Plashet East

Newham · London · population 10,130 · 5 LSOAs

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

21Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,393 of 6,856 in England
  • #802 of 1,002 in London
  • #15 of 40 in Newham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,029
Median age (est.)32
Density20,175per km²
No qualifications26%
Degree or above32%
No car or van41%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 15%25–44 33%45–64 21%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 41%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 14%Private rent 41%

Households

One person: 15%Couple, no children: 7%Couple with children: 36%Lone parent: 11%Other: 31%
One person 15%Couple, no children 7%Couple with children 36%Lone parent 11%Other 31%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 18% · Professional 16% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary18%
Professional16%
Sales & customer service12%
Process & plant10%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure9%
Associate professional9%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 14%Asian: 67%Black: 12%Mixed: 2%Other: 5%
White 14%Asian 67%Black 12%Mixed 2%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Muslim 54% · Christian 18% · Hindu 9%

Born outside the UK: 56%

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

Plashet East is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,393 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 40 in Newham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (65) but weak on Housing & access (1). Typical homes here sold for about £470,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 21 sales), in line with the wider Newham median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,068 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 45 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 16 · #5,770
Employment 40 · #4,118
Education 21 · #5,434
Health 65 · #2,397
Crime 56 · #2,994
Housing & access 1 · #6,778
Living environment 16 · #5,749

House prices ?

£470,000median (12m) · +2.2% yr · n=21
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£470,00021+2.2%+10.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£510,00015+3.6%+15.3%
Flat£290,5006+22.9%+16.2%
This area£470,000
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)£48,068±£7,706 · #1,437 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£24,970
Price-to-income ?9.8×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 ?

12Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

45 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 457 offences
Newham115
London102
England83

Rank #1,684 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences185
Theft70
Burglary24
Vehicle crime86
Criminal damage & arson31
Public order & weapons25
Drugs17
Robbery15
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 79 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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