COTTON CLOSE, RM9 4HN House Prices & Local Information

RM9 4HN is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Cotton Close, 1.0km from Rippleside in Barking and Dagenham. Administratively it sits within Eastbury ward and the Barking constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, RM9 4HN 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. An average age of 33 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 44% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 45% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Barking and Dagenham.

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 £396k, down 24.0% year-on-year.

Census 2021 statistics for RM9 4HN are sourced from Output Area E00000204 (shared with 10 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.