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Abbey

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South west Barking and Dagenham. About 4,419 people in 0.5 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Abbey live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
3,951
Joint 1,866th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
89.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
7.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Abbey compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

AbbeyMiddle
Population19 wards, Barking and Dagenham · 2021
Population: every ward in Barking and Dagenham19 areas from 3,951 to 15,925. The middle area is 12,543. Abbey is 3,951.
3,951least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares19 wards, Barking and Dagenham · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Barking and Dagenham19 areas from 0.0% to 77.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Abbey is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage19 wards, Barking and Dagenham · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Barking and Dagenham19 areas from 85.2% to 98.7%. The middle area is 96.8%. Abbey is 89.5%.
89.5%2nd lowest
Claimant rate19 wards, Barking and Dagenham · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Barking and Dagenham19 areas from 5.3% to 9.0%. The middle area is 7.7%. Abbey is 7.7%.
7.7%10th highest

Is Abbey safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Abbey at a rate of 403.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 102.3 per 1,000 people across Barking and Dagenham.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 200 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Abbey.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (615), anti-social behaviour (435) and other crime (384).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Barking and Dagenham

These figures are published for the whole of Barking and Dagenham, not for each ward, so they describe all of Barking and Dagenham and not Abbey alone. See Barking and Dagenham

Average house price
£375,604
Up 5.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£38,467
173rd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.8×
Joint 59th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
30.3
Joint 37th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Abbey in brief

Abbey had 3,951 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Abbey live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Abbey, 89.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Abbey, 7.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.