RM5 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of RM5, Romford from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
RM5 is a postcode district in Romford. Homes here sold for a median of £436,500 over the last year, up 16.4% over five years. 8,749 sales are on record. 35% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £215,000 median sold price (all time)
- £436,500 median price, last 12 months
- 8,749 recorded sales
- +16.4% 5-year price change
- 3% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 35% of homes rated EPC C or better
- Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid & English Indices of Deprivation, Sep 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 139 Chase Cross Road | Detached | £650,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 284 Collier Row Lane | Semi | £525,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 49 Chase Cross Road | Semi | £483,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 260 Collier Row Lane | Semi | £415,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 75 Mowbrays Road | Terraced | £365,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 18 The Drive | Terraced | £485,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 5 Lowshoe Lane | Semi | £460,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 40 Gobions Avenue | Semi | £500,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 20 Highfield Close | Semi | £475,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 44 Frinton Road | Terraced | £390,000 | Jun 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 424
- Anti-social behaviour 330
- Other theft 163
Source: police.uk street-level crime (Open Government Licence) · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Locations are anonymised "on or near" markers — where crime clusters, not a specific address.
Street-level crime map near here →
Across the wider Havering district
The figures below cover Havering — the council district RM5 sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £440,000 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, May 2026)
- 262,052 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 97% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- ≈31 min fastest train to London (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026)
- 85% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
- 8.9 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jul 2026)
- 81 · 84.4 yrs life expectancy (men · women) (OSM (NHS facilities) + IoD2025 health domain + OHID Fingertips (outcomes), 2026/2025)
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Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| RM5 2 | £435,000 | 4,015 |
| RM5 3 | £439,000 | 4,734 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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