Newham
Newham is covered by postcode districts E6, E7, E12, E13, E15, E16 and 4 more. It is mostly in the Newham council area: 4,329 of its 4,334 postcodes. The others are in Waltham Forest.
Every postcode in Newham, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 365
- In use before 2020: 3,969
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 4,334 postcodes in Newham that ONS places, 365 are new since 2020 and 3,969 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.5301, longitude 0.0301. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 33 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. E16 1ZU, is the newest of them.
- 30 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. E6 7AG, is the newest of them.
- 21 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. E15 2TP, is the newest of them.
- 19 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. E7 7JG, is the newest of them.
- 17 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. E16 2QA, is the newest of them.
- 15 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. E16 1QE, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Newham?
Homes sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.4% on the 12 months before. At 3,164 of the 4,120 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 44 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1,693 of its 4,334 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is West Ham, 1.7 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Newham?
Homes in Newham sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,275 sales, down 3.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £582,500 6 sales
- Semi-detached £457,500 34 sales
- Terraced £475,000 591 sales
- Flat or maisonette £350,000 644 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole E16 district, Newham's main postcode district: a typical £406,500.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Newham: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Newham?
365 of the 4,334 postcodes now in use in Newham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 174 of the 1,861 homes sold in Newham were newly built (9%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the E16 district, 51%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Newham | Across the E16 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 10 of 1,275 (Under 1%) | 59 of 398 (15%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 174 of 1,861 (9%) | 473 of 929 (51%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Newham?
Ofcom reports on 4,120 of the 4,334 postcodes in Newham. At 3,164 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Newham at risk of flooding?
1,693 of the 4,334 postcodes in Newham have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 44 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Newham?
The open schools at the postcodes in Newham (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Southern Road Primary School50 m
- Plaistow Primary School200 m 359 pupils, 450 places
- Connaught Special School350 m 43 pupils, 105 places
- Tunmarsh School550 m
- St Edward's Catholic Primary School550 m 431 pupils, 420 places
- Curwen Primary School650 m 810 pupils, 840 places
- Upton Cross Primary School700 m 414 pupils, 1,200 places
- New City Primary School800 m 572 pupils, 630 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Newham?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Newham is West Ham Rail Station, 1.7 km away in a straight line.
- West Ham Rail Station Railway station 1.7 kmCycle
- Forest Gate Rail Station Railway station 2.2 kmCycle
- Custom House Railway station 2.3 kmCycle
- Upton Park Underground Station Underground, metro or tram 700 mWalk
- Plaistow Underground Station Underground, metro or tram 900 mWalk
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Newham?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Newham, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Essex Lodge Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 020 8472 4888 350 mWalk
- Greengate Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 020 8471 7160 550 mWalk
- Balaam Street Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2025 · Phone 020 8472 1238 600 mWalk
- Lucas Avenue Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 020 8471 7239 700 mWalk
- The Project Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 020 8472 5234 700 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Newham safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 13,718 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Newham over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 1,129 September 2025
- 1,305 October 2025
- 1,129 November 2025
- 1,057 December 2025
- 1,063 January 2026
- 1,021 February 2026
- 1,219 March 2026
- 1,101 April 2026
- 1,246 May 2026
- 1,158 June 2026
- 1,210 July 2026
- 1,080 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: criminal damage and arson 425, robbery 411, burglary 399, other crime 146, possession of weapons 101, bicycle theft 98.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Newham?
- Councils
- Newham (4,329) and Waltham Forest (5)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- West Ham and Beckton (1,985), East Ham (1,207), Stratford and Bow (1,137) and 1 other
- Police force area
- Metropolitan Police
- Region
- London
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Newham
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Newham is in Newham; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Newham about council tax Council tax, on newham.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Newham
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Newham postcodes
4,334 postcodes in use in Newham, by district:
Those districts are in the E postcode area, IG postcode area and N postcode area.
Check a Newham postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Newham
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Newham's £425,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Newham
- What is it like to live in Newham?
- Homes sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.4% on the 12 months before. At 3,164 of the 4,120 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 44 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1,693 of its 4,334 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is West Ham, 1.7 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Newham?
- Newham is covered by postcode districts E6, E7, E12, E13, E15, E16 and 4 more, across 4,334 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Newham?
- Homes in Newham sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,275 sales, down 3.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Newham?
- In Newham, primary schools at its postcodes include Southern Road Primary School, Plaistow Primary School and Connaught Special School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Connaught Special School, Lister Community School and Tunmarsh School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Newham have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Newham is West Ham, 1.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Newham?
- Ofcom reports on 4,120 of the 4,334 postcodes in Newham. At 3,164 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Newham at risk of flooding?
- 1,693 of the 4,334 postcodes in Newham have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 44 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Newham?
- 365 of the 4,334 postcodes now in use in Newham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 174 of the 1,861 homes sold in Newham were newly built (9%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the E16 district, 51%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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