Barking and Dagenham

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• Today: 11° / 9° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:27

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

33US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bexley - Belvedere West, United Kingdom

• 9.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

532 reported · August 2026▲ 2% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences229
• Anti-social behaviour92
• Vehicle crime51
• Other theft31

Neighbourhood team: Parsloes · Metropolitan

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

480 reported road collisions (2025)

67 killed or seriously injured · 586 casualties · 21.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 357 rated 4–5 ★ (267 top)
• 29 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Becontree (0.3 km)
• 32 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£369,881 average▲ 4.7% YoY

Across Barking and Dagenham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,698 average monthly rent▲ 2.6% YoY

• 1 bed £1,377
• 2 bed £1,721
• 3 bed £1,899

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

9.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.5 times median annual pay (10.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,261 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (11.5 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 33 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Ivyhouse Road (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches38
• Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

218,869 residents in Barking and Dagenham · 6,066/km²

• Under 16: 26%
• 16–64: 65%
• 65+: 9%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK23,197
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK25,738
• Net moves−2,541

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 9 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,199 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (62% of 81,790)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

68 schools · 46,055 pupils

44 primary · 8 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 20 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

62 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Barking and Dagenham

258 CQC-registered services

• Care homes23
• GP practices44
• Dentists22
• Homecare agencies157
• Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Barking and Dagenham

• Not in the Green Belt
• 1 listed building within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

143 applications decided

65.7% granted · 94 granted, 49 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Labour majority

• Lab 38
• Grn 4
• Ref 9

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools20
• GPs & clinics7
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens41
• Restaurants & cafés33

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,570 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£754 median full-time weekly pay

7.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,066 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 97,922 certificates

12.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 82.2 yrs women · 77.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 59 women · 59.6 men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

7 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in RM9

• Halbutt Street Surgery
• Hedgemans Medical Centre
• St Albans Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Barking:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND244 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth97 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Mandatory 15-year minimum sentence for all child sexual offences68 local signatures · 11,590 nationwide
• Introduce weekend access to death certification for burials67 local signatures · 9,659 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after66 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• Parsloes Manor · 0.2 km

  Parsloes Manor was a manor house in what is now known as Parsloes Park in Dagenham in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. In 1585, it was described as containing 10 messuages, a cottage, 10 gardens, 2 orchard…

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  Becontree tube station · 0.3 km

  Becontree is a London Underground station. It is located to the south of Becontree in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, east London. The station is on the District line, between Upney and Dagenham Heathway s…

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  Parsloes Park · 0.4 km

  Parsloes Park is a 58 hectare public park in Becontree in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. It is owned and managed by the borough council. It is designated as metropolitan open land, which provides a high l…

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  Athletic Newham F.C. · 0.5 km

  Athletic Newham Football Club is a football club formed in Newham, England. They are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Division One South and play at the Bobby Moore Sports Hub in Dagenham.

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  May & Baker F.C. · 0.5 km

  May & Baker Eastbrook Community Football Club is a football club based in Dagenham, Greater London, England. They are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Division One South and play at Bobby Moore Sports…

• The Sydney Russell School · 0.7 km

  The Sydney Russell School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Dagenham, London, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)