RM10 7DU House Prices & Local Information

RM10 7DU is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood located 1.3km from Valence in Barking and Dagenham. Administratively it sits within Heath ward and the Dagenham and Rainham constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, RM10 7DU is a mixed area of service workers, students and families in semi-detached housing. The daytime character shifts — ethnically mixed self-employed with no fixed place of work in construction, transport, and storage. The 40 average age reflects a mixed, mid-career community — settling down but not yet slowing down. 35% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 42% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Barking and Dagenham. Full-time employment stands at 24% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 42 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. 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 RM10 7DU are sourced from Output Area E00000314 (shared with 17 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.