Newham

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:26

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Greenwich - Woolwich Flyover, United Kingdom

• 9.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 7.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

1145 reported · August 2026▼ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences346
• Anti-social behaviour212
• Vehicle crime138
• Other theft107

Neighbourhood team: Plaistow North · Metropolitan

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

764 reported road collisions (2025)

136 killed or seriously injured · 890 casualties · 21.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 266 rated 4–5 ★ (152 top)
• 101 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Upton Park (0.6 km)
• 76 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£388,045 average▼ 4.7% YoY

Across Newham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,928 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

• 1 bed £1,630
• 2 bed £1,993
• 3 bed £2,212

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

10.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.2 times median annual pay (10.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,634 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (10.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (10.3 km)

29 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Shell Recharge/Ubitricity (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Gyms7
• Sports pitches129
• Playgrounds62

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Mayor Forhad Hussain welcomes Council decision to approve a Local Plan for growth until 2042· 2 Nov 2026
• Newham Council supports global campaign to tackle domestic abuse and protect survivors· 2 Nov 2026
• Resident Support Update· 2 Nov 2026
• Special Delivery! Your Food Waste has a Future as 76k Newham homes receive their weekly recycling service· 30 Oct 2026
• From breakfast in Beckton to brunch in Brussels – Newham welcomes Government investment in Stratford International· 28 Oct 2026

Source: Newham Council

351,036 residents in Newham · 9,690/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 72%
• 65+: 7%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK33,725
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK49,960
• Net moves−16,235

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 7 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£1,944 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (42% of 132,600)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

114 schools · 62,293 pupils

66 primary · 17 secondary · 31 other

Ofsted: 50 of 50 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

100 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Newham

234 CQC-registered services

• Care homes23
• GP practices53
• Dentists45
• Homecare agencies90
• Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Newham

• Not in the Green Belt
• 24 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

247 applications decided

80.2% granted · 198 granted, 49 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

James Asser

Labour

West Ham and Beckton

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 25
• Grn 16
• Oth 25

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools40
• GPs & clinics22
• Pharmacies24
• Supermarkets9
• Parks & greens977
• Restaurants & cafés266

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

15,835 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

260 jobs advertised · £42,589 avg

e.g. Cleaner, ASD Teaching Assistant, Multi Trader (Plumbing bias)

Source: Adzuna

£822 median full-time weekly pay

7.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,514 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

55% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 163,742 certificates

13.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

67% low-carbon electricity

Wind 41% · Gas 31% · Nuclear 16% · Biomass 10%

135 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 80.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 63.1 women · 62.8 men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday8.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)1.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

15 GP surgeries · 14 pharmacies in E13

• Essex Lodge
• Greengate Medical Centre
• Plashet Road Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Ham and Beckton:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND191 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements97 local signatures · 38,019 nationwide
• Introduce weekend access to death certification for burials77 local signatures · 9,659 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after74 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth71 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• St Thomas' Church, Plaistow · 0.4 km

  St Thomas' Church, Plaistow was a Church of England church on Northern Road in Plaistow, Newham. It opened in 1898 as a mission church of St Mary's Church, Plaistow. It was demolished around 1950.

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  Greengate, London · 0.4 km

  Greengate is a neighbourhood located in Plaistow, in East London within the London Borough of Newham. A notable feature of the area is the Greengate House, previously the home to a YMCA and an Art college. The Barking…

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  St Martin's Church, Plaistow · 0.4 km

  St Martin's Church is a part of the Church of England on Boundary Road in Plaistow, Newham, East London. It was built in 1894 as a mission church, with the foundation stone laid on 28 June that year by Henrietta Pelha…

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  World Cup Sculpture · 0.4 km

  The World Cup Sculpture, or simply The Champions, is a bronze statue of the 1966 World Cup final located near the site of West Ham United Football Club's former Boleyn Ground stadium in the London Borough of Newham, E…

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  Boleyn Tavern · 0.4 km

  The Boleyn Tavern is a Grade II listed public house in East Ham, London, England, at the junction of Barking Road and Green Street. Completed in 1900 to the designs of W. G. Shoebridge and H. W. Rising, it occupies a…

• Green Street House · 0.5 km

  Green Street House, usually known as Boleyn Castle, was a stately home in East Ham in the modern London Borough of Newham, East London.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)