RM9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Becontree, Dagenham and Barking Riverside, 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 RM9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 2% of people in RM9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How RM9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RM9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RM9 at a rate of 103.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.6 per 1,000 people across the RM postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 366 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RM9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,507), anti-social behaviour (753) and other crime (579).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RM9 was 104.1 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 RM9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RM9 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 14 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RM9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham 007A | 1,982 | 71.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.2% |
| Barking and Dagenham 007C | 1,777 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Barking and Dagenham 007D | 1,976 | 54.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Barking and Dagenham 009C | 1,722 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Barking and Dagenham 009E | 1,716 | 60.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Barking and Dagenham 012A | 1,550 | 129.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Barking and Dagenham 012D | 2,080 | 99.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| Barking and Dagenham 012E | 2,161 | 60.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| Barking and Dagenham 013A | 1,871 | 205.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.1% |
| Barking and Dagenham 013B | 1,751 | 101.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.5% |
| Barking and Dagenham 013C | 1,710 | 86.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Barking and Dagenham 013D | 1,438 | 113.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Barking and Dagenham 013F | 1,449 | 108.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Barking and Dagenham 017A | 1,842 | 56.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Barking and Dagenham 017C | 1,723 | 112.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.1% |
| Barking and Dagenham 017D | 1,956 | 52.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.4% |
| Barking and Dagenham 018A | 1,871 | 53.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Barking and Dagenham 018B | 1,705 | 66.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Barking and Dagenham 018C | 1,702 | 88.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.0% |
| Barking and Dagenham 018D | 2,135 | 73.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| Barking and Dagenham 020A | 1,617 | 84.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
MPs for RM9
- Nesil CaliskanLabourMP for Barking78% of RM9’s postcodes
- Margaret MullaneLabourMP for Dagenham and Rainham22% of RM9’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 RM94
Postcode sectors in RM94
Council1
Towns in RM91
Postcode districts next to RM94
Nearest rail stations4
More in the RM postcode area2
RM9 in brief
RM9 is a postcode district covering Becontree, Dagenham and Barking Riverside, in Barking and Dagenham.
About 42,109 people lived in RM9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £382,000 in 2025 across 252 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 103.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RM9 was £382,000 in 2025.
RM9 had 40,571 usual residents at the census.
About 2% of people in RM9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RM9, 96.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.