So you are thinking of moving to West Ham in London? You've found some estate agents and they have told you what you wanted to hear. You've read some speil by a local councillor who says that West Ham is on the up an up? Now it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is West Ham the land of milk and honey or are Barking, East Ham and Leyton a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in West Ham
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of February 2021 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around West Ham. Naturally the more urban and more central areas will have a higher rate of crime, but often you can be surprised when that is not the case and that is the area you want to move to.
| Polcing Area | Voilent Crimes |
|---|---|
| Bromley | 333 |
| Plashet | 312 |
| Forest Gate | 301 |
| Stratford Marsh | 274 |
| Mill Meads | 242 |
| South Bromley | 234 |
| Stratford New Town | 216 |
| Stratford | 216 |
| Plaistow | 182 |
| Canning Town | 133 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for West Ham. These statitics are published by the government every 2-3 years. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around West Ham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Plaistow North (Best) | 13890/32845 |
| Green Street West | 12172/32845 |
| West Ham | 10144/32845 |
| Plaistow South | 8259/32845 |
| Stratford and New Town | 6858/32845 |
| Canning Town South | 6321/32845 |
| Bromley South | 6258/32845 |
| Bromley North | 6231/32845 |
| Lansbury | 5988/32845 |
| Canning Town North (Worst) | 5270/32845 |
East Ham
Your Health in West Ham
If you are thinking of moving to West Ham, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. We've taken the healh question from the latest census to find out and how West Ham compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
| Local Authority | Very Bad | Bad | Fair | Good | Very Good |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newham (West Ham) | 1.48% | 4.14% | 11.31% | 34.6% | 48.47% |
| Tower Hamlets | 1.62% | 4.42% | 10.65% | 32.75% | 50.56% |
| Hackney | 1.67% | 4.54% | 10.9% | 30.74% | 52.15% |
| Waltham Forest | 1.34% | 3.89% | 12.06% | 35.61% | 47.11% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for West Ham. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around West Ham. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Plaistow South (Best) | 17189/32845 |
| West Ham | 16905/32845 |
| Green Street West | 16653/32845 |
| Stratford and New Town | 15332/32845 |
| Plaistow North | 14488/32845 |
| Canning Town North | 12774/32845 |
| Bromley South | 11983/32845 |
| Bromley North | 11465/32845 |
| Canning Town South | 11142/32845 |
| Lansbury (Worst) | 10167/32845 |
Deprivation in West Ham
Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average Index of Multiple Deprivation rank of all the LSOAs in the wards in and around West Ham. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| West Ham (Best) | 9223/32845 |
| Green Street West | 9146/32845 |
| Stratford and New Town | 8728/32845 |
| Plaistow South | 8662/32845 |
| Plaistow North | 7945/32845 |
| Canning Town South | 7604/32845 |
| Bromley South | 6605/32845 |
| Bromley North | 6380/32845 |
| Canning Town North | 5921/32845 |
| Lansbury (Worst) | 4958/32845 |
