Havering
Havering is covered by postcode districts RM1, RM3, RM11, RM12, RM13, RM14 and 8 more. It is mostly in the Havering council area: 4,944 of its 4,961 postcodes. The others are in Barking and Dagenham and Brentwood. 3 of its 4,961 postcodes are in Essex. ONS lists no county for the other 4,958.
Every postcode in Havering, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 222
- In use before 2020: 4,739
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 4,961 postcodes in Havering that ONS places, 222 are new since 2020 and 4,739 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.5724, longitude 0.2048. 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
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 31 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RM7 1AH, is the newest of them.
- 29 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RM13 9GU, is the newest of them.
- 25 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RM12 6FL, is the newest of them.
- 19 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RM13 8TG, is the newest of them.
- 14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RM1 1DQ, is the newest of them.
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RM12 9LX, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Havering?
Homes sold for a typical £455,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 3,761 of the 4,791 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 181 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 401 of its 4,961 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Gidea Park, 1.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Havering?
Homes in Havering sold for a typical £455,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,436 sales, up 1.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £700,000 216 sales
- Semi-detached £510,000 983 sales
- Terraced £435,000 777 sales
- Flat or maisonette £265,000 460 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole RM3 district, Havering's main postcode district: a typical £412,750.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Havering: 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
Are new homes being built in Havering?
222 of the 4,961 postcodes now in use in Havering came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 34 of the 3,341 homes sold in Havering were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RM3 district, 2%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Havering | Across the RM3 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 1 of 2,436 (Under 1%) | 1 of 356 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 34 of 3,341 (1%) | 12 of 497 (2%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Havering?
Ofcom reports on 4,791 of the 4,961 postcodes in Havering. At 3,761 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 4 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Havering at risk of flooding?
401 of the 4,961 postcodes in Havering 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 181 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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
Which schools are in Havering?
The open schools at the postcodes in Havering (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Squirrels Heath Primary School450 m 600 pupils, 630 places
- Towers Infant School550 m 309 pupils, 330 places
- Hylands Primary School600 m 658 pupils, 650 places
- Towers Junior School650 m 358 pupils, 360 places
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School1.1 km 414 pupils, 420 places
- St Mary's Hare Park School1.4 km 144 pupils, 176 places
- Gidea Park Primary School1.4 km 459 pupils, 480 places
- Harrow Lodge Primary School1.5 km 456 pupils, 420 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Havering?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Havering is Gidea Park Rail Station, 1.1 km away in a straight line.
- Gidea Park Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
- Emerson Park Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
- Romford Rail Station Railway station 1.5 kmCycle
- Hornchurch Underground Station Underground, metro or tram 2.3 kmCycle
- Elm Park Underground Station Underground, metro or tram 2.6 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Havering?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Havering, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- The New Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2023 · Phone 01708 478800 250 mWalk
- Dr Marks Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01708 740244 900 mWalk
- Billet Lane Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report August 2023, over 3 years old · Phone 01708 442377 1.2 kmWalk
- Hornchurch Healthcare Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2024 · Phone 01708 440187 1.2 kmWalk
- Western Road Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01708 775300 1.4 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Havering safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 4,630 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Havering over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 364 September 2025
- 387 October 2025
- 358 November 2025
- 406 December 2025
- 399 January 2026
- 351 February 2026
- 403 March 2026
- 364 April 2026
- 387 May 2026
- 437 June 2026
- 379 July 2026
- 395 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: theft from the person 129, robbery 127, criminal damage and arson 123, other crime 53, possession of weapons 38, bicycle theft 26.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Havering?
- Councils
- Havering (4,944), Barking and Dagenham (14) and Brentwood (3)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Hornchurch and Upminster (2,073), Romford (2,022), Dagenham and Rainham (854) and 2 others
- Police force areas
- Metropolitan Police (4,958) and Essex (3)
- Regions
- London (4,958) and East of England (3)
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Havering
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Havering is in Havering; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Havering about council tax Council tax, on havering.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Havering
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Havering postcodes
4,961 postcodes in use in Havering, by district:
Those districts are in the RM postcode area and CM postcode area.
Check a Havering postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Havering
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Havering's £455,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Havering
- What is it like to live in Havering?
- Homes sold for a typical £455,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 3,761 of the 4,791 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 181 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 401 of its 4,961 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Gidea Park, 1.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Havering?
- Havering is covered by postcode districts RM1, RM3, RM11, RM12, RM13, RM14 and 8 more, across 4,961 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Havering?
- Homes in Havering sold for a typical £455,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,436 sales, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Havering?
- In Havering, primary schools at its postcodes include Squirrels Heath Primary School, Towers Infant School and Hylands Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Bridge, The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls and Bep Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Havering have a railway station?
- Yes: Gidea Park is 1.1 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Havering, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Havering?
- Ofcom reports on 4,791 of the 4,961 postcodes in Havering. At 3,761 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 4 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Havering at risk of flooding?
- 401 of the 4,961 postcodes in Havering 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 181 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Havering?
- 222 of the 4,961 postcodes now in use in Havering came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 34 of the 3,341 homes sold in Havering were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RM3 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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