Newham: local evidence before choosing a home
Three public reference positions, ten independent checks and the limitations you need before treating a map result as a housing shortlist.
By the notbad project · editorial review . Source dates are separate.
Explore Newham on the mapWhat these local examples show
Upton Park station and the Venus shopping reference point towards Upton Park, while Plaistow Park points towards Plaistow. Their nearest qualifying green destinations differ too. The park's lower mapped daytime road average should be read alongside its longer station walk, rather than as a general claim about Newham's quietness. These examples have no mapped aircraft-noise contour; frequent or loud overflights are still possible.
This page covers the official Newham boundary (E09000025), not a single neighbourhood with the same name. Its three examples are illustrative catalog positions, not a representative sample of homes or a borough-wide verdict.
Mapped destinations in this boundary
The retained catalogs place 33 supported station records, 27 named green-space references of at least 2 hectares, 20 supported supermarket records, 10 shopping-centre records and 111 official school positions inside this boundary. These are source-position counts, not a complete inventory or proof of present access; station records can represent separate services at one interchange.
Supported lines represented here: Central, Jubilee, District, Hammersmith & City, DLR, Elizabeth line, Mildmay, Suffragette. Coverage includes Underground, Overground, DLR and Elizabeth lines, not every National Rail service. Walking destinations can lie outside the borough.
Three public reference reports
These use the independent Check profile: all supported destination choices, walks up to 30 minutes, green spaces at least 2 hectares, both noise periods and no combined score. School results use all phases and both inspection schemes; the new report-card area is Curriculum and teaching. Origins are source positions, sometimes inside a site, not verified entrances. Unknown means reliable evidence is unavailable, not a pass.
1. Upton Park Underground Station
Station reference · station position. Coordinates: 51.535340, 0.035263.
Retained source ID: 940GZZLUUPK. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 70.32 dB Nighttime: 62.08 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 69.49 dB Nighttime: 63.01 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Within the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 1 min walk Upton Park Underground Station station position |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 6 min walk Priory Park 3.1 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 4 / 5 · Higher Newham 022A · E01003491 108.9 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 468 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 4 min walk St Edward's Catholic Primary School Primary · Academy converter · Good · legacy overall · 2023-01-11 · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 2 min walk Lidl Lidl · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 5 min walk Venus Shopping centre · centre position |
2. Plaistow Park
Green-space reference · Mapped green-space reference position; not an entrance. Coordinates: 51.526855, 0.025760.
Retained source ID: 57177786. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 51.93 dB Nighttime: 44.95 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 11 min walk Plaistow Underground Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 1 min walk Plaistow Park 3.8 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 4 / 5 · Higher Newham 026D · E01003607 88.0 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 347 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 7 min walk Curwen Primary School Primary · Academy converter · Outstanding · legacy overall · 2023-11-22 · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 21 min walk Lidl Lidl · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 24 min walk Venus Shopping centre · centre position |
3. Venus
Shopping-site reference · centre position. Coordinates: 51.538373, 0.033924.
Retained source ID: w1011500303. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 59.84 dB Nighttime: 51.87 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 5 min walk Upton Park Underground Station station position |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 7 min walk Priory Park 3.1 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Newham 014D · E01003566 182.9 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 720 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 5 min walk St Stephen's Nursery School Nursery · Local authority nursery school · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · school position |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 4 min walk Lidl Lidl · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 1 min walk Venus Shopping centre · centre position |
Turn this comparison into viewing questions
Choose the journeys and surroundings you actually need. Check the location of the home, the route and entrance you would use, indoor noise and current access. A missing noise value is unverified quietness; a missing supported-line result does not cover every rail service. Tube proximity does not measure vibration, crime bands do not predict personal safety, and a nearby school does not establish eligibility.
Source snapshots behind these examples
- Aircraft: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping). Airport activity years vary and are not verified for every airport; no mapped aircraft-noise contour does not establish infrequent flights or quietness.
- Road and railway: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping); 2021 road/rail activity; historical model, not live measurements.. Published values begin at 40 dB day / 35 dB night.
- Walking and mapped destinations: retained OSM snapshot 2026-10-30T21:24:51Z; packaged station snapshot, not live services.
- Crime: 2024-09 to 2026-08; resident population year 2024. Historical London-only bands, not safety grades.
- Schools: GIAS 2026-10-31; Ofsted 2026-09-30. Proximity does not establish admissions.
- Tube proxy: April 2026; 100 m setback, not measured vibration.
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