GORESBROOK ROAD, RM9 6XS House Prices & Local Information

RM9 6XS is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Goresbrook Road, 1.0km from Parsloes Park in Barking and Dagenham. Administratively it sits within Goresbrook ward and the Barking constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, RM9 6XS is a culturally diverse area with a strong community identity. 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. 34% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 43% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Barking and Dagenham.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 55 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: Prices average £430k. 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 6XS are sourced from Output Area E00000270 (shared with 6 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.