# SE16 7LH: area report for a postcode in Southwark

SE16 7LH 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 SE16 7LH for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Southwark](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark) › [SE16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se16) › [SE16 7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se16-7)

## Around this postcode

- **84 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 2% on July. Southwark 008D: 65 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.0414,51.4964,SE167LH
- **Surrey Quays, 550 m**: About 7 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.0414,51.4964,SE167LH
- **7 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 390 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.0414,51.4964,SE167LH
- **No property in SE16 7LH listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 2. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.0414,51.4964,SE167LH
- **England’s least deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Southwark 008D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.0414,51.4964,SE167LH
- **£569,160 average price**: For the whole of Southwark, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.0414,51.4964,SE167LH
- **3 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 750 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.0414,51.4964,SE167LH
- **8 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 390 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.0414,51.4964,SE167LH
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at SE16 7LH**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.0414,51.4964,SE167LH
- **Loud road and rail noise at SE16 7LH**: Road 65 dB, rail 48 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.0414,51.4964,SE167LH
- **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=-0.0414,51.4964,SE167LH
- **16.1 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.0414,51.4964,SE167LH

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Alfred Salter Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/alfred-salter-primary-school-e100819) | Primary | 390 m (5 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2024 | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St John's Roman Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-johns-roman-catholic-primary-school-e100841) | Primary | 430 m (5 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade | 92% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Bacon's College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bacons-college-e145313) | Secondary | 670 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2022 | Attainment 8 of 51.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Marathon Science School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/marathon-science-school-e135901) | Independent | 680 m (9 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Redriff Primary, City of London Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/redriff-primary-city-of-london-academy-e137648) | Primary | 690 m (9 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), November 2023 | 89% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Joseph's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-catholic-primary-school-e151012) | Primary | 740 m (9 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), March 2024, before the school changed | – |
| [Rotherhithe Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rotherhithe-primary-school-e149605) | Primary | 790 m (10 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Albion Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/albion-primary-school-e100774) | Primary | 810 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2024 | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| February 2025 | £618,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, freehold | 90 m |
| October 2025 | £450,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| January 2024 | £825,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| August 2024 | £365,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 120 m |
| May 2026 | £695,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| August 2026 | £900,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| July 2025 | £915,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| July 2025 | £730,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 160 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Surrey Quays (560 m, 7 minutes on foot); Canada Water (600 m, 7 minutes on foot); Canada Water (600 m, 8 minutes on foot); Rotherhithe (880 m, 11 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: PARK MEDICAL CENTRE (750 m); GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE (810 m); ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE (820 m)
- Pharmacies: TESCO INSTORE PHARMACY (400 m); BOOTS (400 m); SURDOCK PHARMACY (550 m); CAMPION & CO CHEMIST (860 m); PEPYS PHARMACY (880 m)
- Dental practices: CANADA WATER DENTAL HEALTH (520 m); SURREY DOCKS DENTAL PRACTICE (630 m); SURREY QUAYS DENTAL PRACTICE (650 m); DENTAL SURGERY (840 m); UNIT 2-3 (940 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Surrey Quays Extra (390 m, Tesco); Co-op FR Canada Water (390 m, The Southern Co-operative); Tesco Marine Wharf Express (530 m, Tesco); Spar Harbourside (580 m, Spar); Sainsburys Canada Water Station Local (610 m, Sainsburys)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £569,160** (August 2026). Southwark’s average house price was £569,160 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 2.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 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: 11.7×** (2025). A home in Southwark costs 11.7 times local full-time pay. Joint 25th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 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 008D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 8.8** (2025). Southwark 008D has a deprivation score of 8.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 7,245th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £485,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Southwark 008D was £485,000 in 2025. Joint 5,162nd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,070** (2021). Southwark 008D had 2,070 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 4,293rd 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: 97.2%** (January 2026). In Southwark 008D, 97.2% 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.

## SE16 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £480,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SE16 was £480,000 in 2025. Joint 328th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 53,260** (2021). SE16 had 53,260 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 153rd 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 SE16 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: 92.6%** (January 2026). In SE16, 92.6% 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: 51.4964, -0.0414

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), August 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=-0.0414,51.4964,SE167LH

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