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Beckton

Ward

South east Newham. About 16,808 people in 5.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Beckton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
16,152
569th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
90.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
7.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Beckton compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

BecktonMiddle
Population24 wards, Newham · 2021
Population: every ward in Newham24 areas from 7,123 to 18,517. The middle area is 15,724. Beckton is 16,152.
16,1529th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares24 wards, Newham · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Newham24 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 14.0%. Beckton is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage24 wards, Newham · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Newham24 areas from 82.8% to 99.2%. The middle area is 92.4%. Beckton is 90.1%.
90.1%8th lowest
Claimant rate24 wards, Newham · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Newham24 areas from 2.9% to 10.0%. The middle area is 7.7%. Beckton is 7.3%.
7.3%joint 8th lowest

Is Beckton safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Beckton at a rate of 161.5 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, 207 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Beckton.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (668), anti-social behaviour (450) and other crime (393).

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 Beckton alone. See Newham

Average house price
£390,349
Down 5.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£42,595
92nd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.2×
Joint 78th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
31.6
29th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Beckton in brief

Beckton had 16,152 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Beckton live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Beckton, 90.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Beckton, 7.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.