Barking and Dagenham

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 26° / 17° · 41% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:18

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bexley - Belvedere West, United Kingdom

532 reported · July 2026▼ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences216
• Anti-social behaviour95
• Vehicle crime54
• Other theft34

84 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Parsloes · Metropolitan

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

482 reported road collisions (2024)

49 killed or seriously injured · 599 casualties · 22 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 352 rated 4–5 ★ (263 top)
• 32 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

£371,030 average▲ 4.3% YoY

Across Barking and Dagenham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,696 average monthly rent▲ 2.8% YoY

• 1 bed £1,376
• 2 bed £1,718
• 3 bed £1,896

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (5.7 km)

54 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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 5 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

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

262 CQC-registered services

• Care homes23
• GP practices44
• Dentists22
• Homecare agencies161
• 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)

153 applications decided

62.1% granted · 95 granted, 58 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

9,105 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Barking:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s446 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership245 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test221 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office176 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance133 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• 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)