RM5 postcode district: Havering and around

RM5 is a postcode district in England, with 380 postcodes in use in 2 sectors. It has postcodes in Havering. It is split between 3 councils: Havering (370 postcodes), Barking and Dagenham (9) and Redbridge (1).

Postcodes in use: 380
Sectors: 2
Councils: 3 councils
Places: Havering

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in RM5, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 6
In use before 2020: 374

Of the 380 postcodes in RM5 that ONS places, 6 are new since 2020 and 374 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.6013, longitude 0.1648. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

RM5 3FLJuly 2026 RM5 2EZFebruary 2026 RM5 3FJNovember 2021 RM5 3FHMarch 2021 RM5 2EAFebruary 2021

What broadband can you get in RM5?

Ofcom reports on 378 of the 380 postcodes in RM5. At 309 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit309 of 378

Postcodes where every home can get superfast357 of 378

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is RM5 at risk of flooding?

10 of the 380 postcodes in RM5 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 10 of 380 postcodes Low: 35Very low: 1

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in RM5?

Homes in RM5 sold for a typical £440,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 189 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£440,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£440,000 12 months to August 2025

■ no change on the 12 months before

Detached £597,500 6 sales
Semi-detached £465,000 90 sales
Terraced £412,500 70 sales
Flat or maisonette £235,000 23 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it