SE17
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Newington and Walworth, in Southwark.
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 SE17 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SE17, 88.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SE17 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SE17 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SE17 at a rate of 199.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 133.0 per 1,000 people across SE.
In August 2026 alone, 661 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SE17.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (1,640), violence and sexual offences (1,548) and other crime (1,307).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SE17 was 201.6 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 SE17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SE17 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SE17
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwark 009H | 1,151 | 458.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 56.2% |
| Southwark 012A | 1,773 | 113.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% |
| Southwark 012B | 2,074 | 194.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Southwark 012E | 1,829 | 315.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.2% |
| Southwark 012G | 1,318 | 271.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.3% |
| Southwark 012H | 1,250 | 319.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.4% |
| Southwark 012I | 1,545 | 256.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 75.8% |
| Southwark 014A | 1,586 | 111.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.8% |
| Southwark 014B | 1,374 | 182.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 78.7% |
| Southwark 014D | 1,427 | 141.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 80.7% |
| Southwark 014E | 1,499 | 99.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.1% |
| Southwark 014F | 1,915 | 153.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.7% |
| Southwark 015B | 2,137 | 113.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.1% |
| Southwark 015D | 1,426 | 122.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.7% |
| Southwark 015F | 1,108 | 90.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.4% |
| Southwark 015G | 2,555 | 103.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Southwark 016A | 1,718 | 85.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 80.7% |
| Southwark 016D | 1,467 | 117.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| Southwark 016E | 1,651 | 516.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.6% |
| Southwark 016F | 1,883 | 372.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.8% |
| Southwark 017B | 2,459 | 220.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 76.4% |
| Southwark 017C | 1,273 | 59.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.6% |
| Southwark 017D | 2,022 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.2% |
| Southwark 017E | 1,296 | 151.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 82.0% |
MPs for SE17
- Miatta FahnbullehLabour (Co-op)MP for Peckham72% of SE17’s postcodes
- Florence EshalomiLabour (Co-op)MP for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green28% of SE17’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 SE175
Postcode sectors in SE174
Council1
Towns in SE171
Postcode districts next to SE175
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SE postcode area2
SE17 in brief
SE17 is a postcode district covering Newington and Walworth, in Southwark.
About 38,240 people lived in SE17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £470,000 in 2025 across 222 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 199.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SE17 was £470,000 in 2025.
SE17 had 36,621 usual residents at the census.
In SE17, 88.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SE17, 6.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.