Population Statistics
Dagenham
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Dagenham population

108,368people · latest estimate

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Dagenham has a population of 108,368, making it the 15th largest place in Greater London.

#15
of 255 in Greater London

Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Barking and Dagenham population trends, 2001–2025.

Dagenham in context

6 km
west to Barking, the nearest larger town
997,007
people live within 10 km
#96
largest of 6,358 UK places
489
food businesses in Barking and Dagenham
Dagenham in the UK

Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.

The centre of Dagenham sits in postcode district RM10.

Council tax

The area Band D council tax for Barking and Dagenham, the billing authority covering Dagenham, is £2,199 for 2026–27.

From MHCLG's council tax statistics (Table 9): the area average including police, fire and parish precepts, so it is the council's figure rather than the town's, and your own band depends on your property's 1991 valuation.

Common questions

What is the population of Dagenham?
The populated place itself holds 108,368 residents. The wider Barking and Dagenham council area recorded 238,295 in 2025. Each figure describes a different boundary and all are correct; the meanings table on this page says which is which, because a population without its boundary is not an answer.

Go deeper

Population since 2001
Barking and Dagenham, year by year from ONS estimates
Postcode district RM10
Wards, constituencies and the deprivation profile

Nearby in Greater London

#PlacePopulation
1Harrow149,246
2Tottenham130,000
3Walthamstow109,424
4Becontree100,000
5Romford95,000
6Hayes93,928

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