RM8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Becontree and Goodmayes, in 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 RM8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in RM8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How RM8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RM8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RM8 at a rate of 76.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.6 per 1,000 people across the RM postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 324 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RM8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,543), anti-social behaviour (786) and other crime (548).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RM8 was 80.4 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 RM8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RM8 has no single figure. Of its 28 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 18 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RM8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham 002D | 2,155 | 79.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.7% |
| Barking and Dagenham 004A | 1,778 | 59.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Barking and Dagenham 004B | 1,942 | 55.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Barking and Dagenham 004C | 1,699 | 118.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Barking and Dagenham 004E | 2,419 | 81.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.6% |
| Barking and Dagenham 004F | 1,745 | 105.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 82.7% |
| Barking and Dagenham 004G | 1,499 | 48.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Barking and Dagenham 007B | 1,899 | 99.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.6% |
| Barking and Dagenham 007E | 1,913 | 91.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.0% |
| Barking and Dagenham 007F | 1,919 | 62.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Barking and Dagenham 007G | 1,784 | 55.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Barking and Dagenham 008A | 1,693 | 103.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.6% |
| Barking and Dagenham 008B | 1,477 | 61.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Barking and Dagenham 008D | 1,485 | 64.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Barking and Dagenham 008E | 1,920 | 67.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Barking and Dagenham 008F | 1,719 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Barking and Dagenham 008G | 2,686 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.8% |
| Barking and Dagenham 008H | 1,884 | 57.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.2% |
| Barking and Dagenham 012B | 1,848 | 54.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Barking and Dagenham 012C | 1,759 | 76.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Barking and Dagenham 017E | 2,150 | 96.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.9% |
| Barking and Dagenham 023A | 1,657 | 41.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Barking and Dagenham 023B | 2,191 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.5% |
| Barking and Dagenham 023C | 1,933 | 83.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.1% |
| Barking and Dagenham 023D | 1,936 | 69.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.1% |
| Barking and Dagenham 023E | 2,778 | 62.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.9% |
| Barking and Dagenham 023F | 1,546 | 134.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.9% |
| Redbridge 034G | 1,930 | 156.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.3% |
MPs for RM8
- Nesil CaliskanLabourMP for Barking51% of RM8’s postcodes
- Margaret MullaneLabourMP for Dagenham and Rainham45% of RM8’s postcodes
- Jas AthwalLabourMP for Ilford South3.4% of RM8’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 RM84
Postcode sectors in RM83
Council1
Towns in RM82
Postcode districts next to RM86
Nearest rail stations4
More in the RM postcode area2
RM8 in brief
RM8 is a postcode district covering Becontree and Goodmayes, in Barking and Dagenham.
About 52,456 people lived in RM8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £382,500 in 2025 across 295 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 76.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RM8 was £382,500 in 2025.
RM8 had 50,322 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in RM8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RM8, 96.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.