# SE1 5QX: area report for a postcode in Southwark

SE1 5QX is a postcode in Southwark.

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 Southwark. Open the map at SE1 5QX for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Southwark](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark) › [SE1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se1) › [SE1 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se1-5)

## Around this postcode

- **126 crimes within 500 m**: August, the same as July. Southwark 013B: 76 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.0695,51.4900,SE15QX
- **Bermondsey, 970 m**: About 12 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.0695,51.4900,SE15QX
- **9 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 230 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.0695,51.4900,SE15QX
- **30 of 30 properties in SE1 5QX at very low risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 3. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.0695,51.4900,SE15QX
- **England’s most deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Southwark 013B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.0695,51.4900,SE15QX
- **£572,478 average price**: For the whole of Southwark, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.0695,51.4900,SE15QX
- **4 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 620 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.0695,51.4900,SE15QX
- **10 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 360 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.0695,51.4900,SE15QX
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at SE1 5QX**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.0695,51.4900,SE15QX
- **Low road and rail noise at SE1 5QX**: Road 42 dB, rail 46 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.0695,51.4900,SE15QX
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% 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=-0.0695,51.4900,SE15QX
- **17.0 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.0695,51.4900,SE15QX

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Spa School, Bermondsey](https://openindex.co.uk/school/spa-school-bermondsey-e146190) | Special | 230 m (3 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2024 | – |
| [City of London Academy (Southwark)](https://openindex.co.uk/school/city-of-london-academy-southwark-e134222) | Secondary | 270 m (3 minutes on foot) | Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 49.0 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Harris Academy Bermondsey](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harris-academy-bermondsey-e131747) | Secondary | 380 m (5 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 54.2 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Phoenix Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/phoenix-primary-school-e100817) | Primary | 420 m (5 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade | 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [John Keats Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/john-keats-primary-school-e145888) | Primary | 620 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2023 | 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Boutcher Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/boutcher-church-of-england-primary-school-e100822) | Primary | 630 m (8 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), July 2022 | 84% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Kintore Way Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kintore-way-nursery-school-e100767) | Nursery | 670 m (8 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, May 2023 | – |
| [Galleywall Primary, City of London Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/galleywall-primary-city-of-london-academy-e142875) | Primary | 690 m (9 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, January 2025 | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| August 2025 | £620,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| February 2026 | £343,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| August 2025 | £320,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| June 2026 | £1,067,040 | Terraced, established, freehold | 80 m |
| July 2025 | £520,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| November 2025 | £400,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 110 m |
| March 2025 | £420,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 120 m |
| March 2024 | £275,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 120 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Bermondsey (970 m, 12 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: SILVERLOCK MEDICAL CENTRE (620 m); BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE (770 m); QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE (770 m); OLD KENT ROAD SURGERY (810 m)
- Pharmacies: BLUE PHARMACY (430 m); MEDICA PHARMACY (450 m); TESCO INSTORE PHARMACY (480 m); ASDA PHARMACY (490 m); CAMBELLE PHARMACY (570 m)
- Dental practices: THE GRANGE DENTAL SURGERY (570 m); OLD KENT ROAD DENTAL STUDIO (670 m); THE LACEY DENTAL PRACTICE (780 m); WOOLWICH DENTAL CENTRE (800 m); DENTAL SURGERY (810 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Bermondsey Park Express (360 m, Tesco); Sainsburys Bermondsey Southwark Park Rd (450 m, Sainsburys); Iceland Bermondsey (460 m, Iceland); Tesco Southwark Superstore (470 m, Tesco); Asda Old Kent Road Superstore (590 m, Asda)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £572,478** (July 2026). Southwark’s average house price was £572,478 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 0.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £48,681** (2025). Full-time workers living in Southwark earned a median of £48,681 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 21st highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 11.8×** (2025). A home in Southwark costs 11.8 times local full-time pay. 24th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 23.3** (2025). Southwark has a deprivation score of 23.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 102nd most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Southwark 013B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 21.5** (2025). Southwark 013B has a deprivation score of 21.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 13,488th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £400,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Southwark 013B was £400,000 in 2025. Joint 8,623rd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,543** (2021). Southwark 013B had 1,543 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 21,166th 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: 92.7%** (January 2026). In Southwark 013B, 92.7% 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.

## SE1 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £585,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SE1 was £585,000 in 2025. Joint 163rd most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 74,015** (2021). SE1 had 74,015 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 32nd 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: 43%** (2022). About 43% of people in SE1 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: 88.7%** (January 2026). In SE1, 88.7% 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: [Southwark](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark)
- Centre: 51.4900, -0.0695

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

## Your MP

- [Bermondsey and Old Southwark](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bermondsey-and-old-southwark): Neil Coyle (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), July 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=-0.0695,51.4900,SE15QX

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