# RM3

Postcode district covering Harold Hill, Harold Wood and Harold Park, in Havering.

RM3 is a postcode district covering Harold Hill, Harold Wood and Harold Park, in Havering. Median sale price £410,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code RM3. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [RM](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm)

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 RM3 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm3#f-house-sales-median-price
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm3#f-population
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm3#f-radon-affected-share
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm3#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=RM3) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in RM3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=RM3) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 466 homes were sold in RM3 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=RM3) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for RM3.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=RM3) (Census 2021, England and Wales): RM3 had 48,546 usual residents at the census.

## How RM3 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | RM3 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £410,000 | 10th cheapest | 20 postcode districts, RM · 2025 |
| Population | 48,546 | 2nd most populated | 20 postcode districts, RM · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 20 postcode districts, RM · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 89.4% | 5th lowest | 20 postcode districts, RM · Jan 2026 |

## Is RM3 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RM3 at a rate of 86.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.6 per 1,000 people across the RM postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 384 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RM3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,406), anti-social behaviour (954) and other crime (702).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RM3 was 93.7 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 RM3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RM3 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in RM3

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Havering 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002276) | 2,074 | 105.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 78.2% |
| [Havering 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002278) | 1,726 | 90.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.8% |
| [Havering 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002312) | 1,697 | 72.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| [Havering 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002313) | 2,260 | 91.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.4% |
| [Havering 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002277) | 1,621 | 81.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| [Havering 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002279) | 1,746 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| [Havering 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002281) | 2,463 | 93.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.3% |
| [Havering 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002283) | 1,699 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| [Havering 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002299) | 1,817 | 56.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.1% |
| [Havering 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002280) | 1,860 | 75.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.6% |
| [Havering 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002282) | 1,958 | 305.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.2% |
| [Havering 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002284) | 2,068 | 74.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.7% |
| [Havering 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002297) | 1,642 | 93.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 73.3% |
| [Havering 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002314) | 1,855 | 80.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 78.9% |
| [Havering 004F](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002316) | 2,074 | 97.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 58.3% |
| [Havering 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002309) | 1,787 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 80.1% |
| [Havering 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002310) | 1,875 | 153.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 77.6% |
| [Havering 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002311) | 1,894 | 70.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| [Havering 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002315) | 1,727 | 41.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 82.8% |
| [Havering 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002294) | 1,540 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.0% |
| [Havering 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002296) | 1,696 | 46.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.7% |
| [Havering 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002298) | 1,605 | 63.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.4% |
| [Havering 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002300) | 2,001 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.9% |
| [Havering 007F](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01033784) | 1,559 | 172.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.2% |
| [Havering 007G](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01033785) | 1,381 | 91.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.4% |
| [Havering 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002268) | 1,488 | 28.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.3% |
| [Havering 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/neighbourhood/e01002295) | 2,002 | 43.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.5% |

## 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.

## Middle areas in RM3

[Dagnam Park & Noak Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/dagnam-park-and-noak-hill), [Harold Hill East](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/harold-hill-east), [Harold Hill West](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/harold-hill-west), [Harold Park & Harold Wood](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/harold-park-and-harold-wood), [Petersfield Avenue & Duck Wood](https://openindex.co.uk/havering/petersfield-avenue-and-duck-wood)

## Postcode sectors in RM3

[RM3 0 (251 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm3-0), [RM3 3 (16 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm3-3), [RM3 7 (197 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm3-7), [RM3 8 (239 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm3-8), [RM3 9 (220 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm3-9)

## Council

[Havering](https://openindex.co.uk/havering)

## Towns in RM3

[Havering](https://openindex.co.uk/havering)

## Postcode districts next to RM3

[CM14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm14), [RM2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm2), [RM4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm4), [RM11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm11), [RM14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm14)

## Nearest rail stations

[Harold Wood (1.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=0.2331,51.5928), [Gidea Park (3.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=0.2060,51.5819), [Emerson Park (4.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=0.2201,51.5686), [Romford (4.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=0.1832,51.5748)

## More in the RM postcode area

[All RM postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## RM3 in brief

RM3 is a postcode district covering Harold Hill, Harold Wood and Harold Park, in Havering.
About 50,929 people lived in RM3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £410,000 in 2025 across 466 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 86.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RM3 was £410,000 in 2025.
RM3 had 48,546 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in RM3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RM3, 89.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: RM3
- Postcode area: [RM](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm)
- Constituency: [Hornchurch and Upminster †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hornchurch-and-upminster)
- Council: [Havering †](https://openindex.co.uk/havering)
- Area: 16.22 km²
- People, mid-2024: 50,929*
- Neighbourhoods: 27
- Output areas: 145

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[RM4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm4), [CM14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm14), [RM14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm14), [RM2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm2), [RM11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm11)

## Latest updates for RM3

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/RM3

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm3, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm3#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm3