# RM4

Postcode district covering Abridge, Stapleford Abbotts and Havering-atte-Bower, in Epping Forest and Havering.

RM4 is a postcode district covering Abridge, Stapleford Abbotts and Havering-atte-Bower, in Epping Forest and Havering. Median sale price £640,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code RM4. 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 RM4 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £640,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in RM4 was £640,000 in 2025. Joint 112th 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/rm4#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 4,390** (2021). RM4 had 4,390 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 423rd least 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/rm4#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in RM4 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/rm4#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 87.5%** (January 2026). In RM4, 87.5% 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/rm4#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=RM4) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in RM4 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=RM4) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 72 homes were sold in RM4 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=RM4) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for RM4.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=RM4) (Census 2021, England and Wales): RM4 had 4,390 usual residents at the census.

## How RM4 compares

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

| Measure | RM4 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £640,000 | most expensive | 20 postcode districts, RM · 2025 |
| Population | 4,390 | least 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 | 87.5% | 3rd lowest | 20 postcode districts, RM · Jan 2026 |

## Is RM4 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in RM4 at a rate of 88.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.6 per 1,000 people across the RM postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 51 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in RM4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (155), other crime (72) and anti-social behaviour (55).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in RM4 was 92.3 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 RM4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so RM4 has no single figure. Of its 2 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in RM4

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Epping Forest 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021800) | 2,519 | 89.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.6% |
| [Epping Forest 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest/neighbourhood/e01021770) | 2,051 | 50.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.6% |

## Your MP

- [Brentwood and Ongar](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/brentwood-and-ongar): Alex Burghart (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 82% of the people here.
- [Romford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/romford): Andrew Rosindell (Reform UK), MP since July 2024. 13% of the people here.
- [Hornchurch and Upminster](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hornchurch-and-upminster): Julia Lopez (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 4.4% of the people here.
- [Epping Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/epping-forest): Dr Neil Hudson (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 0.6% of the people here.

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

## Postcode sectors in RM4

[RM4 1 (160 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm4-1)

## Councils RM4 covers

[Epping Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest), [Havering](https://openindex.co.uk/havering)

## Postcode districts next to RM4

[CM5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm5), [CM14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm14), [CM16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm16), [IG7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig7), [RM2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm2), [RM3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm3), [RM5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm5)

## 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)

## RM4 in brief

RM4 is a postcode district covering Abridge, Stapleford Abbotts and Havering-atte-Bower, in Epping Forest and Havering.
About 4,376 people lived in RM4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £640,000 in 2025 across 72 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 88.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in RM4 was £640,000 in 2025.
RM4 had 4,390 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in RM4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In RM4, 87.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: RM4
- Postcode area: [RM](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm)
- Constituency: [Brentwood and Ongar †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/brentwood-and-ongar)
- Council: [Epping Forest †](https://openindex.co.uk/epping-forest)
- Area: 43.52 km²
- People, mid-2024: 4,376*
- Neighbourhoods: 2
- Output areas: 14

* 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

[CM16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm16), [CM5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm5), [CM14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm14), [RM3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm3), [RM5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm5), [IG7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ig7)

## Latest updates for RM4

- 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/RM4

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm4, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm4#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rm4