AREA DECISION REPORT

Barking and Dagenham area decision report

Proceed with trade-off checks

Median affordability sits at 9.8x in 2025, which reads as high-cost. Gigabit availability is 95.1% with median download at Unavailable. 4G strong coverage reaches 100% and 5G reaches 99.6% in the current area summary. Nearby planning activity is quiet in the current area radius. 3 featured postcodes are ready for deeper due-diligence follow-up.

Live across price, affordability, connectivity, planning, and postcode follow-up | Sold prices through 23 Jun 2026 · Affordability year 2025 · Broadband source year 2024 · Mobile source year 2025

  • Median sold price, last 5 years £365,000Based on 8,886 sales · Latest sale in data: 23 Jun 2026
  • Affordability High-costMedian ratio 9.8x in 2025
  • Gigabit availability 95.1%Ofcom source year 2024
  • 4G strong coverage 100%Area-level mobile source year 2025
  • Nearby planning QuietCurrent applications plus recent decisions linked to the area radius

Area summary

Use this summary to decide whether this shortlist survives, then move into postcode-level due diligence where the evidence looks strongest.

Affordability and price

High-cost at 9.8x

Median house-price-to-earnings ratio is 9.8x in 2025, with a median house price of £376,000 and residence earnings of £38,467.

Broadband

Gigabit 95.1%

Gigabit availability is 95.1%, with median download at Unavailable and below-USO share at 0%.

Mobile

4G 100% · 5G 99.6%

4G strong-coverage share is 100%, with 5G at 99.6% in the current area-level summary.

Planning watch

No nearby matches

No nearby planning rows matched Barking and Dagenham in the current live coverage yet.

Schools

27 nearby school rows

27 nearby school rows matched postcode area IG11 0ZR for Barking and Dagenham. Use the schools flow to compare them in more detail.

Transport

439 mapped stops

Barking and Dagenham currently links 439 mapped transport stops, including 408 local bus or tram access points and 8 rail or metro stops. Where NaPTAN status is present, 439 stops are marked active and 0 inactive. Top localities include Dagenham (89), Creekmouth (73), Becontree (55).

Local business

Score 100/100

Barking and Dagenham currently links 492 mapped local businesses across 8 tracked categories. Top amenity groups include 180 food and drink, 134 grocery, 71 personal services. The current amenity availability signal scores 100/100.

Jobs

106,342 online job adverts observed

Barking and Dagenham sits in London. These are online job adverts for London as a whole, the smallest published geography covering Barking and Dagenham, so the figure describes the region rather than Barking and Dagenham itself. · Jun 2026. Same geography one year earlier: 133,444 online job adverts observed in Jun 2025.

Postcode follow-up

3 featured postcodes

3 featured postcodes are ready for deeper due-diligence follow-up under Barking and Dagenham.

Crime

Latest month 2,139

Barking and Dagenham recorded 2,139 crimes in Jun 2026. Rolling twelve month context shows 24,492, with a 1% rise against the prior twelve months and violence and sexual offences as the top recorded type. Metropolitan Police Service contributes the largest matched force share in the latest month.

Local business

This area-level OSM snapshot shows the amenity mix currently mapped around Barking and Dagenham, so you can judge everyday convenience before you spend more time on postcode-level checks.

Amenity availability

Convenience score 100/100

Basis: nearest matching geography. Area local-business counts use postcode tags first and nearest-postcode fallback when the OSM record has no usable postcode tag.

  • Scope: Area rollup for Barking and Dagenham
  • Freshness: Source seen 20 Apr 2026
  • Methodology: Open source notes

Amenity group

Food and drink

180 mapped places currently map into this amenity group, led by fast food (92), cafe (47), restaurant (41).

  • Fast Food: 92 mapped places
  • Cafe: 47 mapped places
  • Restaurant: 41 mapped places

Amenity group

Grocery

134 mapped places currently map into this amenity group, led by convenience (91), supermarket (20), butcher (13).

  • Convenience: 91 mapped places
  • Supermarket: 20 mapped places
  • Butcher: 13 mapped places

Amenity group

Personal services

71 mapped places currently map into this amenity group, led by hairdresser (49), beauty (22).

  • Hairdresser: 49 mapped places
  • Beauty: 22 mapped places

Amenity group

Health

27 mapped places currently map into this amenity group, led by pharmacy (19), optician (6), chemist (2).

  • Pharmacy: 19 mapped places
  • Optician: 6 mapped places
  • Chemist: 2 mapped places

Compare against another area

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Postcodes worth checking next

These are the best current postcode follow-up routes from the live area brief, so use them to move from early shortlist thinking into deeper due diligence.

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IG11 0ZR

IG11 0ZR has 80 recorded sales with a median sold price of £327,995.

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IG11 7ZH

IG11 7ZH has 65 recorded sales with a median sold price of £373,000.

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IG11 7HG

IG11 7HG has 62 recorded sales with a median sold price of £342,200.

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School comparison

Compare nearby schools

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Check affordability

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Check planning nearby

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Read area guides

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Use area planners and templates

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Follow up action

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