Forest Gate South
WardNorth west Newham. About 18,771 people in 1.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Forest Gate South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Forest Gate South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Forest Gate South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Forest Gate South at a rate of 179.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 135.0 per 1,000 people across Newham.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 267 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Forest Gate South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (1,058), violence and sexual offences (700) and other crime (468).
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 Newham
These figures are published for the whole of Newham, not for each ward, so they describe all of Newham and not Forest Gate South alone. See Newham
Forest Gate South in brief
Forest Gate South had 17,774 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Forest Gate South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Forest Gate South, 90.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Forest Gate South, 8.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.