Area guide

Living in E6, Newham

What the open data says about house prices, schools, crime and flood risk around E6 in Newham. Built from the same sources as every property report on this site, not opinion or marketing copy.

Figures gathered 15 October 2026, each from the source named in its section.

House prices

Average price in Newham: £390,349, down 5.0% on a year ago (July 2026). The wider London average is £550,037.

Check sold prices for a specific address in E6 →
See where E6 ranks across London →

Council tax at Band D in Newham: £1,944 a year (2026-27). Running costs by postcode: council tax, energy, tenure, and the estate charge no listing shows →

Compare E6 with another district

Sold prices, the price trend, schools, flood zone, Band D council tax and crime for E6 against any other district, each from the source the section below names.

What actually sold around E6

84 recorded home sales on the streets around central E6 in the last 2 years, with a median of £435,000 and a range from £140,000 to £650,000. Mostly terraced houses.

AddressTypeSold forDate
159 Mitcham Road, E6 3NG Terraced £595,000 30 Jul 2026
320 Central Park Road, E6 3AD Terraced £575,000 29 Jun 2026
67 Eustace Road, E6 3NE Terraced £550,000 19 Jun 2026
24 Pulleyns Avenue, E6 3LZ Terraced £485,000 17 Jun 2026
191 Haldane Road, E6 3JW Terraced £350,000 29 May 2026
21 Monmouth Road, E6 3QU Terraced £500,000 28 May 2026
How to read this

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Every sale of a registered property in England and Wales appears here once it completes, so the most recent weeks are always still filling in.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data

Schools nearby

128 schools within 3 miles , of which 86% are rated Outstanding or Good by Ofsted.

Nearest well-rated schoolsStageOfstedDistanceAdmitted from
Vicarage Primary School Primary Outstanding 0.3 mi away no figure
Brampton Primary School Primary Outstanding 0.4 mi away 1.0 mi 2025/26
Brampton Manor Academy Secondary Outstanding 0.6 mi away 0.82 mi 2025/26
New City Primary School Primary Outstanding 0.7 mi away no figure
Tollgate Primary School Primary Outstanding 1.0 mi away no figure
St Stephen's Primary School Primary Outstanding 1.0 mi away 0.37 mi 2025/26

Schools in E6 with a published admission distance

How far away the last child offered a place lived, as the council published it. Tightest first; each name opens the school's page and its postcode checker.

SchoolStageAdmitted fromRound
Cleves Primary School Primary 0.33 mi 2025/26
St Stephen's Primary School Primary 0.37 mi 2025/26
Ellen Wilkinson Primary School Primary 0.78 mi 2025/26
Brampton Manor Academy Secondary 0.82 mi 2025/26
Gallions Primary School Primary 0.95 mi 2025/26
Brampton Primary School Primary 1.0 mi 2025/26

Will an address here get a place? How far Newham schools admitted from, school by school →

83 state primary and 23 state secondary schools within range, plus 9 fee-paying schools.

See the full school breakdown for E6 →

Private schools

9 fee-paying schools within 3 miles: Al Madina School for Girls, Apex Primary School, Apex Secondary School for Boys, Apex Secondary School for Girls, Grangewood Independent School, Madaniyah Foundation and others.

All 9 fee-paying schools near E6, with ages and admissions →

Fee-paying schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted, and the ISI publishes no open data feed. That is why they carry no rating here. A missing grade means we cannot see one, not that the school was judged poorly.

Universities

1 higher education institution within 3 miles: University of East London.

Relevant beyond study: a large student population shapes rental demand, and term-time letting is a different market from family letting.

What people here do for work

The most common occupations among working residents, from the 2021 Census. This is occupation rather than industry: it says what people do, not which industries employ them.

Occupation groupShare of workers
Elementary occupations20.2%
Professional occupations14.8%
Skilled trades12.1%
Sales and customer service10.5%
Associate professional and technical9.9%

Source: ONS Census 2021, table TS063, for this district's small area.

How E6 has changed since 2011

The biggest move: degree-level adults, up 7.2 points since 2011, with England's change beside each line.

How to read this

The census neighbourhood at the centre of E6 (E01003537, 2,162 residents in 2021, up 4.8% on 2011) on the 2011 and 2021 censuses, with England's own change over the same decade for scale. Each line is a share of the neighbourhood's households or residents, so a growing area and a shrinking one compare fairly. The biggest move here: degree-level adults, up 7.2 points.

Measure20112021ChangeEngland
Households that own their home 55.5% 49.9% -5.6 pts -2.0 pts
Households renting privately 27.4% 33.2% +5.8 pts +3.7 pts
Households renting socially 15.0% 15.8% +0.8 pts -0.6 pts
Residents under 15 24.0% 24.1% +0.1 pts -0.3 pts
Residents 65 and over 7.1% 7.4% +0.3 pts +2.1 pts
Adults with a degree or equivalent 27.3% 34.5% +7.2 pts +6.5 pts
Residents born outside the UK 49.4% 50.7% +1.3 pts +3.6 pts
Residents in good or very good health 85.4% 84.6% -0.8 pts +0.8 pts
Residents in a white ethnic group 34.4% 33.0% -1.4 pts -4.4 pts

Office for National Statistics, Census 2011 and Census 2021, Open Government Licence. A district holds many neighbourhoods; the full report for an address shows the one it sits in.

