UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/house-prices/barking-and-dagenham
Council areaLondon, England
House prices in Barking and Dagenham
Homes in Barking and Dagenham sold for a median of £380,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 2,436 standard sales.
That makes it the cheapest of the 32 London boroughs with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £525,000.
Prices over time
The median rose 33%, from £290,000 in 2016 to £385,000 in 2025, the second biggest rise of the 32 council areas in London.
Prices by property type
| Type | Sales | Median price | Middle half | Per m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 26 | £481,500 | £450,000 to £549,000 | Too few |
| Semi-detached | 277 | £437,000 | £390,000 to £480,000 | Too few |
| Terraced | 1,506 | £400,000 | £365,000 to £448,000 | £4,774/m²from 64 sales |
| Flats and maisonettes | 627 | £250,000 | £205,000 to £290,000 | Too few |
Most homes sold in Barking and Dagenham were terraced houses, at 62% of sales.
Flats and maisonettes stand out against London as a whole: a median of £250,000 here, 43% less than the £440,000 across the region.
Measured by floor area, homes here sold for a median of £4,862 per m², 24% below the £6,381 across London as a whole.
London boroughs
Median sale price of the 32 London boroughs with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first. Barking and Dagenham and the 14 boroughs nearest it in the ranking are shown.
- Ealing£530,000
- Bromley£520,000
- Redbridge£507,000
- Hillingdon£505,000
- Tower Hamlets£500,000
- Hounslow£485,000
- Enfield£475,000
- Lewisham£475,000
- Greenwich£455,000
- Sutton£455,000
- Havering£450,000
- Newham£447,000
- Bexley£430,000
- Croydon£425,000
- Barking and Dagenham, this borough£380,000
Postcode districts in Barking and Dagenham
District medians are close together, from £355,000 in IG11 (Barking) to £380,000 in RM8 (Dagenham) and RM10 (Dagenham).
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- RM8Dagenham, 515 salesMedian price £380,000Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 +6%
- RM10Dagenham, 473 salesMedian price £380,000Price per square metre £4,967Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +4%
- RM9Dagenham, 444 salesMedian price £377,500Price per square metre Too fewChange in the median from 2024 to 2025 +6%
- IG11Barking, 690 salesMedian price £355,000Price per square metre £4,580Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +8%
1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.
From 2024 to 2025, the median rose in every district with enough sales to compare, most in IG11 (Barking), up 8%.
Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:
- Abbey Road, Barking (IG11)109 sales
- Longbridge Road, Barking (IG11)22 sales
- Gwen Davis Way, Dagenham (RM9)21 sales
- Western Avenue, Dagenham (RM10)20 sales
- Becontree Avenue, Dagenham (RM8)20 sales
- Cambridge Road, Barking (IG11)19 sales
- Rugby Road, Dagenham (RM9)18 sales
- Goresbrook Road, Dagenham (RM9)17 sales
Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Westrow Drive, Barking (IG11, terraced houses, £627,500), Cavendish Gardens, Barking (IG11, terraced houses, £562,500) and Lambert Road, Barking (IG11, terraced houses, £474,500).
The cheapest were Plumtree Close, Dagenham (RM10, flats, £185,000), Gurney Close, Barking (IG11, flats, £207,500) and Spring Place, Barking (IG11, flats, £208,000).
Living in Barking and Dagenham
Crime
90 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026
Higher than 71 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 84. The middle half of council areas are between 59 and 95.
The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.
Gigabit broadband
96% of homes can get it
Higher than 81 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of council areas are between 84% and 95%.
Radon
4% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area
Lower than 80 in 100 council areas.
In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.
Council tax
Band D is £2,199 a year in Barking and Dagenham for 2026 to 2027
Lower than 89 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392. The middle half of council areas are between £2,323 and £2,526.
Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.
The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).
Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
About these figures
Barking and Dagenham's figures come from 2,436 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode. The 4 districts listed are those with most of their postcodes in Barking and Dagenham, so their sales add up to 2,122 instead (how we build council pages). New builds made up 5% of them.
Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.