PORTERS AVENUE, RM9 5YX House Prices & Local Information

RM9 5YX is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Porters Avenue, 0.6km from Becontree in Barking and Dagenham. Administratively it sits within Parsloes ward and the Barking constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, RM9 5YX is a mixed area of service workers, students and families in semi-detached housing. During the day, ethnically mixed self-employed with no fixed place of work in construction, transport, and storage. A balanced community with an average age of 37 — families, professionals, and long-term residents all well represented. 34% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 46% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Barking and Dagenham.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 33 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £279k.

Census 2021 statistics for RM9 5YX are sourced from Output Area E00000411 (shared with 5 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.