Crap Towns / Havering / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Havering?
In January 2026, 1.1% of premises in Havering couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 279 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 91.2% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 279 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 1,257 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 105,402 | 91.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| South Ockendon | 7.6 km | 1.8 |
| Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock | 10.0 km | 1.7 |
| Brentwood | 8.8 km | 1.5 |
| Chigwell | 11.5 km | 1.3 |
| Havering | – | 1.1 |
| Redbridge | 10.3 km | 0.9 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 6.4 km | 0.9 |
| Aveley | 7.1 km | 0.8 |
| Bexley | 12.6 km | 0.7 |
| Purfleet-on-Thames | 10.2 km | 0.7 |
| Grays | 11.8 km | 0.4 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |