Crap Towns / Barking and Dagenham / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Barking and Dagenham?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Barking and Dagenham couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 397 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 397 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 749 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 81,650 | 95.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Chigwell | 8.8 km | 1.3 |
| Waltham Forest | 11.5 km | 1.2 |
| Havering | 6.4 km | 1.1 |
| Redbridge | 6.1 km | 0.9 |
| Barking and Dagenham | – | 0.9 |
| Aveley | 9.4 km | 0.8 |
| Bexley | 9.3 km | 0.7 |
| Purfleet-on-Thames | 11.5 km | 0.7 |
| Newham | 6.9 km | 0.7 |
| Greenwich | 9.4 km | 0.5 |
| Buckhurst Hill | 11.3 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |