SE1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bermondsey, North Southwark and The Borough, in Southwark and Lambeth.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SE1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SE1, 88.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SE1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SE1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SE1 at a rate of 294.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 133.0 per 1,000 people across SE.
In August 2026 alone, 2,056 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SE1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (5,442), theft from the person (5,199) and anti-social behaviour (3,910).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SE1 was 295.6 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in SE1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SE1 has no single figure. Of its 46 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SE1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambeth 003F | 1,396 | 374.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.4% |
| Lambeth 036A | 1,947 | 1,015.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.2% |
| Lambeth 036B | 1,504 | 322.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.2% |
| Lambeth 036C | 1,203 | 436.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.9% |
| Lambeth 036D | 1,631 | 415.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.1% |
| Lambeth 036E | 2,283 | 794.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.2% |
| Southwark 002B | 1,999 | 1,052.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.6% |
| Southwark 002C | 1,954 | 451.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.6% |
| Southwark 002D | 1,284 | 219.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 85.5% |
| Southwark 002E | 1,975 | 314.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 70.4% |
| Southwark 002F | 1,547 | 323.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 79.7% |
| Southwark 002G | 1,411 | 284.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.4% |
| Southwark 004E | 2,418 | 120.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.7% |
| Southwark 004G | 1,769 | 80.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.8% |
| Southwark 004I | 1,301 | 115.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 83.3% |
| Southwark 006A | 1,829 | 72.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.6% |
| Southwark 006B | 1,589 | 245.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.3% |
| Southwark 006C | 1,988 | 196.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.5% |
| Southwark 006D | 1,885 | 95.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 88.4% |
| Southwark 006E | 1,987 | 205.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.3% |
| Southwark 006F | 1,508 | 684.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 56.4% |
| Southwark 009A | 1,661 | 106.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.2% |
| Southwark 009B | 1,536 | 405.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.9% |
| Southwark 009C | 1,494 | 204.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.1% |
| Southwark 009G | 1,771 | 301.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.6% |
| Southwark 010C | 2,399 | 93.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.7% |
| Southwark 010E | 1,356 | 153.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.9% |
| Southwark 013A | 2,000 | 186.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.9% |
| Southwark 013B | 1,543 | 75.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.7% |
| Southwark 013C | 1,885 | 213.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 76.6% |
| Southwark 013D | 1,631 | 120.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.1% |
| Southwark 013E | 1,440 | 44.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Southwark 014G | 1,445 | 116.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.2% |
| Southwark 034A | 1,967 | 91.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.9% |
| Southwark 034B | 1,541 | 212.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.5% |
| Southwark 034D | 2,050 | 276.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.5% |
| Southwark 034E | 1,348 | 210.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 82.9% |
| Southwark 035A | 1,102 | 764.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.4% |
| Southwark 035B | 1,035 | 358.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.4% |
| Southwark 035C | 1,025 | 53.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.3% |
| Southwark 035D | 1,102 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| Southwark 035E | 1,048 | 40.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.6% |
| Southwark 036A | 1,330 | 260.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.2% |
| Southwark 036B | 1,515 | 245.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.7% |
| Southwark 036C | 1,506 | 122.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.6% |
| Southwark 036D | 2,395 | 155.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.4% |
MPs for SE1
- Neil CoyleLabourMP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark79% of SE1’s postcodes
- Florence EshalomiLabour (Co-op)MP for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green15% of SE1’s postcodes
- Miatta FahnbullehLabour (Co-op)MP for Peckham5.6% of SE1’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in SE18
Postcode sectors in SE110
Councils SE1 covers2
Towns in SE12
Postcode districts next to SE16
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SE postcode area2
SE1 in brief
SE1 is a postcode district covering Bermondsey, North Southwark and The Borough, in Southwark and Lambeth.
About 78,387 people lived in SE1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £585,000 in 2025 across 726 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 294.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SE1 was £585,000 in 2025.
SE1 had 74,015 usual residents at the census.
In SE1, 88.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SE1, 4.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.