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Karen Close

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26 recorded sales · median £186,000 · Havering

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Havering Council · Reform UK-controlled 39/55 seats · 71% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

71/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£186k

median price

8.1

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£186k

median sold price

11 yrs

of local pay to buy

18 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

8.1

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

686

Violence — most

13.3

NO₂ · WHO 10

6.3%

in a flood zone

1,139

green spaces

7.7

PM2.5 · WHO 5

383

eat & drink

115

shops

84.7%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£56,000 in 1995 → £420,000 in 2024

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Havering, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-06

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £186,000. That's about 11× local earnings — around the 11.4× five-year average.

Sold price history

2024 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 26 sales£186,000

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay11× · five-year average 11.4×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership70%

Owned outright

35%

With a mortgage

35%

Private rented

16%

Social rented

14%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,425

Your band:

London Borough of Havering£1,914

Greater London Authority£511

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,616

Band B£1,886

Band C£2,155

Band D (baseline)£2,425

Band E£2,963

Band F£3,502

Band G£4,041

Band H£4,849

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Havering how Karen Close compares · from Havering

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Romford +28.8%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Romford	£420,000	+28.8%	766
Gallows Corner	£380,000	+26.2%	220
Collier Row	£439,500	+25%	538
Cranham	£480,000	+24.3%	183
South Hornchurch	£415,000	+22.1%	237
Hornchurch	£482,500	+20.7%	482
Harold Hill	£375,000	+20.6%	355
Chase Cross	£485,000	+20%	216
Corbets Tey	£720,000	+16.4%	85
Gidea Park	£515,000	+16.3%	379
Harold Wood	£450,000	+16%	286
Rush Green	£415,000	+15.9%	256
Elm Park	£450,000	+15.8%	565
Noak Hill	£390,000	+15.2%	37
Rainham	£430,000	+15.1%	300
Ardleigh Green	£450,000	+11.5%	118
Pot Kilns	£535,000	+8.3%	65
Emerson Park	£600,000	+3.2%	199
Upminster	£567,500	+1.4%	283

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Karen Close — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
8, Karen Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£410,000	Nov 2024
27, Karen Close	Terraced	—	—	£430,000	Oct 2024
6 Karen Close	Terraced	—	—	£375,000	Apr 2024
17 KAREN CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£300,000	Feb 2021
21, Karen Close	Terraced	—	—	£328,000	Jan 2020
3, Karen Close	Terraced	—	—	£310,000	Oct 2018
16, Karen Close	Terraced	—	—	£285,000	Dec 2015
23, Karen Close	Terraced	—	—	£325,000	Oct 2015
27, Karen Close	Terraced	—	—	£264,000	Jun 2015
28, Karen Close	Terraced	—	—	£244,000	Oct 2014
1, Karen Close	Terraced	—	—	£249,995	Aug 2014
11 Karen Close	Terraced	—	—	£195,000	Dec 2013
12 KAREN CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£180,000	Dec 2011
3, Karen Close	Terraced	—	—	£170,000	Sep 2010
8, Karen Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£180,000	Sep 2010
7 KAREN CLOSE	Semi-detached	—	—	£192,000	Mar 2007
19, Karen Close	Terraced	—	—	£215,000	May 2005
28, Karen Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£178,000	Feb 2005
28, Karen Close	Semi-detached	—	—	£100,000	Jun 2001
19, Karen Close	Terraced	—	—	£69,500	Sep 1997
13 KAREN CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£64,125	May 1997
4 KAREN CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£60,000	Jan 1997
17 KAREN CLOSE	Terraced	—	—	£50,000	Jul 1996
26 Karen Close	Terraced	—	—	£55,000	Nov 1995

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24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Havering

Crime runs at 8.1 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month8.1

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Havering

Violence & sexual offences

686

Anti-social behaviour

412

Vehicle crime

232

Shoplifting

231

Other theft

141

Public order

134

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Havering district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from Havering

Population262,052

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 6/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 55% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 6/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 6/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 55% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 6 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

5.4/10

Employment

5.9/10

Education & skills

5.7/10

Health & disability

6.7/10

Crime

5.9/10

Housing & services

4.6/10

Living environment

5.6/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Havering — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+60%

Unemployment · economically active residents5.8%

Degree-level (Level 4+)30%

Good or very good health84%

Own their home70%

Median age39.4

Born outside the UK19%

See the full Havering report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 1 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

