RM6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Chadwell Heath, Little Heath and Goodmayes, in Redbridge and Barking and Dagenham.
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 RM6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in RM6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How RM6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RM6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RM6 at a rate of 86.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.6 per 1,000 people across the RM postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 275 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RM6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,170), anti-social behaviour (662) and other crime (487).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RM6 was 83.9 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 RM6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RM6 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RM6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham 001A | 2,082 | 147.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.9% |
| Barking and Dagenham 001B | 1,817 | 89.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.3% |
| Barking and Dagenham 001C | 1,819 | 98.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.4% |
| Barking and Dagenham 001D | 2,563 | 101.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.7% |
| Barking and Dagenham 002A | 1,770 | 77.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
| Barking and Dagenham 002B | 2,078 | 125.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.6% |
| Barking and Dagenham 002C | 1,573 | 86.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Barking and Dagenham 002E | 1,971 | 84.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.0% |
| Barking and Dagenham 002F | 1,993 | 82.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.4% |
| Redbridge 022D | 1,827 | 29.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.9% |
| Redbridge 037A | 1,959 | 87.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.6% |
| Redbridge 037B | 1,911 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.1% |
| Redbridge 037C | 1,250 | 54.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 72.8% |
| Redbridge 037D | 1,985 | 71.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.7% |
| Redbridge 037E | 1,710 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Redbridge 038A | 2,225 | 61.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.0% |
| Redbridge 038B | 2,903 | 150.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 77.2% |
| Redbridge 038C | 2,142 | 90.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 80.1% |
MPs for RM6
- Jas AthwalLabourMP for Ilford South81% of RM6’s postcodes
- Margaret MullaneLabourMP for Dagenham and Rainham17% of RM6’s postcodes
- Wes StreetingLabourMP for Ilford North1.7% of RM6’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.
Middle areas in RM64
Postcode sectors in RM63
Councils RM6 covers2
Towns in RM62
Postcode districts next to RM67
Nearest rail stations4
More in the RM postcode area2
RM6 in brief
RM6 is a postcode district covering Chadwell Heath, Little Heath and Goodmayes, in Redbridge and Barking and Dagenham.
About 38,794 people lived in RM6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £440,000 in 2025 across 265 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 86.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RM6 was £440,000 in 2025.
RM6 had 36,919 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in RM6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RM6, 91.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.