Rainham East & Wennington

Havering · London · population 6,774 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

61Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,678 of 6,856 in England
  • #279 of 1,002 in London
  • #15 of 30 in Havering
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,827
Median age (est.)43
Density486per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above23%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 25%45–64 26%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 5%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 12%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 11%Other: 21%
One person 25%Couple, no children 12%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 11%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Administrative 16% · Professional 16% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Administrative16%
Professional16%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors11%
Elementary9%
Process & plant9%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 79%Asian: 8%Black: 9%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 79%Asian 8%Black 9%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 32% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 15%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Rainham East & Wennington is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,678 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 30 in Havering. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (76) but weak on Housing & access (17). Typical homes here sold for about £455,000 over the past year, up 25% across five years (from 80 sales), in line with the wider Havering median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,894 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 72 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 55 · #3,097
Employment 58 · #2,863
Education 54 · #3,165
Health 76 · #1,609
Crime 73 · #1,876
Housing & access 17 · #5,708
Living environment 65 · #2,425

House prices ?

£455,000median (12m) · +4.5% yr · n=80
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£455,00080+4.5%+24.7%
Detached£537,500180.0%+27.1%
Semi-detached£465,00036+5.7%+27.4%
Terraced£432,50022+5.5%+31.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£455,000
Havering£450,000
London£525,512
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£48,894±£7,031 · #1,259 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,106
Price-to-income ?9.3×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

35Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

72 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 491 offences
Havering74
London102
England83

Rank #3,685 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences178
Theft29
Burglary14
Vehicle crime123
Criminal damage & arson55
Public order & weapons33
Drugs46
Robbery7
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 209 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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