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Barking and Dagenham

Who runs the council
LAB
held since 1973 · Open Council Data UK
Crime
4,883
offences, 3 months to 2025-12 · Home Office
The average home
£360,889
at 2026-05 · HM Land Registry
Median weekly pay
£663
2025 · ONS ASHE
People
232,747
mid-2024 estimate · ONS

The record

The average home here (£360,889) costs the equivalent of 10.5 years of the area's median pay (£663 a week, 2025). The two figures are shown together; no cause is implied.

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