts next to RM25
Nearest rail stations4
More in the RM postcode area2
RM2 in brief
RM2 is a postcode district covering Gidea Park and Ardleigh Green, in Havering.
About 13,983 people lived in RM2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £536,000 in 2025 across 216 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 57.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RM2 was £536,000 in 2025.
RM2 had 13,342 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in RM2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RM2, 88.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.