RM7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Romford and Rush Green, in Havering 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 RM7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in RM7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How RM7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RM7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RM7 at a rate of 86.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.6 per 1,000 people across the RM postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 258 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RM7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,051), anti-social behaviour (673) and other crime (436).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RM7 was 89.9 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 RM7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RM7 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RM7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham 003B | 1,696 | 28.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.3% |
| Barking and Dagenham 003C | 1,616 | 99.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
| Barking and Dagenham 003D | 1,752 | 66.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.9% |
| Havering 011A | 1,814 | 119.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.2% |
| Havering 011B | 1,647 | 109.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.8% |
| Havering 011C | 2,144 | 80.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.0% |
| Havering 011D | 1,737 | 85.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| Havering 011E | 1,843 | 67.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.2% |
| Havering 013A | 1,972 | 115.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 74.2% |
| Havering 017A | 1,841 | 64.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.5% |
| Havering 017B | 2,486 | 87.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.3% |
| Havering 017C | 1,754 | 207.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.7% |
| Havering 017E | 1,833 | 79.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.9% |
| Havering 017F | 1,596 | 71.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.3% |
| Havering 017G | 1,313 | 137.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Havering 017H | 1,461 | 62.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.0% |
| Havering 017I | 1,558 | 83.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
MPs for RM7
- Andrew RosindellReform UKMP for Romford87% of RM7’s postcodes
- Margaret MullaneLabourMP for Dagenham and Rainham13% of RM7’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 RM73
Postcode sectors in RM75
Councils RM7 covers2
Towns in RM72
Postcode districts next to RM77
Nearest rail stations4
More in the RM postcode area2
RM7 in brief
RM7 is a postcode district covering Romford and Rush Green, in Havering and Barking and Dagenham.
About 34,790 people lived in RM7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £425,000 in 2025 across 361 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 86.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RM7 was £425,000 in 2025.
RM7 had 32,304 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in RM7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RM7, 94.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.