LAWRENCE STREET, E16 1ER House Prices & Local Information

E16 1ER is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Lawrence Street, 0.6km from Canning Town in Newham. Administratively it sits within Canning Town South ward and the West Ham constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, E16 1ER is a busy family neighbourhood — lots of children, diverse backgrounds. Outside of residential hours, ethnically mixed self-employed with no fixed place of work in construction, transport, and storage. At 30 years average, this is a working-age, professionally active neighbourhood with good transport links and a dynamic social mix. 72% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 100% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Newham. Full-time employment stands at 14% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are above average at 98 incidents per 1,000 residents — worth reviewing the crime breakdown below. Property: Average house prices are around £322k. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for E16 1ER are sourced from Output Area E00182080 (shared with 14 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.