SE12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Lee and Grove Park, in Lewisham and Greenwich.
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 SE12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SE12, 92.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SE12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SE12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SE12 at a rate of 81.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 133.0 per 1,000 people across SE.
In August 2026 alone, 191 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SE12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (699), anti-social behaviour (458) and other crime (380).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SE12 was 89.6 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 SE12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SE12 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SE12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich 029B | 1,606 | 70.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.5% |
| Greenwich 029D | 1,559 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Greenwich 034C | 1,654 | 79.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.1% |
| Greenwich 034D | 1,618 | 105.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.1% |
| Lewisham 013D | 1,736 | 95.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 75.0% |
| Lewisham 016A | 1,644 | 69.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.0% |
| Lewisham 016B | 1,496 | 75.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.3% |
| Lewisham 016C | 1,751 | 115.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.9% |
| Lewisham 023A | 1,801 | 173.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.2% |
| Lewisham 023B | 1,853 | 77.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.0% |
| Lewisham 023C | 1,604 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.6% |
| Lewisham 023D | 1,645 | 70.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.1% |
| Lewisham 023E | 1,625 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Lewisham 031A | 1,643 | 77.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.1% |
| Lewisham 031B | 1,646 | 124.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.1% |
| Lewisham 031D | 1,758 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
MPs for SE12
- Janet DabyLabourMP for Lewisham East75% of SE12’s postcodes
- Clive EffordLabourMP for Eltham and Chislehurst25% of SE12’s postcodes
- Vicky FoxcroftLabourMP for Lewisham North0.2% of SE12’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 SE123
Postcode sectors in SE124
Councils SE12 covers2
Towns in SE122
Postcode districts next to SE126
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SE postcode area2
SE12 in brief
SE12 is a postcode district covering Lee and Grove Park, in Lewisham and Greenwich.
About 28,418 people lived in SE12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £462,500 in 2025 across 282 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 81.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SE12 was £462,500 in 2025.
SE12 had 28,319 usual residents at the census.
In SE12, 92.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SE12, 5.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.