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E16 4AR

Plaistow West & Canning Town East · Newham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Plaistow West & Canning Town East
Local authority
Newham
Constituency
West Ham and Beckton
Postcode district
E16
Postcode sector
E16 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
E16 4AP 26 m
E16 4AL 43 m
E16 4AT 61 m
E16 4AJ 68 m
E16 4AY 85 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
E16 4AR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
E
Postcode district
E16
Postcode sector
E16 4
Latitude
51.518909
Longitude
0.019783
British National Grid easting
540,233
British National Grid northing
181,932

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Newham · E09000025
Electoral ward
Plaistow West & Canning Town East · E05013920
Parish or community
E43000215
Westminster constituency
West Ham and Beckton · E14001576
Output area
E00017743
Lower layer super output area
Newham 031C · E01003509
Middle layer super output area
Newham 031 · E02000744

Postcode source versions

Explore E16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
249
Primary
140
Secondary
33

  1. Ravenscroft Primary School

    Academy converter

    247 m

  2. Keir Hardie Primary School

    Community school

    271 m

  3. Rokeby School

    Academy converter

    285 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
11,207
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,230
  • Anti social behaviour 1,273
  • Vehicle crime 1,227
  • Other theft 1,081
  • Shoplifting 955

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

2 female, 1 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
1.5
E16 4 residents
10,255

Age bands in E16 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.9%

2,035 residents

Age 15 to 24
16.3%

1,660 residents

Age 25 to 44
33.7%

3,441 residents

Age 45 to 64
22.3%

2,273 residents

Age 65 and over
7.8%

795 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider E16 4 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

87

within 5 km

  • STAR LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    121 STAR LANE, CANNING TOWN, LONDON, E16 4QH

    ODS code F84017

    639 m

  • CUSTOM HOUSE SURGERY

    16 FREEMASONS ROAD, CANNING TOWN, LONDON, E16 3NA

    ODS code F84047

    776 m

  • THE RUIZ MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2 ST. LUKE'S SQUARE, CANNING TOWN, LONDON, E16 1HT

    ODS code F84666

    887 m

  • GREENGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    497 BARKING ROAD, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 8PS

    ODS code F84053

    890 m

  • BALAAM STREET PRACTICE

    113 BALAAM STREET, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 8AF

    ODS code F84681

    914 m

  • COMMUNITY DERMATOLOGY CLINIC

    63 APPLEBY ROAD, CANNING TOWN, LONDON, E16 1LQ

    ODS code F84750

    914 m

  • GLEN ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    1-9 GLEN ROAD, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 8RU

    ODS code F84092

    960 m

  • ESSEX LODGE

    GREENGATE STREET, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 0AS

    ODS code F84052

    1.1 km

  • THE PROJECT SURGERY

    10 LETTSOM WALK, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 0LN

    ODS code F84124

    1.5 km

  • ABERFELDY PRACTICE

    ABERFELDY H&W CENTRE, 19 ABERFELDY SQUARE, LONDON, E14 0XA

    ODS code F84698

    1.9 km

  • ABBEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    28A ABBEY ROAD, LONDON, E15 3LT

    ODS code F84111

    2.0 km

  • LUCAS AVENUE PRACTICE

    1A LUCAS AVENUE, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 0QP

    ODS code F84642

    2.1 km

  • EAST END MEDICAL CENTRE

    61 PLASHET ROAD, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 0QA

    ODS code F84677

    2.1 km

  • BOLEYN MEDICAL CENTRE

    152 BARKING ROAD, EAST HAM, LONDON, E6 3BD

    ODS code F84050

    2.2 km

  • THE AZAD PRACTICE

    152 BARKING ROAD, EAST HAM, LONDON, E6 3BD

    ODS code F84735

    2.2 km

  • PLASHET ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    152 PLASHET ROAD, UPTON PARK, PLAISTOW, LONDON, E13 0QT

    ODS code F84088

    2.3 km

  • THE CHRISP STREET HTH CTR

    100 CHRISP STREET, LONDON, E14 6PG

    ODS code F84062

    2.4 km

  • ST ANDREWS HEALTH CENTRE

    2 HANNAFORD WALK, BOW, LONDON, E3 3FF

    ODS code Y03023

    2.4 km

  • GOUGH WALK PRACTICE

    NEWBY PLCE HLTH WELLBEING, 21 NEWBY PLACE, LONDON, E14 0EY

    ODS code F84025

    2.4 km

  • TOLLGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    220 TOLLGATE ROAD, LONDON, E6 5JS

    ODS code F84093

    2.6 km

Showing 20 of 87 matching practices.

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Croydon Road (E13)

    BCT · Plaistow

    0.1 miles

  • King Street (E13)

    BCT · Plaistow

    0.1 miles

  • Rokeby School

    BCT · Canning Town

    0.2 miles

  • Newham Way Plaistow

    BCT · Plaistow

    0.2 miles

  • Newham Way Plaistow

    BCT · Plaistow

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newham 031C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,791 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
2 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

249 open schools are in scope, including 140 primary and 33 secondary schools. Ravenscroft Primary School is the nearest published school at 247 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

11,207 published events cover 12 months, averaging 933.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,230 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.