# RM3 8JW: area report for a postcode in Havering

RM3 8JW is a postcode in Havering.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Havering. Open the map at RM3 8JW for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Havering](https://openindex.co.uk/havering) › [RM3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm3) › [RM3 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm3-8)

## Around this postcode

- **50 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 19% on July. Havering 004F: 98 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.2124,51.5991,RM38JW
- **Harold Wood, 1.6 km**: About 20 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.2124,51.5991,RM38JW
- **5 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 510 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.2124,51.5991,RM38JW
- **No property in RM3 8JW listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=0.2124,51.5991,RM38JW
- **England’s most deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Havering 004F. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.2124,51.5991,RM38JW
- **£448,648 average price**: For the whole of Havering, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.2124,51.5991,RM38JW
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 180 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.2124,51.5991,RM38JW
- **6 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 130 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.2124,51.5991,RM38JW
- **18.9% can get gigabit broadband at RM3 8JW**: Superfast for 97.3%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.2124,51.5991,RM38JW
- **Low road and rail noise at RM3 8JW**: Road 52 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.2124,51.5991,RM38JW
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=0.2124,51.5991,RM38JW
- **11.5 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.2124,51.5991,RM38JW

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Hilldene Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hilldene-primary-school-e102325) | Primary | 510 m (6 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade | 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Lime Academy Ravensbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lime-academy-ravensbourne-e142722) | Special | 610 m (8 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2024 | – |
| [Broadford Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/broadford-primary-school-e102317) | Primary | 710 m (9 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Ursula's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-ursulas-catholic-primary-school-e102332) | Primary | 770 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2023 | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Edullect Academy Independent School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/edullect-academy-independent-school-e151492) | Independent | 770 m (10 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Drapers' Brookside Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/drapers-brookside-junior-school-e140818) | Primary | 1.3 km (17 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, January 2023 | 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Mead Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mead-primary-school-e102322) | Primary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2024 | 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Drapers' Brookside Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/drapers-brookside-infant-school-e142966) | Primary | 1.4 km (18 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), October 2022 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| May 2026 | £165,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| June 2023 | £245,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| March 2025 | £415,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 80 m |
| September 2023 | £205,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| May 2025 | £155,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| July 2024 | £386,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| November 2024 | £425,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| August 2025 | £390,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: INGREBOURNE MEDICAL CENTRE (180 m); STRAIGHT ROAD SURGERY (180 m)
- Pharmacies: CRESCENT PHARMACY (480 m); CHEMIST 2 HOME (520 m); TESCO INSTORE PHARMACY (730 m); BOOTS (910 m)
- Dental practices: ESSENCE DENTAL CLINIC (370 m)
- Supermarkets: Budgens Romford (130 m, Budgens); Budgens MRH Romford (370 m, Budgens); Tesco Romford Gallows Corner Extra (740 m, Tesco); Sainsburys Harold Hill Local (890 m, Sainsburys); Iceland Harold Hill (940 m, Iceland)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £448,648** (July 2026). Havering’s average house price was £448,648 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 2.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £46,045** (2025). Full-time workers living in Havering earned a median of £46,045 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 40th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 9.7×** (2025). A home in Havering costs 9.7 times local full-time pay. Joint 61st least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 16.8** (2025). Havering has a deprivation score of 16.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 121st least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Havering 004F (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 44.9** (2025). Havering 004F has a deprivation score of 44.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 3,367th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 2,074** (2021). Havering 004F had 2,074 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 4,241st most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 58.3%** (January 2026). In Havering 004F, 58.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.
- **Claimant rate: 8.7%** (August 2026). In Havering 004F, 8.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 2026.

## RM3 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £410,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in RM3 was £410,000 in 2025. Joint 556th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 48,546** (2021). RM3 had 48,546 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 235th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in RM3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 89.4%** (January 2026). In RM3, 89.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Havering](https://openindex.co.uk/havering)
- Centre: 51.5991, 0.2124

Council: [Havering](https://openindex.co.uk/havering) (London borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Hornchurch and Upminster](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hornchurch-and-upminster): Julia Lopez (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=0.2124,51.5991,RM38JW

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