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Newham

Newham is a town or village in Greater London, England. It has around 9 GPs or clinics, 15 pharmacies, 4 supermarkets, and 138 restaurants and cafés, with 76 bus stops and Upton Park railway station 0.6 km away. There were around 1219 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. Covers 1 town with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Newham is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 351,036 residents at roughly 9,690 people per km².

39/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 233rd of 294 English council areas — better than 21% of them.

Low crime16
Home affordability27
Affordable rents12
Good schools95
Life expectancy50
Low deprivation4
Employment1
Low council tax98

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°COvercast

  • Today: 26° / 17° · 43% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:19

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Tower Hamlets - Blackwall, United Kingdom

Crime

1282 reported · July 2026 5% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences404
  • Anti-social behaviour251
  • Vehicle crime143
  • Other theft92

111 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Plaistow North · Metropolitan

Local policing priorities

  • Violence with injury including VAWG. Not exclusive to violent offending. To include offending where violence is intimated and apparent.
  • Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB), including street drinking, drug offences, begging and loitering.

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

Road safety

767 reported road collisions (2024)

103 killed or seriously injured · 889 casualties · 21.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 254 rated 4–5 ★ (150 top)
  • 99 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

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

Live trains from West Ham (1.8 km):

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Live buses at New City Road:

  • 147Ilford, Hainault Street · due
  • 5Romford Market · 1 min
  • 330Wanstead Park, Station · 3 min
  • 147Ilford, Hainault Street · 4 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£403,032 average 0.7% YoY

Across Newham · to 2026-06

Detached£744,160
Semi-detached£512,536
Terraced£467,713
Flat£338,968

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,927 average monthly rent 2.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,630
  • 2 bed £1,992
  • 3 bed £2,210

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

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

68 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

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

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres6
  • Gyms7
  • Sports pitches129
  • Playgrounds62

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 12 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£1,944 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,296
B £1,512
C £1,728
D £1,944
E £2,376
F £2,808
G £3,240
H £3,888

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

Schools

115 schools · 62,482 pupils

67 primary · 17 secondary · 31 other

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

101inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • St Angela's Ursuline SchoolOutstanding
  • St Bonaventure's RC SchoolOutstanding
  • Cumberland Community SchoolGood
  • Kingsford Community SchoolGood
  • Little Ilford SchoolGood
  • London Design and Engineering UTCGood
  • Plashet, City of London AcademyGood
  • Royal Docks AcademyGood
  • Sarah Bonnell SchoolGood
  • Brampton Manor Academy
  • Eastlea Community School
  • Forest Gate Community School
  • Harris Science Academy East London
  • Lister Community School
  • Oasis Academy Silvertown
  • Rokeby School
  • Stratford School Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Newham

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

231 applications decided

83.1% granted · 192 granted, 39 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

James Asser

Labour

West Ham and Beckton

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority · directly-elected mayor

  • Lab 25
  • Grn 16
  • Oth 25

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

Amenities nearby

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

15,320 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

298 jobs advertised · £35,952 avg

e.g. 1:1 SEN Teaching Assistant, Tenancy & Rehousing Officer, Conveyancing Solicitor

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

35% low-carbon electricity

Gas 56% · Wind 14% · Nuclear 12% · Imports 9%

233 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

15 GP surgeries · 14 pharmacies in E13

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

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

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

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Boleyn Tavern · 0.4 km

    The Boleyn Tavern is a Grade II listed public house in East Ham, East London, England at the junction of Barking Road and Green Street.

  • 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)

Towns in Newham