Canning Town South & Bow Creek

Newham · London · population 13,801 · 8 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

29Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,865 of 6,856 in England
  • #667 of 1,002 in London
  • #5 of 40 in Newham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents13,101
Median age (est.)32
Density6,902per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above54%
No car or van63%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 13%25–44 49%45–64 17%65+ 6%

Tenure

Own outright: 6%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 29%Private rent: 46%
Own outright 6%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 29%Private rent 46%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 13%Other: 21%
One person 29%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 13%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 29% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional29%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors13%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure7%
Administrative7%
Skilled trades7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 42%Asian: 26%Black: 21%Mixed: 6%Other: 5%
White 42%Asian 26%Black 21%Mixed 6%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 41% · No religion 25% · Muslim 18%

Born outside the UK: 55%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Canning Town South & Bow Creek is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,865 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 40 in Newham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (56) and lowest on Housing & access (11). Typical homes here sold for about £454,806 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+2%) (from 188 sales), in line with the wider Newham median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £50,639 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 172 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 20 · #5,475
Employment 46 · #3,713
Education 56 · #2,994
Health 47 · #3,645
Crime 29 · #4,879
Housing & access 11 · #6,126
Living environment 25 · #5,119

House prices ?

£454,806median (12m) · -0.4% yr · n=188
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£454,806188-0.4%+2.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£495,0009+12.5%+17.9%
Flat£454,560179-0.3%-0.2%
This area£454,806
Newham£450,000
London£525,512
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£50,639±£7,301 · #952 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,782
Price-to-income ?9.0×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

18Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

172 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,378 offences
Newham115
London102
England83

Rank #6,054 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences615
Theft751
Burglary157
Vehicle crime312
Criminal damage & arson112
Public order & weapons113
Drugs178
Robbery118
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 559 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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