Plaistow West & Canning Town East
WardSouth west Newham. About 17,802 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 2% of people in Plaistow West & Canning Town East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Plaistow West & Canning Town East compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Plaistow West & Canning Town East safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Plaistow West & Canning Town East at a rate of 99.3 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, 150 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Plaistow West & Canning Town East.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (530), anti-social behaviour (321) and other crime (253).
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 Plaistow West & Canning Town East alone. See Newham
Plaistow West & Canning Town East in brief
Plaistow West & Canning Town East had 16,695 usual residents at the census.
About 2% of people in Plaistow West & Canning Town East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Plaistow West & Canning Town East, 89.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Plaistow West & Canning Town East, 8.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.