# SE1 6BN: area report for a postcode in Southwark

SE1 6BN 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 6BN for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Southwark](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark) › [SE1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se1) › [SE1 6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se1-6)

## Around this postcode

- **375 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 5% on July. Southwark 009B: 405 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.0991,51.4969,SE16BN
- **Elephant & Castle, 280 m**: About 4 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.0991,51.4969,SE16BN
- **16 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 330 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.0991,51.4969,SE16BN
- **59 of 59 properties in SE1 6BN 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=-0.0991,51.4969,SE16BN
- **England’s most deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Southwark 009B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.0991,51.4969,SE16BN
- **£572,478 average price**: For the whole of Southwark, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.0991,51.4969,SE16BN
- **3 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 240 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.0991,51.4969,SE16BN
- **23 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 280 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.0991,51.4969,SE16BN
- **91.7% can get gigabit broadband at SE1 6BN**: Superfast for 96.7%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.0991,51.4969,SE16BN
- **Loud road and rail noise at SE1 6BN**: Road 74 dB, rail 68 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.0991,51.4969,SE16BN
- **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=-0.0991,51.4969,SE16BN
- **23.5 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.0991,51.4969,SE16BN

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Elevated Futures Education](https://openindex.co.uk/school/elevated-futures-education-e152325) | Special | 330 m (4 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [St Jude's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-judes-church-of-england-primary-school-e100835) | Primary | 430 m (5 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/notre-dame-catholic-girls-school-e149369) | Secondary | 490 m (6 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 44.4 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Charles Dickens Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/charles-dickens-primary-school-e148012) | Primary | 500 m (6 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, June 2025 | 92% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Imperial Oak School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/imperial-oak-school-e149904) | Special | 520 m (6 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [St George's Cathedral Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-georges-cathedral-catholic-primary-school-e151500) | Primary | 540 m (7 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2024 | – |
| [Haberdashers' Borough Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/haberdashers-borough-academy-e147073) | Secondary | 570 m (7 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2024 | Attainment 8 of 49.2 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Ark Globe Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ark-globe-academy-e135584) | All-through | 590 m (7 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| April 2024 | £500,100 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| October 2025 | £725,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| December 2025 | £800,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| March 2026 | £710,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| May 2026 | £570,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| February 2025 | £1,020,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| March 2026 | £400,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| January 2026 | £315,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Elephant & Castle (280 m, 4 minutes on foot); Elephant and Castle (320 m, 4 minutes on foot); Borough (620 m, 8 minutes on foot); Southwark (890 m, 11 minutes on foot); Lambeth North (940 m, 12 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: NEXUS HEALTH GROUP (240 m); FALMOUTH ROAD GROUP PRACTICE (400 m); HURLEY AND RIVERSIDE PRACTICES (870 m)
- Pharmacies: ST GEORGES PHARMACY (310 m); CHANA CHEMIST (370 m); QRYSTAL PHARMACY (400 m); CAM PHARMACY (920 m); WALWORTH PHARMACY (930 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (330 m); MINT DENTAL CLINIC (370 m); MINT DENTAL CLINIC (370 m); A SILVA DENTAL STUDIO, HEALTH & WELLBEING CLINIC (390 m); BOROUGH DENTAL PRACTICE (400 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Borough Rd Express (280 m, Tesco); Sainsburys Elephant and Castle (290 m, Sainsburys); Sainsburys Elephant & Castle Newington Butts Local (380 m, Sainsburys); Co-op Southwark - Southwark Bridge Road (400 m, The Co-operative Group); Tesco Blackfriars Circus Express (520 m, Tesco)

## 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 009B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 18.0** (2025). Southwark 009B has a deprivation score of 18.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 16,319th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £425,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Southwark 009B was £425,000 in 2025. Joint 7,405th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,536** (2021). Southwark 009B had 1,536 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 21,561st 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: 91.9%** (January 2026). In Southwark 009B, 91.9% 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: 51.4969, -0.0991

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=-0.0991,51.4969,SE16BN

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