Is Havering a good place to live?
The facts on crime, schools, house prices and transport in Havering, from official data · 14 postcode districts · 5,034 postcodes
The facts on crime, schools, house prices and transport in Havering, from official data · 14 postcode districts · 5,034 postcodes
England average £293,479 (+1.1% in a year, +17.1% in five).
Source: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index. Averages for the whole council area (July 2026).
The average home in Havering sold for £448,648 in the latest House Price Index, up 2.1% on a year earlier. Across Havering, police record 88 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, close to the England and Wales rate of 97.
From the middle of Havering, the nearest primary school is Towers Infant School, 0.3 mi away, about a 6 minute walk; the nearest secondary is The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls, 0.3 mi away, about a 6 minute walk; the nearest GP surgery is The New Medical Centre, 0.2 mi away, about a 4 minute walk.
Emerson Park station is 0.7 mi away, about a 13 minute walk; the nearest park, Haynes Park, is 0.4 mi away, about a 8 minute walk.
Across Havering, police record 88 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, close to the England and Wales rate of 97. Figures are crimes reported to the police over the latest 12 months; they can't tell you how safe a particular street feels.
The average home in Havering sold for £448,648 in the latest House Price Index, up 2.1% on a year earlier. By type: detached £841,116, semi-detached £540,897, terraced £435,382, flats £251,321. Prices are council-wide averages from HM Land Registry.
The nearest primary school is Towers Infant School, 0.3 mi away, about a 6 minute walk. The nearest secondary school is The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls, 0.3 mi away, about a 6 minute walk. Being nearest doesn't guarantee a place; check each school's admissions criteria.
Emerson Park is 0.7 mi away, about a 13 minute walk.
The ONS estimates average household income of £86,349 a year for the neighbourhood (April 2022 to March 2023), compared with £53,636 across England.