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Evelyn

Ward

North Lewisham. About 14,491 people in 1.2 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 90% of people in Evelyn live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
14,428
Joint 951st most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
90%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
94.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
6.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Evelyn compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

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Population19 wards, Lewisham · 2021
Population: every ward in Lewisham19 areas from 8,199 to 20,145. The middle area is 16,434. Evelyn is 14,428.
14,4284th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares19 wards, Lewisham · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Lewisham19 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 10.0%. Evelyn is 90.0%.
90%5th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage19 wards, Lewisham · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Lewisham19 areas from 74.6% to 96.4%. The middle area is 92.3%. Evelyn is 94.9%.
94.9%5th highest
Claimant rate19 wards, Lewisham · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Lewisham19 areas from 5.0% to 10.0%. The middle area is 6.5%. Evelyn is 6.1%.
6.1%joint 6th lowest

Is Evelyn safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Evelyn at a rate of 105.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 122.7 per 1,000 people across Lewisham.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 133 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Evelyn.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (377), anti-social behaviour (295) and other crime (240).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Lewisham

These figures are published for the whole of Lewisham, not for each ward, so they describe all of Lewisham and not Evelyn alone. See Lewisham

Average house price
£488,658
Up 0.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£45,702
43rd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
10.7×
Joint 39th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
25.5
Joint 75th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Evelyn in brief

Evelyn had 14,428 usual residents at the census.

About 90% of people in Evelyn live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Evelyn, 94.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Evelyn, 6.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.