Royal Albert
WardSouth east Newham. About 10,597 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 15% of people in Royal Albert live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Royal Albert compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Royal Albert safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Royal Albert at a rate of 112.5 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, 116 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Royal Albert.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (371), other crime (285) and anti-social behaviour (236).
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 Royal Albert alone. See Newham
Royal Albert in brief
Royal Albert had 9,307 usual residents at the census.
About 15% of people in Royal Albert live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Royal Albert, 89.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Royal Albert, 7.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.