Crime

869 crimes recorded within roughly a mile of central E6 in August 2026, most commonly violent crime.

Flood risk

Zone 3 (high probability), river and sea flooding. This is the Environment Agency's flood zone for the area's centre point, an individual property's own risk can differ, especially near a specific watercourse.

Deprivation

This area falls in decile 2 of 10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation (most deprived nationally), based on Newham's figures.

Getting around & nearby essentials

19 supermarkets, 16 pharmacies, 116 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs, 5 hospitals within a mile of central E6, hospitals within three miles.

Buses from the centre of E6

Best-served stop: East Ham / Central Park, with 27.9 buses an hour on weekday daytimes.

Evenings, Sundays and routes

The best-served stop within 800 m of the centre of E6 is East Ham / Central Park: 27.9 buses an hour on a weekday daytime, 23.0 in the evening and 21.8 on Sunday daytime; first bus 00:00, last 00:24. Routes there: 115, 101, 304, 474, 58. 5 stops with a scheduled service within that distance.

Departures a passenger can board, from the timetables operators publish to the Department for Transport's Bus Open Data Service, for Tuesday 8 Sep 2026 and Sunday 13 Sep 2026. Scheduled, not observed. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two stops. The full report does this for the stops within 500 m of an address.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport)

GP practices and A&E

3 GP practices within 3.0 km of the centre of E6. The nearest, Market Street Health Group, has 13,098 registered patients and 2,759 patients per fully qualified GP, against an England median of 2,186.

PracticeFrom the centrePatientsPer qualified GP
Market Street Health Group0.3 mi13,0982,759
Aspire Medical Centre0.4 mi10,2112,393
Central Park Surgery0.4 mi9,2863,310

Nearest A&E: Barts Health NHS Trust, where 62.2% of type 1 attendances were seen within four hours in July 2026; then Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust at 60.9%.

How to read this

NHS England: patients registered at a GP practice (1 Aug 2026), the general practice workforce (July 2026), and A&E attendances by provider, monthly. Fully qualified GPs exclude trainees. Practices are matched by postcode.

Source: NHS England, monthly releases

Council tax and the council's finances

A Band D household in Newham pays £1,944 for 2026-27, all precepts included, a rise of 4.7% on the year before against an England median rise of 4.8%. Every band for Newham, and how it compares.

Band D bill a year at Newham, all precepts included, from MHCLG. Every year and its rise is in the table below.
YearBand D billRise
2021-22£1,467+6.1%
2022-23£1,532+4.4%
2023-24£1,628+6.3%
2024-25£1,724+5.9%
2025-26£1,856+7.7%
2026-27£1,944+4.7%

Exceptional Financial Support. Newham was agreed support by government for 2025-26 (£51.2m). Support is permission to borrow, or to spend capital receipts, on day-to-day services because the council could not otherwise set a balanced budget. Councils in this position tend to cut services and raise council tax by the most the rules allow.

How to read this

A home's own band is on its council tax bill, free to look up at gov.uk/council-tax-bands; the report shows every band's bill at the council beside the home's other checks.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, live council tax tables (Band D, area averages) and the Exceptional Financial Support lists published each year; section 114 notices as published by the councils.

Source: MHCLG live council tax tables and Exceptional Financial Support lists

Common questions about E6

What is the average house price in E6?

The average sold price in Newham is £390,349 as of July 2026, according to the UK House Price Index.

Are house prices rising in E6?

Prices in Newham are down 5.0% on a year ago (UK House Price Index).

What do houses actually sell for in E6?

The median of 84 recorded sales around central E6 in the last 2 years is £435,000, ranging from £140,000 to £650,000 (HM Land Registry Price Paid Data).

Are the schools good in E6?

128 schools sit within 3 miles of central E6, and 86% are rated Outstanding or Good by Ofsted.

How much crime is there in E6?

869 crimes were recorded within roughly a mile of central E6 in August 2026, most commonly violent crime (Police.uk).

Is E6 at risk of flooding?

Central E6 sits in Zone 3 (high probability) for river and sea flooding (Environment Agency). Individual addresses vary, so check the full report for a specific property.

Is E6 a good place to live?

That depends on what you need, so here is what the official data says rather than an opinion: 86% of nearby schools are rated Outstanding or Good by Ofsted; the median home sells for £435,000; the area sits in decile 2 of 10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation; 869 crimes were recorded within about a mile. Every one of those figures names its source on this page.

Is E6 safe?

869 crimes were recorded within roughly a mile of central E6 in August 2026, according to Police.uk. The most common category was violent crime. Crime counts follow how many people are around, so a busy district records more than a quiet one of the same size.

Neighbouring districts

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