HEATHWAY, RM9 5SH House Prices & Local Information

RM9 5SH is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Heathway, 0.8km from Valence in Barking and Dagenham. Administratively it sits within Parsloes ward and the Dagenham and Rainham constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, RM9 5SH is a mixed area of service workers, students and families in semi-detached housing. During the day, ethnically mixed workforce primarily in care and education. A balanced community with an average age of 35 — families, professionals, and long-term residents all well represented. 35% 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. Full-time employment stands at 23% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 36 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £325k. 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 5SH are sourced from Output Area E00000325 (shared with 8 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.