RM4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Abridge, Stapleford Abbotts and Havering-atte-Bower, in Epping Forest and 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 RM4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in RM4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How RM4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RM4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RM4 at a rate of 88.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.6 per 1,000 people across the RM postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 51 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RM4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (155), other crime (72) and anti-social behaviour (55).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RM4 was 92.3 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 RM4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RM4 has no single figure. Of its 2 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RM4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epping Forest 003C | 2,519 | 89.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.6% |
| Epping Forest 010A | 2,051 | 50.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.6% |
MPs for RM4
- Alex BurghartConservativeMP for Brentwood and Ongar82% of RM4’s postcodes
- Andrew RosindellReform UKMP for Romford13% of RM4’s postcodes
- Julia LopezConservativeMP for Hornchurch and Upminster4.4% of RM4’s postcodes
- Dr Neil HudsonConservativeMP for Epping Forest0.6% of RM4’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Postcode sectors in RM41
Councils RM4 covers2
Postcode districts next to RM47
More in the RM postcode area2
RM4 in brief
RM4 is a postcode district covering Abridge, Stapleford Abbotts and Havering-atte-Bower, in Epping Forest and Havering.
About 4,376 people lived in RM4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £640,000 in 2025 across 72 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 88.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RM4 was £640,000 in 2025.
RM4 had 4,390 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in RM4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RM4, 87.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.