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RM3

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Harold Hill, Harold Wood and Harold Park, 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 RM3 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in RM3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£410,000
Joint 556th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
48,546
235th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
89.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How RM3 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

RM3Middle
Median sale price20 postcode districts, RM · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in RM20 areas from £231,250 to £640,000. The middle area is £415,000. RM3 is £410,000.
£410,00010th cheapest
Population20 postcode districts, RM · 2021
Population: every postcode district in RM20 areas from 4,390 to 50,322. The middle area is 32,270. RM3 is 48,546.
48,5462nd most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 postcode districts, RM · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in RM20 areas from 0.0% to 96.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. RM3 is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage20 postcode districts, RM · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in RM20 areas from 70.4% to 96.9%. The middle area is 92.6%. RM3 is 89.4%.
89.4%5th lowest

Is RM3 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RM3 at a rate of 86.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 94.6 per 1,000 people across the RM postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 384 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RM3.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,406), anti-social behaviour (954) and other crime (702).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RM3 was 93.7 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 RM3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RM3 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in RM3

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Havering 001A2,074105.8 per 1,000378.2%
Havering 001B1,72690.4 per 1,000394.8%
Havering 001C1,69772.2 per 1,000498.7%
Havering 001D2,26091.2 per 1,000395.4%
Havering 002A1,62181.7 per 1,000399.2%
Havering 002B1,74674.4 per 1,000499.4%
Havering 002C2,46393.1 per 1,000293.3%
Havering 002D1,69961.3 per 1,000499.2%
Havering 002E1,81756.9 per 1,000597.1%
Havering 004A1,86075.2 per 1,000287.6%
Havering 004B1,958305.5 per 1,000189.2%
Havering 004C2,06874.3 per 1,000395.7%
Havering 004D1,64293.1 per 1,000273.3%
Havering 004E1,85580.5 per 1,000278.9%
Havering 004F2,07497.5 per 1,000258.3%
Havering 006A1,78741.1 per 1,000480.1%
Havering 006B1,875153.1 per 1,000277.6%
Havering 006C1,89470.1 per 1,000499.6%
Havering 006D1,72741.8 per 1,000482.8%
Havering 007B1,54039.5 per 1,000898.0%
Havering 007C1,69646.5 per 1,000684.7%
Havering 007D1,60563.7 per 1,000794.4%
Havering 007E2,00139.8 per 1,000893.9%
Havering 007F1,559172.9 per 1,000697.2%
Havering 007G1,38191.9 per 1,000794.4%
Havering 010A1,48828.4 per 1,000796.3%
Havering 010C2,00243.5 per 1,000683.5%

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Middle areas in RM35

Postcode sectors in RM35

Council1

Towns in RM31

Postcode districts next to RM35

Nearest rail stations4

More in the RM postcode area2

RM3 in brief

RM3 is a postcode district covering Harold Hill, Harold Wood and Harold Park, in Havering.

About 50,929 people lived in RM3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £410,000 in 2025 across 466 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 86.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in RM3 was £410,000 in 2025.

RM3 had 48,546 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in RM3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In RM3, 89.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.