Thamesmead East
WardNorth Bexley. About 16,670 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 54% of people in Thamesmead East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Thamesmead East compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Thamesmead East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Thamesmead East at a rate of 97.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 78.1 per 1,000 people across Bexley.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 144 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Thamesmead East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (562), anti-social behaviour (383) and other crime (223).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Bexley
These figures are published for the whole of Bexley, not for each ward, so they describe all of Bexley and not Thamesmead East alone. See Bexley
Thamesmead East in brief
Thamesmead East had 15,933 usual residents at the census.
About 54% of people in Thamesmead East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Thamesmead East, 86.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Thamesmead East, 5.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.