It sits at the bottom of the list of all London boroughs to live according to property buying agents, Garrington Property Finders.
The site’s annual report ranked all 1,447 towns, cities and villages across England and Wales with a population greater than 5,000 based on five main criteria.
These include natural beauty, wellbeing, heritage and culture, schools and jobs, and value for money.
Other points of interest include Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, crime figures, air quality, numbers of listed buildings, Ofsted reports and more.
Overall, Havering placed at number 1,265 of these locations.
Despite having the lowest rank of all London Boroughs, Garrington has stressed that “the research only ranks the best places to live, so being included – whether at number 1 or number 1,447 – is to be applauded”.
The London Boroughs of Camden and Hackney and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea made up the top three spots, when the list is filtered to only include London boroughs.
Joining Havering at the end of the list is the London Borough of Hillingdon and the London Borough of Bexley.
Havering received the most marks for its schools, employment and connectivity and the least for wellbeing.
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According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) the employment rate of people between the ages of 16 and 64 as of May last year was 81.6 per cent, a decrease from 85.4 per cent in the year ending December 2022.
A 4.4 per cent unemployment rate for people 16 or over was also recorded, with an increase from the previous year ending December 2023 when it was recorded as 2.8 per cent.
Havering Council revealed in July last year that 26 schools in the borough received ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ Ofsted ratings prior to the end of single-word judgements.
