East Ham West

Newham · London · population 9,187 · 4 LSOAs

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

16Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,729 of 6,856 in England
  • #885 of 1,002 in London
  • #27 of 40 in Newham
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,900
Median age (est.)32
Density20,154per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above34%
No car or van52%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 17%25–44 33%45–64 21%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 11%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 34%Private rent: 35%
Own outright 11%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 34%Private rent 35%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 10%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 15%Other: 21%
One person 22%Couple, no children 10%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 15%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 17% · Professional 17% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary17%
Professional17%
Sales & customer service12%
Associate professional11%
Caring & leisure9%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative8%
Process & plant8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 19%Asian: 54%Black: 17%Mixed: 4%Other: 6%
White 19%Asian 54%Black 17%Mixed 4%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Muslim 50% · Christian 26% · No religion 8%

Born outside the UK: 54%

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 West is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,729 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #27 of 40 in Newham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (50) and lowest on Housing & access (6). Typical homes here sold for about £403,500 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 26 sales), 10% below the wider Newham median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,538 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 80 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 7 · #6,353
Employment 30 · #4,790
Education 23 · #5,297
Health 50 · #3,405
Crime 41 · #4,070
Housing & access 6 · #6,442
Living environment 17 · #5,681

House prices ?

£403,500median (12m) · -7.8% yr · n=26
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£403,50026-7.8%+12.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£436,77814-0.7%+7.8%
Flat£323,75012-4.8%-8.8%
This area£403,500
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)£44,538±£6,591 · #2,187 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,820
Price-to-income ?9.1×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 ?

80 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 737 offences
Newham115
London102
England83

Rank #4,087 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences278
Theft149
Burglary34
Vehicle crime84
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons51
Drugs59
Robbery23
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 265 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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