Newham

Overview

Newham is a borough in the Inner East of London, which experiences significant problems with poverty and inequality. Half of children (50%) are judged to be in households in poverty, compared to 39% in the typical London borough. Unemployment and out-of-work benefits claimant rates are not much higher than London averages however, suggesting issues here relate to in-work poverty. 

The rate of households in temporary accommodation in Newham is the highest in London with 48 per 1,000 contrasting against 17 per 1,000 in London overall. Evictions are also the highest in Newham of any London boroughs running at 3.2 per 1,000 households compared to 1.7 for London overall.

The grid below shows how Newham compares against London overall on key poverty and inequality indicators. Red text denotes the fact that Newham is worse than is typical for London on that indicator, and blue means it is better.

Newham indicator rankings

People

Infant mortality

Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births

4.1

Worse compared to all London Boroughs (3.4)

Average compared to England (3.9)

Average compared to London Planning Area (East - 3.55)

Average compared to nearest neighbours ( 4)

Premature mortality

Deaths of <75 year olds per 100,000

385

Worse compared to all London Boroughs (316)

Average compared to England (336)

Worse compared to London Planning Area (East - 341)

Worse compared to nearest neighbours (330)

Qualifications at 19

19 year olds without level 3 qualifications

29.2%

Average compared to all London Boroughs (24.4%)

Average compared to England (27.8%)

Average compared to London Planning Area (East - 30.15%)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (32.5%)

Data sources and methods

Living standards

Child poverty rate

Child poverty rate (AHC)

49%

Worse compared to all London Boroughs (35%)

Worse compared to England (29.3%)

Worse compared to London Planning Area (East - 40.5%)

Worse compared to nearest neighbours (39%)

Income deprivation

Income deprivation (relative to London overall)

1.49

Worse compared to all London Boroughs ( 1)

Worse compared to England (0.8)

Average compared to London Planning Area (East - 1.44)

Worse compared to nearest neighbours (1.26)

Pay inequality

80:20 ratio of earnings

2.5

Average compared to all London Boroughs (2.64)

Worse compared to England (1.94)

Average compared to London Planning Area (East - 2.58)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (2.49)

Poverty rate

Poverty rate

36%

Worse compared to all London Boroughs (27%)

Worse compared to England (22.1%)

Worse compared to London Planning Area (East - 29%)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (35%)

Data sources and methods

Housing

Evictions

Repossessions per 1,000 households

4.46

Worse compared to all London Boroughs (2.42)

Worse compared to England (1.51)

Worse compared to London Planning Area (East - 2.87)

Worse compared to nearest neighbours (3.58)

Homeless acceptances

Main homelessness duty owed per 1,000 households

1.92

Worse compared to all London Boroughs (0.74)

Worse compared to England (0.42)

Worse compared to London Planning Area (East - 0.91)

Worse compared to nearest neighbours (0.93)

Housing affordability

Median rent as a percentage of median pay

50.1%

Average compared to all London Boroughs (46.3%)

Worse compared to England (26.4%)

Worse compared to London Planning Area (East - 42.05%)

Worse compared to nearest neighbours (44.2%)

Housing delivery

Average net affordable, social and discounted housing completions

80

Average compared to all London Boroughs (132)

(Data not available)

Average compared to London Planning Area (East - 135)

Worse compared to nearest neighbours (190)

Rough sleeping

People seen sleeping rough by outreach

428

Worse compared to all London Boroughs (214)

(Data not available)

Worse compared to London Planning Area (East - 206)

Worse compared to nearest neighbours (264)

Temporary accommodation

Households in temporary accommodation per 1,000

48.3

Worse compared to all London Boroughs (16.4)

Worse compared to England ( 4)

Worse compared to London Planning Area (East - 19.3)

Worse compared to nearest neighbours (13.7)

Data sources and methods

Shared opportunity

GCSE attainment

Percentage of pupils who achieved grade 9-4

74.3%

Average compared to all London Boroughs (75.6%)

Average compared to England (72.2%)

Average compared to London Planning Area (East - 73.95%)

Better compared to nearest neighbours (70.8%)

No qualifications

Proportion with no qualifications

6.1

Average compared to all London Boroughs (6.7)

Average compared to England (7.4)

Average compared to London Planning Area (East - 6.3)

Worse compared to nearest neighbours (4.4)

Data sources and methods

Work

Benefits

Out-of-work benefits

14.9%

Average compared to all London Boroughs (12.7%)

Average compared to England (12.7%)

Average compared to London Planning Area (East - 14.4%)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (14.8%)

Low pay (resident)

Proportion of borough residents' jobs that are low paid

24.5%

Average compared to all London Boroughs (20.2%)

Worse compared to England (17.2%)

Average compared to London Planning Area (East - 23%)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (20.7%)

Unemployment rate

Unemployment rate

5.8%

Average compared to all London Boroughs (5.3%)

Worse compared to England (4.3%)

Average compared to London Planning Area (East - 5.85%)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (6.7%)

Unemployment rate change

Unemployment rate 3 year change

0.2pts

Average compared to all London Boroughs (0.2pts)

Average compared to England (0.0pts)

Average compared to London Planning Area (East - 0.35pts)

Average compared to nearest neighbours (1.1pts)

Data sources and methods