Custom House

Newham · London · population 9,855 · 5 LSOAs

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

14Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,928 of 6,856 in England
  • #928 of 1,002 in London
  • #34 of 40 in Newham
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,552
Median age (est.)33
Density6,731per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above35%
No car or van48%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 15%25–44 34%45–64 23%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 7%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 49%Private rent: 25%
Own outright 7%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 49%Private rent 25%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 9%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 22%Other: 21%
One person 26%Couple, no children 9%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 22%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 17% · Professional 16% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary17%
Professional16%
Caring & leisure12%
Skilled trades11%
Associate professional11%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors8%
Administrative7%

Ethnic group

White: 42%Asian: 17%Black: 31%Mixed: 6%Other: 4%
White 42%Asian 17%Black 31%Mixed 6%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · Muslim 20% · No religion 19%

Born outside the UK: 47%

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

Custom House is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,928 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #34 of 40 in Newham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (39) and lowest on Housing & access (2). Typical homes here sold for about £361,000 over the past year, down 4% across five years (from 34 sales), 20% below the wider Newham median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,589 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 138 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 8 · #6,284
Employment 19 · #5,544
Education 28 · #4,941
Health 27 · #4,975
Crime 27 · #5,009
Housing & access 2 · #6,737
Living environment 39 · #4,173

House prices ?

£361,000median (12m) · -4.2% yr · n=34
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£361,00034-4.2%-4.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Terraced£427,00014+1.1%+9.2%
Flat£320,00019+12.7%-2.4%
This area£361,000
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)£41,589±£5,963 · #2,971 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,255
Price-to-income ?8.7×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 ?

16Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

138 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,362 offences
Newham115
London102
England83

Rank #5,767 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences326
Theft559
Burglary35
Vehicle crime190
Criminal damage & arson69
Public order & weapons68
Drugs69
Robbery36
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 204 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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