East Ham South West

Newham · London · population 9,769 · 5 LSOAs

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

24Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,194 of 6,856 in England
  • #746 of 1,002 in London
  • #9 of 40 in Newham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,582
Median age (est.)33
Density20,856per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above37%
No car or van42%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 14%25–44 35%45–64 22%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 36%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 13%Private rent 36%

Households

One person: 18%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 37%Lone parent: 11%Other: 25%
One person 18%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 37%Lone parent 11%Other 25%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Elementary 17% · Associate professional 11%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Elementary17%
Associate professional11%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors8%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 27%Asian: 52%Black: 11%Mixed: 4%Other: 5%
White 27%Asian 52%Black 11%Mixed 4%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Muslim 41% · Christian 35% · No religion 11%

Born outside the UK: 53%

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

East Ham South West is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,194 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 40 in Newham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (62) but weak on Living environment (5). Typical homes here sold for about £465,000 over the past year, down 5% across five years (from 51 sales), in line with the wider Newham median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £51,425 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 53 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 15 · #5,818
Employment 49 · #3,494
Education 32 · #4,646
Health 62 · #2,630
Crime 52 · #3,282
Housing & access 6 · #6,407
Living environment 5 · #6,524

House prices ?

£465,000median (12m) · +5.7% yr · n=51
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£465,00051+5.7%-5.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£468,00044+5.2%+11.4%
Flat£200,0007-38.5%-63.3%
This area£465,000
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)£51,425±£7,595 · #851 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,034
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 ?

14Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

53 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 516 offences
Newham115
London102
England83

Rank #2,327 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences168
Theft114
Burglary28
Vehicle crime97
Criminal damage & arson41
Public order & weapons29
Drugs12
Robbery19
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 112 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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