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Lee Green

Ward

East Lewisham. About 14,691 people in 1.8 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 16% of people in Lee Green live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
15,020
820th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
16%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
92.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Lee Green compares

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

Lee GreenMiddle
Population19 wards, Lewisham · 2021
Population: every ward in Lewisham19 areas from 8,199 to 20,145. The middle area is 16,434. Lee Green is 15,020.
15,0205th 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%. Lee Green is 16.0%.
16%9th 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%. Lee Green is 92.3%.
92.3%joint 9th lowest
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%. Lee Green is 5.0%.
5.0%lowest

Is Lee Green safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Lee Green at a rate of 84.1 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, 93 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Lee Green.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (343), anti-social behaviour (240) and other crime (206).

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 Lee Green 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
Lee Green in brief

Lee Green had 15,020 usual residents at the census.

About 16% of people in Lee Green live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Lee Green, 92.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Lee Green, 5.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.