# BR1 5JX: area report for a postcode in Lewisham

BR1 5JX is a postcode in Lewisham.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Lewisham. Open the map at BR1 5JX for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Lewisham](https://openindex.co.uk/lewisham) › [BR1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br1) › [BR1 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br1-5)

## Around this postcode

- **59 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 5% on July. Lewisham 026C: 85 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.0104,51.4324,BR15JX
- **Grove Park, 800 m**: About 10 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.0104,51.4324,BR15JX
- **8 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 130 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.0104,51.4324,BR15JX
- **No property in BR1 5JX listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=0.0104,51.4324,BR15JX
- **England’s most deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Lewisham 026C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.0104,51.4324,BR15JX
- **£486,416 average price**: For the whole of Lewisham, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.0104,51.4324,BR15JX
- **3 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 370 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.0104,51.4324,BR15JX
- **4 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 140 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.0104,51.4324,BR15JX
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at BR1 5JX**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.0104,51.4324,BR15JX
- **Low road and rail noise at BR1 5JX**: Road 48 dB, rail 41 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.0104,51.4324,BR15JX
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=0.0104,51.4324,BR15JX
- **11.3 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.0104,51.4324,BR15JX

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Drumbeat School and ASD Service](https://openindex.co.uk/school/drumbeat-school-and-asd-service-e136423) | Special | 130 m (2 minutes on foot) | Improved significantly, October 2024 | – |
| [Haberdashers' Knights Primary](https://openindex.co.uk/school/haberdashers-knights-primary-e147363) | Primary | 380 m (5 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2023 | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Greenvale School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/greenvale-school-e100765) | Special | 480 m (6 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, November 2023 | – |
| [Forster Park Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/forster-park-primary-school-e100683) | Primary | 510 m (6 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Haberdashers' Knights Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/haberdashers-knights-academy-e135070) | Secondary | 630 m (8 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, January 2023 | Attainment 8 of 42.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Good Shepherd RC School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/good-shepherd-rc-school-e100722) | Primary | 660 m (8 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [New Woodlands School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/new-woodlands-school-e100763) | Special | 700 m (9 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, December 2024 | – |
| [Launcelot Primary School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/launcelot-primary-school-and-nursery-e100692) | Primary | 710 m (9 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| April 2026 | £340,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 50 m |
| April 2024 | £470,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| March 2026 | £407,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| October 2025 | £405,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |
| May 2024 | £404,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| February 2026 | £375,300 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |
| October 2025 | £415,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 200 m |
| September 2025 | £352,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 210 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Grove Park (800 m, 10 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: OAKVIEW FAMILY PRACTICE (370 m); ASHDOWN MEDICAL GROUP (620 m); ICO HEALTH GROUP (620 m)
- Pharmacies: DAY LEWIS PHARMACY (550 m); CAMBELLE CHEMIST (590 m); GROVE PARK PHARMACY (740 m); HARRIS CHEMIST (790 m)
- Dental practices: DOWNHAM HEALTH CENTRE (620 m); BARING ROAD DENTAL PRACTICE (740 m); BARING ROAD DENTAL PRACTICE / DR P GUPTA (740 m); MS PRIYA GUPTA - BARING ROAD DENTAL (740 m)
- Supermarkets: Budgens Catford (140 m, Budgens); Co-op Downham Way (600 m, The Co-operative Group); Tesco Grove Park Esso Express (730 m, Tesco); Sainsburys Lewisham Grove Park Station Local (740 m, Sainsburys)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £486,416** (August 2026). Lewisham’s average house price was £486,416 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 1.6% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £45,702** (2025). Full-time workers living in Lewisham earned a median of £45,702 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 43rd highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 10.6×** (2025). A home in Lewisham costs 10.6 times local full-time pay. 41st least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 25.5** (2025). Lewisham has a deprivation score of 25.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 75th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Lewisham 026C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 39.1** (2025). Lewisham 026C has a deprivation score of 39.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 4,813th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 1,690** (2021). Lewisham 026C had 1,690 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 13,952nd most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.3%** (January 2026). In Lewisham 026C, 91.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.
- **Claimant rate: 7.1%** (August 2026). In Lewisham 026C, 7.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 2026.

## BR1 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £450,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BR1 was £450,000 in 2025. Joint 412th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 61,878** (2021). BR1 had 61,878 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 83rd most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 19%** (2022). About 19% of people in BR1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 89.5%** (January 2026). In BR1, 89.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Lewisham](https://openindex.co.uk/lewisham)
- Centre: 51.4324, 0.0104

Council: [Lewisham](https://openindex.co.uk/lewisham) (London borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Lewisham East](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/lewisham-east): Janet Daby (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), August 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=0.0104,51.4324,BR15JX

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br1-5jx.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/br1-5jx