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Living in Barking and Dagenham

22 neighbourhoods · 115 sub-areas
Crime vs nat. avg
≈ nat. avg
In line with nat. avg · 88.3 / 1k / yr · #265 of 318 cities
Good schools
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Commute to hub
18 min
#36 of 318 cities
Jobs density
0.27
#312 of 318 cities
Avg rent
£1,687/mo
+7.6% YoY · #275 of 314 cities
Council tax
£160/mo
Estimated (Band D)
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Neighbourhoods in Barking and Dagenham

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22 neighbourhoods · 115 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.

Barking Central£1,374+7.6%737
Old Dagenham Park & Village£1,440+7.6%3227
Gascoigne Estate & Roding Riverside£1,520+7.6%6840
Becontree West£1,649+7.6%1855
Mayesbrook Park & Rippleside£1,658+7.6%3439
Dagenham Central£1,658+7.6%2733
Dagenham North£1,659+7.6%6977
Becontree South£1,659+7.6%4255
Creekmouth & Barking Riverside£1,664+7.6%1942
Rylands Estate & Dagenham Dock£1,673+7.6%2658
Becontree East£1,673+7.6%3750
Thames View£1,681+7.6%3233
Becontree North£1,698+7.6%3952
Central Park & Frizlands Lane£1,700+7.6%2132
Goresbrook & Scrattons Farm£1,711+7.6%3654
Barking East£1,720+7.6%3256
Dagenham Eastbrook£1,728+7.6%4936
Becontree Heath£1,733+7.6%3561
Chadwell Heath East£1,814+7.6%3548
Marks Gate£1,833+7.6%1029
Eastbrookend£1,882+7.6%2850
Longbridge & Barking Park£2,045+7.6%2947

Sources: ONS, MHCLG, DfT, DESNZ, Defra, Police.uk, Ofsted, Ofcom, HM Land Registry. Some columns (salary, council tax, HPI) are published at council-area level.

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Where to look in Barking and Dagenham

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Barking and Dagenham. Each list is filtered from the same neighbourhood data above — the basis of each shortlist is stated above the list so you know what's been weighted.

Top 5 cheapest

Lowest estimated monthly rent. Rent is the LAD-published ONS PIPR median, scaled per neighbourhood by local sale prices (Land Registry).

  1. 1.Barking Central£1,374/mo
  2. 2.Old Dagenham Park & Village£1,440/mo
  3. 3.Gascoigne Estate & Roding Riverside£1,520/mo
  4. 4.Becontree West£1,649/mo
  5. 5.Mayesbrook Park & Rippleside£1,658/mo
Top 5 most desirable

Highest composite liveability — combines safety, schools, transport access and rental affordability into one 0–100 score (higher = more liveable).

  1. 1.Barking Central73/100
  2. 2.Dagenham North69/100
  3. 3.Gascoigne Estate & Roding Riverside68/100
  4. 4.Dagenham Eastbrook49/100
  5. 5.Becontree South42/100
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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across Barking and Dagenham.

Avg rent
£1,687/mo
#275 of 314 cities
Sale price
£371,500
+1.2% YoY
Yrs to deposit
5.8 yr
Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability
council-area level rent by bedroom
ONS PIPR median for the council area
1 bed£1,369/mo
2 bed£1,709/mo
3 bed£1,882/mo
4 bed£2,506/mo
Sale price by property type
HMLR HPI average
Detached£648,850
Semi-detached£477,858
Terraced£397,162
Flat£243,470
Affordability
Price-to-earnings11.6×
Rent / take-home62%
Council tax (estimated, full council area)£1,917/yr
Mortgage (25y, 5%)£2,012/mo

Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.

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Safety in Barking and Dagenham

Crime in Barking and Dagenham runs at in line with the national average. Bottom quartile (#265 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 88.3, averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Total crime / 1k / yr
88.3
#265 of 318 cities
Crime detailTop crime types · safest neighbourhoods in this council area
All crime categories
incidents / 1,000 residents / year — sorted high → low
Violent & sexual offences
32.1
Anti-social behaviour
16.4
Vehicle crime
8.0
Criminal damage & arson
5.3
Other theft
4.7
Drugs
4.6
Public order
4.1
Burglary
3.7
Robbery
2.7
Shoplifting
2.2
Theft from the person
1.9
Other crime
1.3
Possession of weapons
0.7
Bicycle theft
0.7
Safest neighbourhoods in Barking and Dagenham
by safety score (higher = safer)
Dagenham North77/100
Becontree Heath61/100
Rylands Estate & Dagenham Dock58/100

Source: data.police.uk — incident counts adjusted for population, then averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods. National average = England + Wales population-weighted mean.

