Find RM8 1BU in Barking and Dagenham and explore the information recorded for it. The interactive map shows the postcode’s position and an approximate address-derived outline, with exact-postcode facts and wider neighbourhood statistics clearly identified below. Census 2021 records 105 residents and 31 households at the exact postcode.
Active postcodeSmall user postcodeBarking and Dagenham
Average sold price£302,2867 exact-postcode transactions
IMD decile3 of 10Containing LSOA · 2025
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Exact postcode record
Postcode details
Postcode
RM8 1BU
Postcode without spaces
RM81BU
Status
Active postcode
User type
Small user postcode
Introduced
January 1980
Directory version
2026-06
Latitude
51.5611900
Longitude
0.1378270
British National Grid
548,285 E, 186,866 N
Containing official geographies
Country
England
Region
London
Local authority
Barking and Dagenham
Output Area (2021)
E00000493
LSOA (2021)
E01000100
MSOA (2021)
E02000005
Electoral ward
E05014069
Westminster constituency
E14001189
The red outline is an approximate convex hull generated from geocoded property locations and offset outwards by about 25 metres; it is not an official postcode boundary.
Ward and Constituency
The postcode is assigned to these official political geographies. Names and election results will be added when the ElectionMaps datasets are connected.
These Census figures are matched directly to the full postcode, rather than inferred from a wider neighbourhood.
Exact postcode · Census 2021
Residents
105
Households
31
Female residents
54
Male residents
51
Residents per household
3.4
Counts are from the postcode-level Census population and household datasets. They apply to the exact postcode. Detailed local demographic profiles will be labelled separately when Output Area data is added.
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Local Deprivation
Deprivation is published for the postcode's containing Lower Layer Super Output Area, a neighbourhood geography covering more than one postcode.
The search is currently limited to records whose own postcode begins with RM8. Distances are approximate straight-line distances, not travel distances.
Companies Registered at RM8 1BU
Companies House records whose registered-office address uses this exact postcode.
A registered office can be an accountant, agent or correspondence address. A company listed here does not necessarily trade from this postcode.
Crime in the Local LSOA
Police.uk street-level incidents recorded across the postcode's containing LSOA in May 2026.
Containing LSOA · E01000100
16 recorded incidents
Barking and Dagenham 004B includes RM8 1BU and other nearby postcodes.
Crime type
Incidents
Violence and sexual offences
9
Anti-social behaviour
3
Vehicle crime
2
Other theft
1
Robbery
1
Crime figures apply to the whole Barking and Dagenham 004B LSOA, not only to RM8 1BU. Locations may be anonymised by the source.
RM8 1BU Questions
Answers use the geographic scope stated with each dataset above.
Where is the RM8 1BU postcode?
RM8 1BU is in Barking and Dagenham, England.
How many people live in RM8 1BU?
The Census 2021 postcode-level dataset records 105 residents at RM8 1BU. This is an exact postcode count.
What do the deprivation figures for RM8 1BU describe?
The deprivation figures describe the containing Lower Layer Super Output Area, not only the individual postcode.
Are the property prices for the exact postcode?
Yes. The sold-price records shown on this page are Land Registry transactions matched to the full RM8 1BU postcode.
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