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Is RM7 8NT a good place to live?

Barking and Dagenham (RM7 8NT), London, England

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Comprehensive Score

Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 14 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.

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At a glance

RM7 8NT has plenty going for it.

  • Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
  • Schools: 91 nearby (14 Outstanding)

Summary

Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 14 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.

RM7 8NT is a UK postcode in RM7 with a low crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 73 primary schools and 18 secondary schools, including 14 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.

Day-to-day amenities around RM7 8NT include 2 supermarkets and 2 parks. 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, 2 incidents were reported in RM7 8NT. It ranks in the top half for safety within RM7.

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
52/100 — Average
Transport
0/100 — Poor
Connectivity
100/100 — Excellent

Safety

RM7 8NT is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.

In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 2 incidents were reported in RM7 8NT.

The most common categories are Violent crime (50%), Other crime (50%), based on reported crime type counts.

Within RM7, this postcode ranks 168 of 612 for safety.

5/ 5
Safety score
2last 6m
Reported incidents

Compared to nearby areas

RM7 district average
269 crimes per 1,000 people
London average
100 per 1,000
UK average
85 per 1,000
Violent Crime
1 (50%)
Other Crime
1 (50%)

Schools near RM7 8NT

91 schools near RM7 8NT, including 14 rated Outstanding.

Families have access to 73 primary schools (11 Outstanding, 55 Good and 3 Requires Improvement) and 18 secondary schools (3 Outstanding, 12 Good and 2 Requires Improvement) within the local area.

73
Primary
18
Secondary
14
Outstanding
Primary schools73 schools
11
55
3
4
Outstanding (11) Good (55) Requires Improvement (3) Other / not inspected (4)
Secondary schools18 schools
3
12
2
1
Outstanding (3) Good (12) Requires Improvement (2) Other / not inspected (1)

Nearby amenities

A handful of everyday amenities surround RM7 8NT.

Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 2 supermarkets and 2 parks or green spaces.

The nearest supermarket recorded is ALDI, 0.2 miles away.

Lawns Park is just 0.3 miles away for daily green space.

2
Supermarkets
2
Parks
0
Gyms
0
EV chargers

Supermarkets

  • ALDI
    RM52AR
    0.2 mi
  • Tesco
    RM53NL
    0.2 mi

Parks & green space

  • Lawns Park
    RM53DW
    0.3 mi
  • King George's Playing Fields
    RM78DD
    0.8 mi

Connectivity

Full fibre broadband reaches almost every property in this postcode.

Reported availability: full fibre 100%, ultrafast 100%, superfast 100%.

100%
Full fibre
100%
Ultrafast
100%
Superfast
Full fibre
100%
Fibre to the premises (FTTP) coverage
Ultrafast
100%
100+ Mbit/s broadband coverage
Superfast
100%
30+ Mbit/s broadband coverage

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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