IVYHOUSE ROAD, RM9 5RU House Prices & Local Information

RM9 5RU is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Ivyhouse Road, 0.3km from Parsloes Park in Barking and Dagenham. Administratively it sits within Parsloes ward and the Barking constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, RM9 5RU is a culturally diverse area with a strong community identity. By day, the area transitions to a self-employed tradespeople in multicultural metro suburbs character: ethnically mixed self-employed with no fixed place of work in construction, transport, and storage. With residents averaging 33 years old, this is a classic professional renter's neighbourhood — energetic, sociable, and career-focused. 26% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 38% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Barking and Dagenham.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 41 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £352k, up 10.9% year-on-year. 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 5RU are sourced from Output Area E00000098 (shared with 3 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.