Upton Park

Newham · London · population 10,093 · 4 LSOAs

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

23Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,249 of 6,856 in England
  • #762 of 1,002 in London
  • #11 of 40 in Newham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,929
Median age (est.)33
Density19,726per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above36%
No car or van47%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 13%25–44 39%45–64 18%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 17%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 43%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 17%Social rent 15%Private rent 43%

Households

One person: 18%Couple, no children: 6%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 12%Other: 37%
One person 18%Couple, no children 6%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 12%Other 37%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 18% · Professional 15% · Sales & customer service 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary18%
Professional15%
Sales & customer service12%
Skilled trades12%
Managers & directors10%
Associate professional9%
Process & plant9%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure8%

Ethnic group

White: 13%Asian: 73%Black: 7%Mixed: 3%Other: 4%
White 13%Asian 73%Black 7%Mixed 3%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Muslim 51% · Christian 17% · Hindu 16%

Born outside the UK: 60%

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

Upton Park is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,249 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 40 in Newham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (62) but weak on Housing & access (2). Typical homes here sold for about £483,000 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 18 sales), 7% above the wider Newham median of £450,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,856 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 116 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 19 · #5,578
Employment 43 · #3,892
Education 29 · #4,865
Health 62 · #2,630
Crime 48 · #3,528
Housing & access 2 · #6,695
Living environment 9 · #6,222

House prices ?

£483,000median (12m) · +30.5% yr · n=18
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£483,00018+30.5%+24.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£500,00012-2.2%+14.9%
Flat£357,5006+8.3%+0.7%
This area£483,000
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)£43,856±£6,488 · #2,350 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£23,488
Price-to-income ?11.0×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 ?

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

Recorded crime ?

116 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,176 offences
Newham115
London102
England83

Rank #5,378 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences289
Theft554
Burglary29
Vehicle crime86
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons69
Drugs51
Robbery51
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 127 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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