RUGBY ROAD, RM9 4AP House Prices & Local Information

RM9 4AP is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Rugby Road, 0.8km from Parsloes Park in Barking and Dagenham. Administratively it sits within Mayesbrook ward and the Barking constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, RM9 4AP is a working-class neighbourhood with strong employment ties. Outside of residential hours, ethnically mixed self-employed with no fixed place of work in construction, transport, and storage. At 35 years average, this is a working-age, professionally active neighbourhood with good transport links and a dynamic social mix. 40% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 39% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Barking and Dagenham.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 39 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £345k. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for RM9 4AP are sourced from Output Area E00000360 (shared with 3 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.