My Area UK

Newham

Newham is a city in Greater London, England. It has 57 bus stops, 9 GP surgeries, 16 pharmacies, 5 supermarkets, 164 restaurants and cafés, and the nearest railway station is Upton Park, 0.9 km away. There were around 1,268 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Newham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Newham area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 351,036 residents at roughly 9,690 people per km².

Council
Newham
County
Greater London
Constituency
West Ham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
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°CPatchy rain nearby

  • 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

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Greenwich - Woolwich Flyover, United Kingdom

Crime

1309 reported · July 2026 6% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences400
  • Anti-social behaviour261
  • Vehicle crime143
  • Other theft101

124 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Plaistow South · Metropolitan

Local policing priorities

  • Plaistow South Ward has recently experienced a number of concerning incidents involving young people becoming unwell after using vape dev…
  • Plaistow South Ward continues to experience a long-standing and complex problem relating to squatting, vulnerability and associated anti-…

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

  • 253 rated 4–5 ★ (151 top)
  • 105 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 (0.9 km)
  • 57 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Custom House (2.1 km):

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Live buses at Wilson Road:

  • 376East Ham, Newham Town Hall · 1 min
  • 104Stratford · 10 min
  • 104Stratford · 20 min
  • 376East Ham, Newham Town Hall · 22 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 (10.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (10.4 km)

67 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Shell Recharge/Ubitricity (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres5
  • Gyms6
  • Sports pitches98
  • Playgrounds55

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
  • 27 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

  • Schools38
  • GPs & clinics23
  • Pharmacies24
  • Supermarkets10
  • Parks & greens844
  • Restaurants & cafés265

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

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 Martin's Church, Plaistow · 0.2 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 · 0.3 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.

  • Our Lady of Compassion Church, Upton Park · 0.4 km

    Our Lady of Compassion Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Upton Park area of east London, dedicated to Our Lady of Compassion. Catholics in the area had previously worshipped at chapels attached to school…

  • 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.

  • Newham University Hospital · 0.5 km

    Newham University Hospital is an acute general hospital situated in Plaistow in the London Borough of Newham. It is managed by Barts Health NHS Trust.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Newham?
Newham is a town in Greater London, England, in the Newham local authority.
How deprived is Newham?
The Newham local authority, which includes Newham, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.