West Ham
WardWest Newham. About 16,137 people in 1.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 98% of people in West Ham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How West Ham compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is West Ham safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West Ham at a rate of 97.2 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, 143 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West Ham.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (465), violence and sexual offences (453) and other crime (186).
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 West Ham alone. See Newham
West Ham in brief
West Ham had 15,704 usual residents at the census.
About 98% of people in West Ham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In West Ham, 89.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In West Ham, 8.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.