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Mayesbrook
Barking and Dagenham, London
PocketsBecontree South (Mayesbrook Park · Porters Avenue · Parsloes Park Squatts · south-west)Becontree West (Longbridge Road · south · Orchard Playing Fields · Mayesbrook Park)Mayesbrook Park & Rippleside
Mayesbrook sits in the middle of Barking and Dagenham, a post-war residential ward built around one of the borough's largest parks. The character is suburban and quiet rather than urban. The 46-hectare Mayesbrook Park is the dominant feature, with lakes, playing fields and the restored Mayes Brook corridor, and the ward totals just over 51 hectares of green space — generous by east London standards. Housing is cheaper than most of outer London, and safety scores sit above the borough average. Public-transport access is moderate, relying on buses and the District line at the edges. The negatives: there is no listed heritage, no conservation area, very little in the way of culture or non-food retail, and education outcomes trail the inner east London wards. Air quality is decent but the North Circular runs along the western edge.
- Strongest68Air & Quiet
Clean air and low ambient noise by London standards
- Also strong60Property prices & growth
Strong combination of affordability, price momentum and turnover
- Watch out0Heritage
Little listed-building or conservation-area presence
At a glance
- Moderate public-transport access
- 2 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Mayesbrook Park (46.1 hectares)
- 60 open venues (39 food and drink, 21 other)
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Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
60Better than 79% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability85
- Rent affordability70
- Price momentum (5yr)63
- Activity (turnover)32
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Prices, rent & trends
£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and decades of sale-price history for this ward.
For Mayesbrook: 97 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
52Better than 57% of London
- Personal safety38
- Property crime60
- Anti-social behaviour68
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Connectivity
35Better than 26% of London
Median public-transport access is moderate (TfL PTAL 3.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Air & Quiet
68Better than 81% of London
- Air quality78
- Quietness53
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NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
14Better than 18% of London
- Nightlife0
- Dining7
- Arts & culture0
- Retail & shops7
- Sports & recreation0
- Independent scene29
- Vitality (openings, diversity)31
60 open venues nearby — 39 food & drink, 21 other.
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Education
53Better than 50% of London
- Primary schools46
- Secondary schools62
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For Mayesbrook: 3 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
None in this areaShared lowest band with 1% of London
Nature Access
60Better than 42% of London
- Green spaces76
- Waterways35
Largest green space: Mayesbrook Park (46 ha). ~52 ha of green space in total.
Area development
3Better than 48% of London
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- Is Mayesbrook safe?
- Mayesbrook scores 52 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — mid-table for London. The score weighs personal safety, property crime and anti-social behaviour separately rather than ranking on one raw total, so the mix of crime matters as well as the volume.
- Is Mayesbrook a good place to live?
- Mayesbrook scores 38 overall when all nine data layers are weighted equally. The London comparison beside the score shows how that number ranks against every ward. Its strongest suits are air & quiet (68) and property prices & growth (60); its weakest is heritage (0). Whether it suits you depends on what you weight — the same data re-ranked around your own priorities can read very differently.
- How well connected is Mayesbrook?
- Moderate public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Mayesbrook 3 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 35 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Mayesbrook expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Mayesbrook is among London's more affordable areas to buy: its purchase-affordability score is 17/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Mayesbrook?
- Mayesbrook scores 53 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 2 schools within a kilometre hold an Outstanding rating.
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