Newham
Newham has 351,036 residents in 115,511 households (Census 2021); 25% are aged 15–29 and 67% of households rent their home. Over the past two years homes sold for a median of £447,500, from £374,468 in Custom House to £585,000 in Stratford Olympic Park.
Six maps of Newham.
Every dot is a residential postcode. Each map uses the same colour scale, from lowest to highest.
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, Aug 2026 · HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · © OpenStreetMap contributors · English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG · data.police.uk · Ofcom Connected Nations 2025
All 24 wards at a glance.
Colour shows where each ward sits among Newham's wards for that measure, from lowest to highest. Select a ward for its full report.
| Ward | Median price | Green 500 m | Services 15 min | Aged 15–29 | Owner-occupied | Flats | Nearest tram or rail | Gigabit | Crime per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckton | £384k | 27% | 148 | 22% | 29% | 36% | 457 m | 92% | 187 |
| Boleyn | £438k | 9% | 430 | 24% | 36% | 38% | 690 m | 93% | 102 |
| Canning Town North | £500k | 19% | 321 | 28% | 21% | 58% | 393 m | 83% | 194 |
| Canning Town South | £415k | 11% | 339 | 30% | 20% | 78% | 360 m | 93% | 234 |
| Custom House | £374k | 17% | 268 | 23% | 27% | 44% | 502 m | 83% | 125 |
| East Ham | £446k | 8% | 310 | 22% | 40% | 21% | 761 m | 88% | 226 |
| East Ham South | £425k | 19% | 225 | 22% | 41% | 27% | 1.3 km | 87% | 97 |
| Forest Gate North | £570k | 38% | 322 | 21% | 38% | 27% | 347 m | 94% | 105 |
| Forest Gate South | £481k | 30% | 484 | 23% | 30% | 38% | 501 m | 86% | 193 |
| Green Street East | £485k | 21% | 455 | 24% | 40% | 18% | 642 m | 93% | 102 |
| Green Street West | £485k | 28% | 478 | 22% | 41% | 17% | 657 m | 95% | 136 |
| Little Ilford | £430k | 13% | 198 | 23% | 33% | 36% | 852 m | 92% | 99 |
| Manor Park | £450k | 19% | 189 | 22% | 35% | 31% | 408 m | 92% | 93 |
| Maryland | £405k | 25% | 592 | 25% | 28% | 44% | 426 m | 90% | 100 |
| Plaistow North | £440k | 26% | 463 | 22% | 29% | 40% | 521 m | 84% | 120 |
| Plaistow South | £410k | 13% | 350 | 22% | 40% | 17% | 1.1 km | 89% | 156 |
| Plaistow West & Canning Town East | £383k | 17% | 388 | 23% | 25% | 39% | 803 m | 90% | 109 |
| Plashet | £500k | 10% | 289 | 23% | 45% | 16% | 506 m | 97% | 77 |
| Royal Albert | £375k | 12% | 150 | 26% | 22% | 76% | 350 m | 77% | 106 |
| Royal Victoria | £475k | 11% | 179 | 29% | 23% | 90% | 295 m | 89% | 143 |
| Stratford | £412k | 19% | 502 | 34% | 21% | 76% | 400 m | 90% | 254 |
| Stratford Olympic Park | £585k | 34% | 600 | 43% | 17% | 93% | 309 m | 95% | 458 |
| Wall End | £421k | 12% | 275 | 23% | 40% | 17% | 722 m | 92% | 69 |
| West Ham | £460k | 31% | 416 | 25% | 29% | 43% | 412 m | 88% | 100 |
Sources: Census 2021 · HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales to 28 Aug 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors · data.police.uk
Prices.
Quarterly median of all standard residential sales in Newham. The latest quarter is still being registered.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales to 28 Aug 2026
Safety.
Police recorded 50,823 crimes and incidents in Newham in the 12 months to Aug 2026, 145 per 1,000 residents.
Police.uk records crimes by approximate location, not by where victims or offenders live. Busy streets, shops, stations and nightlife record more. Figures are counts, not a measure of personal risk.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, Metropolitan Police Service (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Road safety.
Injury collisions reported to the police in Newham each year, 2021–2025: 585 of them with a serious or fatal injury.
Counts include only collisions involving personal injury that were reported to the police. Most happen on main roads and at junctions, so a count near a postcode reflects the traffic passing through, not the risk of any one journey.
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Food hygiene.
Food businesses in Newham with a published hygiene rating.
Council food safety officers rate businesses from 0 (urgent improvement necessary) to 5 (very good) for hygiene, the state of the premises and how food safety is managed. A rating reflects the standards found on the day of inspection, not the quality of the food.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene rating data as of 26 October 2026 (Open Government Licence)
Broadband.
Share of homes in Newham that can get each type of fixed broadband, July 2025.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, fixed broadband coverage of residential premises, July 2025. © Ofcom copyright
Deprivation, in context.
10 of Newham's 185 neighbourhoods are in the most deprived tenth of England on the 2025 index.
The English Indices of Deprivation rank 33,755 small areas from 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived). They describe areas relative to each other, not every household in them.
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG
Wards of Newham.
Every ward has its own page with all of its postcodes.