1 of 1 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 1 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Fledgelings Day Nursery South Hornchurch	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.6 km
Abbs Cross Day Nursery 4	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.7 km
Newtons Primary School	Primary	—	0.7 km
La Salette Catholic Primary School	Primary	—	0.8 km
Growing Pains	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.8 km
Whybridge Junior School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.9 km
Park Primary Academy	Primary	—	1.0 km
Rainbow Angels Nurseries & Learning Centres	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.1 km
Beam Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.1 km
Whybridge Infant School	Primary	—	1.2 km
Little Rascals Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.2 km
Val Robinson Childcare, Cottage Preschool	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.2 km
The Brittons Academy	Secondary	Good ('22)	1.2 km
Brittons Daycare	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.2 km
Adorable Childcare Nursery Ltd.	Nursery	Requires improvement ('25)	1.2 km
Rainham Village Primary School	Primary	—	1.3 km
Leys Children's Centre Nursery	Nursery	Good ('20)	1.3 km
The Leys Primary School	Primary	—	1.3 km
Fairy Tales Playgroup	Nursery	Outstanding ('23)	1.3 km
Bretons Preschool 2 @ St Helens Church Hall	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.3 km
Frankphil Holiday Activities Club @ St Helens	Nursery	—	1.3 km
Val Robinson Childcare, St. John's Preschool	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.3 km
Playtime Day Care- Dagenham	Nursery	—	1.3 km
New Beginnings Pre-School Day Nursery	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	1.4 km
Playways Pre School	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.6 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.7 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.9 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.7 km
NHS ODS

13 of 15 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Harlow Road Surgery	GP	Good ('19)	0.7 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.7 km
Beam Park Medical Practice	GP	—	0.7 km
Orchard Village Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
South Hornchurch Medical Practice	GP	—	0.9 km
South Honchurch Clinic	Dentist	—	0.9 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
South End Road Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Rainham Health Centre	GP	—	1.4 km
Raydens Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Williams Dispensing Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Chansons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
First Avenue Surgery	GP	—	1.6 km
Curapharm Chemist Mungo Park	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Beadles Parade Ltd	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
I Levitan And Associates	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Bows Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
1-3 Dewey Road (Dental Practice)	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Heathway Medical Centre	GP	Good ('19)	2.2 km
Prime Practice Partnership	GP	—	2.2 km
Wood Lane Surgery	GP	—	2.2 km
Heathway Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Dr M Goyal'S Practice	GP	Good ('17)	2.3 km
The Rosewood Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	2.3 km
Berwick Surgery	GP	Good ('19)	2.3 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Kry-Ba Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Dr Dp Shah'S Practice	GP	Good ('16)	2.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
Heathway Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.8 km
Talati Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
Healthcare Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
Waller Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.9 km
Hedgemans Medical Centre	GP	Good ('19)	3.0 km
Maylands Healthcare	GP	Good ('21)	3.0 km
Parkview Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.0 km
Maylands Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.0 km
Elm Park Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.0 km
The Oval Practice	GP	—	3.1 km
Inspire Dental Dagenham Practice	Dentist	—	3.2 km
Halbutt Street Surgery	GP	Requires improvement ('22)	3.2 km
Oxlow Chemist	Pharmacy	—	3.3 km
Dr Km Alkaisy Practice	GP	—	3.5 km
St Albans Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	3.5 km
St Georges Country Park Surgery	GP	—	3.5 km
Eastbrook Surgery	GP	Good ('22)	3.8 km
The College Practice	GP	—	3.8 km
Hedgemans Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.9 km
Five Elms Health Centre	Dentist	—	4.0 km
Dr Bk Jaiswal'S Practice	GP	Good ('17)	4.0 km
Brooks Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.0 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	4.2 km
Suttons Avenue Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	4.2 km
Laburnum Health Centre	GP	Requires improvement ('22)	4.3 km
Asvacare Ltd	Pharmacy	—	4.3 km
Modern Medical Centre	GP	Good ('24)	4.3 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.3 km
Wood Lane (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	4.3 km
All Smiles Dental Care	Dentist	—	4.3 km
The Highland View Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.3 km
Becontree Dental Studio	Dentist	—	4.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.4 km
Wykelodge Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.5 km
Picardy Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.6 km
Queens Hospital	Dentist	—	4.7 km
Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.7 km
Smile Sanctuary Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.7 km
Perfect Smile Spa	Dentist	—	4.8 km
Viva Dental Studio	Dentist	—	4.8 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Havering

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 21 min from Dagenham Dock Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Rainham (London) Rail Station	0.8 mi	London Fenchurch Street	25 min
Dagenham Dock Rail Station	1.5 mi	London Fenchurch Street	21 min
Belvedere Rail Station	2.7 mi	London Bridge	30 min
Barking Riverside	2.8 mi	—	no direct train
Erith Rail Station	3.1 mi	London Bridge	33 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Dagenham Dock Rail Station (21 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

40%

Work from home

33%

Public transport

19%

Walk or cycle

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging4 points

Per 10,000 residents0.2

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Havering

Air quality

NO₂

13.3

— WHO guide

PM2.5

7.7

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1003.4%

Flood zone6.3% of postcodes

Radonup to 1–3% of homes

Historic landfill246 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings146

Conservation areas11

Green belt54%

Green spaces1,139

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Havering

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	383	91% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	115	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	27	—
Green spaces & parks	1,139	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

84.7%

Superfast

96.6%

Ultrafast

85.9%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Havering

Figures for the wider Havering — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate5.8%

In work (employment rate)59.5%

Companies registered here25,395

New incorporations (12m)3,527

Property companies (SPVs)3,497

See the full Havering report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district