Newham

18°COvercast

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:19

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Tower Hamlets - Blackwall, United Kingdom

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

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

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)

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£403,032 average▼ 0.7% YoY

Across Newham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• 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

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)

• Newham publishes Highway Maintenance Transparency Report· 10 Sept 2026
• Mayor adds further expertise and experience to cabinet team· 8 Sept 2026
• Newham mayor returns to old college to celebrate stunning A Level results· 13 Aug 2026
• Newham to offer households free bulky waste collection to help keep our streets cleaner· 13 Aug 2026
• UCL Public Policy Fellow reflects on six months at Newham Council· 10 Aug 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)

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

£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

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)

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)

231 applications decided

83.1% granted · 192 granted, 39 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

15,320 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

298 jobs advertised · £35,952 avg

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

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

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

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:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s402 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership329 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test138 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office134 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance113 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

• 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, 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)