Is RM5 3BL a good place to live?
Havering (RM5 3BL), London, England
View RM5 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 20 secondary schools, including 14 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
RM5 3BL has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 93 nearby (14 Outstanding)
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 20 secondary schools, including 14 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
RM5 3BL is a UK postcode in RM5 with a low crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 20 secondary schools, including 14 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
Day-to-day amenities around RM5 3BL include 5 supermarkets, 5 parks and 1 gym. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.2 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 3 incidents were reported in RM5 3BL. It ranks in the top half for safety within RM5.
Overall score
Good overall profile, averaged across five dimensions.
Each dimension is scored from 0 to 100 based on the underlying data for this postcode. Safety is scaled from the 0-5 rating used elsewhere on the page.
Per-dimension breakdown
- Safety
- 5/5 — Excellent
- Schools
- 71/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 83/100 — Excellent
- Transport
- 0/100 — Poor
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
RM5 3BL is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 3 incidents were reported in RM5 3BL.
The most common categories are Anti-social behaviour (67%), Violent crime (33%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within RM5, this postcode ranks 166 of 379 for safety.
Compared to nearby areas
- RM5 district average
- 192 crimes per 1,000 people
- London average
- 100 per 1,000
- UK average
- 85 per 1,000
Schools near RM5 3BL
93 schools near RM5 3BL, including 14 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 73 primary schools (11 Outstanding, 55 Good and 2 Requires Improvement) and 20 secondary schools (3 Outstanding, 13 Good and 2 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
RM5 3BL is well served by everyday amenities, with 12 places within reach.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 5 supermarkets, 5 parks or green spaces, 1 gym or fitness studio and 1 EV charging point.
The nearest supermarket recorded is ALDI, 0.6 miles away.
King George's Playing Fields is just 0.3 miles away for daily green space.
- 1 EV charging point within reach
Supermarkets
- ALDI0.6 mi
- Mixas0.7 mi
- Tesco0.7 mi
- ALDI0.8 mi
- Asda0.9 mi
Parks & green space
- King George's Playing Fields0.3 mi
- Lawns Park0.5 mi
- Raphael Park0.9 mi
- Rise Park0.9 mi
- Cottons Park0.9 mi
Connectivity
Full fibre broadband reaches almost every property in this postcode.
Reported availability: full fibre 100%, ultrafast 100%, superfast 100%.
Housing
We did not find enough recent housing transactions to summarise prices.
HM Land Registry data did not return transactions for this postcode in the search window. This usually means a very small number of homes, not that prices are unavailable overall.
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