Stratford
Neighbourhood · 28,183 residents
45Fair
Fair · among the lowest-scoring suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- 100% of schools are rated Good or better by Ofsted
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 26% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Prices are high for local incomes: affordability scores 32, where 60 is typical
- Safety scores 20, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Stratford
Map outline: Approximate — electoral ward boundary, used as the nearest surveyed shape
Is Stratford a good place to live?
Stratford scores 45/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as fair — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for schools (77).
It scores lowest on safety (20) and affordability (32).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Stratford in London, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Stratford
Stratford's streetscape is dominated by the Westfield end of things — glass-fronted towers, a shopping centre that pulls in crowds from well beyond the postcode, and new-build flats stacked above transport interchanges. It reads as a place built around movement rather than settling in: the population skews young, median age just under 31, and the density here runs over four times the national average, which tells you most people are living in flats stacked close together rather than houses with gardens.
That transport picture is the headline reason people move here in the first place. Stratford station and the DLR stops around it put you within reach of the City, Stratford International, and the Underground all from the same patch of ground, and the area's connectivity and transport grades both sit comfortably above the national average. Housing follows the same logic: leasehold flats dominate the market (the vast majority of recent sales), with only around a third sold freehold, and £467,500 as a median price is actually a touch above the borough of Newham's own figure — Stratford is pricier than the Newham average by a few percentage points, though still below the London-wide median. The five-year price direction has been flat rather than climbing, so this isn't a market that's been running away from itself. Schools are a genuine strength on paper — an A grade overall, with School 21 and Carpenters Primary among the names locally — though it's worth knowing that Ofsted data for several of the area's schools isn't published, so that A grade is doing some of the reassuring on trust rather than a wall of individual ratings.