RM9 6SA postcode in Barking and Dagenham, England

RM9 6SA is a postcode in Barking and Dagenham, in the Beam ward. It is in the Dagenham and Rainham parliamentary constituency and the Metropolitan Police area, and has been in use since January 1980. It is a large-user postcode, which Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

Flooding High flood risk 1 of 295 homes and businesses at high risk, from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 0% of homes and businesses can get it. Barking and Dagenham: 95% Typical price £375,000 Homes sold in RM9 6, last 12 months. ▼ 1.3% on the year before Nearest station Dagenham Dock 1.4 km in a straight line

Where RM9 6SA is, and what is near it

Map of RM9 6SA and what is near it Map of RM9 6SA: its centre point, with the 202 other postcodes in the RM9 6 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. RM9 6BF: also in RM9 6RM9 6DE: also in RM9 6RM9 6EG: also in RM9 6RM9 6FA: also in RM9 6RM9 6FB: also in RM9 6RM9 6FW: also in RM9 6RM9 6FX: also in RM9 6RM9 6FY: also in RM9 6RM9 6FZ: also in RM9 6RM9 6GF: also in RM9 6RM9 6GH: also in RM9 6RM9 6GJ: also in RM9 6RM9 6GL: also in RM9 6RM9 6GN: also in RM9 6RM9 6GP: also in RM9 6RM9 6GQ: also in RM9 6RM9 6JF: also in RM9 6RM9 6JN: also in RM9 6RM9 6LB: also in RM9 6RM9 6LE: also in RM9 6RM9 6LF: also in RM9 6RM9 6LN: also in RM9 6RM9 6LP: also in RM9 6RM9 6LQ: also in RM9 6RM9 6NT: also in RM9 6RM9 6NU: also in RM9 6RM9 6PG: also in RM9 6RM9 6PR: also in RM9 6RM9 6PU: also in RM9 6RM9 6QD: also in RM9 6RM9 6QJ: also in RM9 6RM9 6RH: also in RM9 6RM9 6RJ: also in RM9 6RM9 6RL: also in RM9 6 First Avenue Surgery 1.7 kmBelvedere station 2.5 kmGoresbrook RM9 6SA Map of RM9 6SA and what is near it Map of RM9 6SA: its centre point, with the 202 other postcodes in the RM9 6 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Belvedere station 2.5 kmGoresbrook RM9 6SA
  • RM9 6SA
  • Other postcodes in RM9 6: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 51.5144, longitude 0.1533)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after RM9 6SA?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at RM9 6SA?

None of the homes and businesses at RM9 6SA can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)0% can get it

Barking and Dagenham: 95%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0% can get it

Barking and Dagenham: 99%

The line marks the figure across Barking and Dagenham.

Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

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

When are the bins collected at RM9 6SA?

BinDayBuddy does not read London Borough of Barking and Dagenham's collection days yet, so the council's own checker is the place to look.

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham's bin days

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is RM9 6SA at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

High risk

The Environment Agency counts 295 homes and businesses at RM9 6SA. 1 is in an area at high risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, and 222 more at a lower risk.

295 homes and businesses at RM9 6SA High: 1Low: 185Very low: 37Not in an area at risk: 72

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.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

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

From surface water, across Barking and Dagenham

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for RM9 6SA: 14,506 properties in Barking and Dagenham are at high risk (15.8% of all its properties). All the figures for Barking and Dagenham

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of RM9 6SA is in 4 of the Environment Agency's flood warning areas. No warning or alert was in force for them at 13:56 on 22 October 2026.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026; warnings in force checked at 13:56 on 22 October 2026, using Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta). Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near RM9 6SA?

Homes in RM9 6 sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 69 sales, down 1.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£375,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£380,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 1.3% on the 12 months before
  • Semi-detached 2 sales, too few to price
  • Terraced £381,500 44 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £292,000 23 sales

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

Across the whole RM9 district: a typical £380,000 from 194 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in RM9 6SA

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in RM9 6SA from January 2024 to August 2026. The prices above are for the homes around it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

Food hygiene ratings at RM9 6SA

The Food Standards Agency lists 7 food businesses at RM9 6SA. Each opens the agency's own page for it, with what the council's inspector found.

Ratings run from 5, very good, to 0, urgent improvement necessary. A rating comes from the business's last inspection, and can change at the next.

Food hygiene ratings, from the Food Standards Agency

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings as published on 22 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near RM9 6SA?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 900 homes in the neighbourhood around RM9 6SA. Over half of them (81%) are in council tax band C. More were built from 1919 to 1939 than in any other period (58%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around RM9 6SA

Band D in Barking and Dagenham for 2026‑27: £2,199. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,466 (band A) to £2,687 (band E); band C, the most common, is £1,954.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 40 (4%)£1,466
Band Babout 60 (7%)£1,710
Band Cabout 730 (81%)£1,954
Band Dabout 40 (4%)£2,199
Band Eabout 30 (3%)£2,687
Band Ffewer than 5£3,176
Band Gfewer than 5£3,664
Band Hfewer than 5£4,397

When the homes were built

  1. None Before 1900
  2. 1% 1900 to 1918
  3. 58% 1919 to 1939
  4. 5% 1945 to 1964
  5. Withheld 1965 to 1982
  6. None 1983 to 1999
  7. None 2000 to 2009
  8. None 2010 to 2019
  9. 36% 2020 or later

Before 1900, 1983 to 1999, 2000 to 2009, 2010 to 2019: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Barking and Dagenham before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of RM9 6SA is in (ONS area E01000090), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near RM9 6SA?

The nearest open schools to RM9 6SA, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near RM9 6SA, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to RM9 6SA?

The nearest railway station to the centre of RM9 6SA is Dagenham Dock Rail Station, 1.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Dagenham Dock Rail Station Railway station 1.4 kmCycle
  • Belvedere Rail Station Railway station 2.5 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

No bus stop within 400 metres in the Department for Transport's register.

More stations near RM9 6SA, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near RM9 6SA?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of RM9 6SA, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near RM9 6SA?

0 within 1 km 11 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of RM9 6SA, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Source London Charging point · 3 chargers 1.5 kmCycle
  • MFG EV Chargers Charging point · 4 chargers 1.6 kmCycle
  • Asda Charging point · 2 chargers 1.9 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near RM9 6SA?

The nearest to the centre of RM9 6SA, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to RM9 6SA?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near RM9 6SA?

The nearest care homes to the centre of RM9 6SA, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near RM9 6SA?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of RM9 6SA, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near RM9 6SA?

The nearest vets to the centre of RM9 6SA on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is RM9 6SA in a conservation area?

The centre of RM9 6SA is in one area with planning rules of its own, as planning.data.gov.uk holds them:

Work on a home here, and on its trees, may need permission that it would not need elsewhere. The council's planning team has the rules for one address. Not every council has sent all its data.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near RM9 6SA?

Police.uk records 29 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of RM9 6SA in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences16 reports
Other theft6 reports
Anti-social behaviour3 reports
Vehicle crime3 reports
Public order1 report

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for RM9 6SA

Ward
Beam
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
London
Country
England
Built-up area
Barking and Dagenham
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

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

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The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

RM9 6LE480 mRM9 6PR630 mRM9 6QD650 mRM9 6QJ800 mRM9 6PG880 mRM9 6LN1.0 km
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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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