Crap Towns / Newham / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Newham?
In January 2026, 0.7% of premises in Newham couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 277 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 91.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 277 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 999 | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 127,298 | 91.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| City of London | 9.1 km | 11.5 |
| Tower Hamlets | 5.2 km | 3.0 |
| Southwark | 9.7 km | 2.8 |
| Chigwell | 10.2 km | 1.3 |
| Waltham Forest | 8.2 km | 1.2 |
| Lewisham | 9.6 km | 1.0 |
| Redbridge | 7.1 km | 0.9 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 6.9 km | 0.9 |
| Hackney | 7.5 km | 0.9 |
| Newham | – | 0.7 |
| Greenwich | 6.0 km | 0.5 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |