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

SE1 6RP 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 6RP 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

- **291 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 9% on July. Southwark 009C: 205 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.0938,51.4965,SE16RP
- **Elephant and Castle, 440 m**: About 5 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.0938,51.4965,SE16RP
- **13 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 230 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.0938,51.4965,SE16RP
- **38 of 38 properties in SE1 6RP 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=-0.0938,51.4965,SE16RP
- **England’s most deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Southwark 009C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.0938,51.4965,SE16RP
- **£572,478 average price**: For the whole of Southwark, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.0938,51.4965,SE16RP
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 40 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.0938,51.4965,SE16RP
- **20 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 260 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.0938,51.4965,SE16RP
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at SE1 6RP**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.0938,51.4965,SE16RP
- **Loud road and rail noise at SE1 6RP**: Road 68 dB, rail 49 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.0938,51.4965,SE16RP
- **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=-0.0938,51.4965,SE16RP
- **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=-0.0938,51.4965,SE16RP

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Ark Globe Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ark-globe-academy-e135584) | All-through | 230 m (3 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Imperial Oak School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/imperial-oak-school-e149904) | Special | 300 m (4 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Victory Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/victory-primary-school-e100815) | Primary | 400 m (5 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2023 | 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [London Christian School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/london-christian-school-e135409) | Independent | 450 m (6 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-saviours-and-st-olaves-church-of-england-school-e100849) | Secondary | 480 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2022 | Attainment 8 of 48.4 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Charles Dickens Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/charles-dickens-primary-school-e148012) | Primary | 550 m (7 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, June 2025 | 92% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Beormund Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/beormund-primary-school-e100879) | Special | 600 m (7 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), June 2024 | – |
| [The Autism Project - CareTrade](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-autism-project-caretrade-e143526) | Special | 660 m (8 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| November 2025 | £635,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| October 2024 | £346,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| June 2025 | £183,750 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| March 2025 | £490,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| February 2025 | £300,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| February 2023 | £362,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| November 2024 | £450,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 150 m |
| July 2024 | £2,486,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 150 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Elephant and Castle (440 m, 5 minutes on foot); Elephant & Castle (520 m, 6 minutes on foot); Borough (520 m, 7 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: FALMOUTH ROAD GROUP PRACTICE (40 m); NEXUS HEALTH GROUP (570 m)
- Pharmacies: CHANA CHEMIST (10 m); QRYSTAL PHARMACY (370 m); ST GEORGES PHARMACY (660 m); HARFLEUR CHEMIST (760 m); PHARMACEUTRA (850 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (320 m); BOROUGH DENTAL PRACTICE (370 m); WYTES ELEPHANT & CASTLE (550 m); A SILVA DENTAL STUDIO, HEALTH & WELLBEING CLINIC (630 m); TOWER BRIDGE DENTAL SURGERY (700 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Borough New Kent Rd Express (260 m, Tesco); Sainsburys Southwark Great Dover Street Local (290 m, Sainsburys); Sainsburys Elephant and Castle (350 m, Sainsburys); Tesco Borough Long Ln Express (520 m, Tesco); Tesco Borough Rd Express (550 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 009C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 29.4** (2025). Southwark 009C has a deprivation score of 29.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 8,541st most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 1,494** (2021). Southwark 009C had 1,494 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 22,900th least 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: 98.1%** (January 2026). In Southwark 009C, 98.1% 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: 6.9%** (August 2026). In Southwark 009C, 6.9% 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.

## 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: 51.4965, -0.0938

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=-0.0938,51.4965,SE16RP

## How to cite

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