RM1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Romford and Rise Park, in Havering.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an RM1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In RM1, 86.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How RM1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is RM1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RM1 at a rate of 195.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.6 per 1,000 people across RM.
In August 2026 alone, 388 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RM1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,275), anti-social behaviour (895) and other crime (712).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RM1 was 198.5 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in RM1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RM1 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in RM1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Havering 008A | 1,328 | 38.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.6% |
| Havering 008B | 1,732 | 43.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.0% |
| Havering 008C | 1,634 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.3% |
| Havering 008D | 1,648 | 34.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Havering 008E | 1,478 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.6% |
| Havering 009F | 1,478 | 27.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.9% |
| Havering 013B | 2,045 | 331.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.4% |
| Havering 013C | 2,110 | 516.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 73.6% |
| Havering 013E | 1,468 | 652.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 83.7% |
| Havering 013F | 1,767 | 114.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.6% |
| Havering 016B | 1,723 | 217.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 72.0% |
| Havering 016D | 1,987 | 55.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.3% |
| Havering 016E | 2,109 | 110.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.4% |
MPs for RM1
- Andrew RosindellReform UKMP for Romford100% of RM1’s postcodes
- Julia LopezConservativeMP for Hornchurch and Upminster0.2% of RM1’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in RM13
Postcode sectors in RM14
Council1
Towns in RM11
Postcode districts next to RM14
Nearest rail stations4
More in the RM postcode area2
RM1 in brief
RM1 is a postcode district covering Romford and Rise Park, in Havering.
About 23,936 people lived in RM1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £460,000 in 2025 across 306 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 195.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RM1 was £460,000 in 2025.
RM1 had 22,532 usual residents at the census.
In RM1, 86.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In RM1, 5.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.