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Schools in Barking and Dagenham

100% of schools serving Barking and Dagenham are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Best 5% nationally (#1 of 296 cities)

Good or Outstanding
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Good w/in 2 km
33%
#171 of 318 cities
School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools
Ofsted rating distribution
Good100%
Outstanding (count)0
Good (count)1
Requires improvement0
Inadequate0
Best neighbourhoods for schools in Barking and Dagenham
by school score
Thames View95/100
Becontree South93/100
Mayesbrook Park & Rippleside92/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in Barking and Dagenham

Modelled door-to-door commute from this council area to nearby employment hubs. Closest first.

To London
18 min
Median across local areas
To Birmingham
121 min
Median across local areas
To Bristol
133 min
Median across local areas
Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods
Commute to major UK cities
public transport, off-peak typical
London
18 min
Birmingham
121 min
Bristol
133 min
Cardiff
154 min
Sheffield
163 min
Manchester
171 min
Leeds
173 min
Liverpool
181 min
Edinburgh
287 min
Glasgow
316 min
How residents travel to work
Census 2021, mode share
Car36%Public35%Active6%WFH19%
Best-connected neighbourhoods in Barking and Dagenham
by transport score
Barking East97/100
Barking Central97/100
Dagenham Eastbrook96/100

DfT Journey Time Statistics + ONS Travel-to-Work.

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Job access from Barking and Dagenham

Barking and Dagenham has 0.27 jobs per resident locally. Bottom 10%

Jobs per resident
0.27
#312 of 318 cities
5y jobs growth
-3.0%
Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area
Reachable jobs by mode
Drive — 100 jobs6 min
PT — 100 jobs4 min
Drive — 500 jobs7 min
PT — 500 jobs8 min
Drive — 5,000 jobs13 min
PT — 5,000 jobs25 min
Local job mix by sector
ONS BRES, % of local jobs
Retail & hospitality
23.7%
Education
12.3%
Health & social care
10.3%
Construction
8.0%
Manufacturing
6.4%
Professional & business svcs
3.3%
Tech & ICT
1.6%
Finance & insurance
0.5%

ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Barking and Dagenham

Short answers to the questions we get most often. Each answer is anchored in the data above and links onward where you can dig deeper.

What is the average rent in Barking and Dagenham?
The median monthly rent across Barking and Dagenham is £1,687, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.
Where is the cheapest place to rent in Barking and Dagenham?
The cheapest neighbourhood in Barking and Dagenham by estimated median rent is Barking Central at approximately £1,374/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in Barking and Dagenham?
By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Barking and Dagenham is Barking Central at 73/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is Barking and Dagenham a safe area?
Barking and Dagenham has an average safety score of 46/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.
What is council tax in Barking and Dagenham?
The most common council tax band in Barking and Dagenham is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £1,688. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within Barking and Dagenham.
What is the average salary in Barking and Dagenham?
The median annual resident salary in Barking and Dagenham is £32,911, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Barking and Dagenham, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in Barking and Dagenham?
The average property price in Barking and Dagenham is approximately £363,817 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.
What's the rental yield in Barking and Dagenham?
Gross rental yield in Barking and Dagenham is approximately 5.4% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.
How long does it take to save a deposit in Barking and Dagenham?
Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 5.8 years in Barking and Dagenham. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in Barking and Dagenham?
100% of premises in Barking and Dagenham are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.
What's the unemployment rate in Barking and Dagenham?
7.6% of 16-64 residents in Barking and Dagenham are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).
How many neighbourhoods are in Barking and Dagenham?
Barking and Dagenham contains 22 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 115 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.
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All sub-areas in Barking and Dagenham

Every local area, ordered by crawl priority. Most readers want the neighbourhood-level view — these are for deep-link cases or external search-engine arrivals.

Showing 80 of 115 sub-areas. Drill into any neighbourhood above for the full sub-area list.