United Kingdom · London · Local Authority
Newham
Local Authority · London, England · population ~355k · 101 state-funded schools
High prices, high pay, and outstanding schools. Newham's median house price is 10.5 times median annual pay, and rent takes a steep 53.7% of gross earnings, both among the highest multiples in London. However, this is set against a backdrop of the region's best schools, with 100% of pupils in Good or Outstanding places. Crime is higher than the London average, and deprivation scores are also among the highest in the capital. This is a place for those prioritising educational outcomes and career opportunities over affordability, accepting the trade-off of high living costs.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Newham ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£42,754/yr
High
Better than 72% of UK LAs
House price
£450,000
Very expensive
Worse than 84% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,912/mo
Very expensive
Worse than 95% of UK LAs
Council tax
£1,944/yr
Cheapest
Better than 98% of UK LAs
Crime
103.7/1k
Highest
Worse than 86% of UK LAs
Deprivation
29.6
Most deprived
Worse than 86% of UK LAs
Schools
100.0%
Very strong
Better than 96% of UK LAs
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
100 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
97 of 97 (100%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 3 schools are on the post-2024 report-card framework and don't roll up into the legacy total. How we count →
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101 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 101 schools, sortable and filterable.
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