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Postcode district

Postcode district covering Lewisham, Hither Green and St John's, in Lewisham.

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 SE13 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In SE13, 88.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£440,000
462nd most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
46,996
269th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
88.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
6.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How SE13 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

SE13Middle
Median sale price28 postcode districts, SE · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in SE28 areas from £355,000 to £724,000. The middle area is £478,950. SE13 is £440,000.
£440,0007th cheapest
Population29 postcode districts, SE · 2021
Population: every postcode district in SE29 areas from 211 to 85,333. The middle area is 30,914. SE13 is 46,996.
46,9968th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage29 postcode districts, SE · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in SE29 areas from 43.8% to 96.6%. The middle area is 90.5%. SE13 is 88.9%.
88.9%10th lowest
Claimant rate28 postcode districts, SE · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in SE28 areas from 3.6% to 8.2%. The middle area is 6.1%. SE13 is 6.1%.
6.1%joint 13th lowest

Is SE13 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SE13 at a rate of 175.8 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 133.0 per 1,000 people across SE.

In August 2026 alone, 699 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SE13.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,598), other crime (1,540) and anti-social behaviour (1,357).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SE13 was 161.5 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 SE13, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SE13 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in SE13

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Greenwich 038A1,76394.7 per 1,000274.7%
Lewisham 007A1,971358.0 per 1,000861.6%
Lewisham 007B1,680198.3 per 1,000390.4%
Lewisham 007E1,40950.0 per 1,000789.0%
Lewisham 008F1,36734.4 per 1,000899.2%
Lewisham 009D1,966346.3 per 1,000392.8%
Lewisham 011A1,50770.9 per 1,000699.0%
Lewisham 011C2,085108.4 per 1,000494.2%
Lewisham 011D1,53050.1 per 1,000698.6%
Lewisham 013A2,41584.7 per 1,000591.6%
Lewisham 013B2,12787.2 per 1,000693.1%
Lewisham 013C1,87798.1 per 1,000599.3%
Lewisham 014B1,59089.6 per 1,000491.0%
Lewisham 016D1,96945.3 per 1,000799.3%
Lewisham 017A1,791176.4 per 1,000495.4%
Lewisham 017B1,569139.1 per 1,000398.2%
Lewisham 017D1,78648.2 per 1,000390.5%
Lewisham 017E1,56997.5 per 1,000599.4%
Lewisham 017F1,25799.4 per 1,000587.4%
Lewisham 040B1,090114.1 per 1,000639.3%
Lewisham 040C1,251554.8 per 1,000798.7%
Lewisham 040D1,695270.8 per 1,000499.0%
Lewisham 041A2,158240.9 per 1,000385.1%
Lewisham 041B2,205418.5 per 1,000490.0%
Lewisham 041C1,324156.3 per 1,000287.9%
Lewisham 041D1,544515.5 per 1,000298.3%
Lewisham 041E1,910115.0 per 1,000293.2%

MPs for SE13

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 SE136

Postcode sectors in SE134

Council1

Towns in SE132

Postcode districts next to SE136

Nearest rail stations4

More in the SE postcode area2

SE13 in brief

SE13 is a postcode district covering Lewisham, Hither Green and St John's, in Lewisham.

About 47,573 people lived in SE13 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £440,000 in 2025 across 531 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 175.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in SE13 was £440,000 in 2025.

SE13 had 46,996 usual residents at the census.

In SE13, 88.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In SE13, 6.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.