Rainham West

Havering · London · population 6,756 · 4 LSOAs

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

36Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,385 of 6,856 in England
  • #559 of 1,002 in London
  • #24 of 30 in Havering
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,735
Median age (est.)36
Density5,226per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above27%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 11%25–44 30%45–64 24%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 24%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 14%Private rent 24%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 17%Other: 17%
One person 26%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 17%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Elementary 13% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Elementary13%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative12%
Managers & directors10%
Associate professional10%
Caring & leisure9%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

White: 63%Asian: 14%Black: 15%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 63%Asian 14%Black 15%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 28% · Muslim 9%

Born outside the UK: 27%

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 West is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,385 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #24 of 30 in Havering. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (60) and lowest on Housing & access (24). Typical homes here sold for about £400,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 58 sales), 11% below the wider Havering median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,774 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 126 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 28 · #4,961
Employment 36 · #4,406
Education 42 · #3,953
Health 60 · #2,740
Crime 32 · #4,653
Housing & access 24 · #5,228
Living environment 32 · #4,694

House prices ?

£400,000median (12m) · +6.5% yr · n=58
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£400,00058+6.5%+19.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£427,50014+0.6%+23.9%
Terraced£429,50026+10.1%+28.5%
Flat£222,50016-10.6%+8.5%
This area£400,000
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)£46,774±£6,680 · #1,680 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,297
Price-to-income ?8.6×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 ?

31Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

126 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 851 offences
Havering74
London102
England83

Rank #5,583 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences218
Theft300
Burglary28
Vehicle crime83
Criminal damage & arson57
Public order & weapons58
Drugs55
Robbery44
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 216 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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