# SE17

Postcode district covering Newington and Walworth, in Southwark.

SE17 is a postcode district covering Newington and Walworth, in Southwark. Median sale price £470,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 199.3 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code SE17. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [SE](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £470,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SE17 was £470,000 in 2025. Joint 353rd most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se17#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 36,621** (2021). SE17 had 36,621 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 568th 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se17#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 80%** (2022). About 80% of people in SE17 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se17#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 88.3%** (January 2026). In SE17, 88.3% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se17#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=SE17) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 80% of people in SE17 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=SE17) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 222 homes were sold in SE17 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=SE17) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SE17.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=SE17) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SE17 had 36,621 usual residents at the census.

## How SE17 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | SE17 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £470,000 | 11th cheapest | 28 postcode districts, SE · 2025 |
| Population | 36,621 | 11th most populated | 29 postcode districts, SE · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 80% | 5th most people in radon Affected Areas | 29 postcode districts, SE · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 88.3% | 7th lowest | 29 postcode districts, SE · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the SE postcode area.
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

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

## Neighbourhoods in SE17

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Southwark 009H](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01033874) | 1,151 | 458.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 56.2% |
| [Southwark 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01003960) | 1,773 | 113.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% |
| [Southwark 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01003961) | 2,074 | 194.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| [Southwark 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01003994) | 1,829 | 315.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.2% |
| [Southwark 012G](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01033875) | 1,318 | 271.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.3% |
| [Southwark 012H](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01033876) | 1,250 | 319.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.4% |
| [Southwark 012I](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01033877) | 1,545 | 256.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 75.8% |
| [Southwark 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01003992) | 1,586 | 111.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.8% |
| [Southwark 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01003995) | 1,374 | 182.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 78.7% |
| [Southwark 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01003998) | 1,427 | 141.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 80.7% |
| [Southwark 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01003999) | 1,499 | 99.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.1% |
| [Southwark 014F](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01032639) | 1,915 | 153.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.7% |
| [Southwark 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01003966) | 2,137 | 113.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.1% |
| [Southwark 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01003971) | 1,426 | 122.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.7% |
| [Southwark 015F](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01033878) | 1,108 | 90.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.4% |
| [Southwark 015G](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01033879) | 2,555 | 103.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| [Southwark 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01003963) | 1,718 | 85.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 80.7% |
| [Southwark 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01003972) | 1,467 | 117.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| [Southwark 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01003973) | 1,651 | 516.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.6% |
| [Southwark 016F](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01033881) | 1,883 | 372.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.8% |
| [Southwark 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01003969) | 2,459 | 220.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 76.4% |
| [Southwark 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01003991) | 1,273 | 59.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.6% |
| [Southwark 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01003993) | 2,022 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.2% |
| [Southwark 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/neighbourhood/e01003997) | 1,296 | 151.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 82.0% |

## Your MP

- [Peckham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/peckham): Miatta Fahnbulleh (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024. 72% of the people here.
- [Vauxhall and Camberwell Green](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/vauxhall-and-camberwell-green): Florence Eshalomi (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024. 28% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in SE17

[Burgess Park](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/burgess-park), [Burgess Park West & John Ruskin Street](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/burgess-park-west-and-john-ruskin-street), [Newington, Kennington East & Walworth West](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/newington-kennington-east-and-walworth-west), [Walworth North](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/walworth-north), [Walworth South](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark/walworth-south)

## Postcode sectors in SE17

[SE17 1 (225 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se17-1), [SE17 2 (236 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se17-2), [SE17 3 (207 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se17-3), [SE17 9 (17 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se17-9)

## Council

[Southwark](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark)

## Towns in SE17

[Southwark](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark)

## Postcode districts next to SE17

[SE1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se1), [SE1P](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se1p), [SE5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se5), [SE11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se11), [SE15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se15)

## Nearest rail stations

[Elephant and Castle (700 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-0.0987,51.4940), [Kennington (800 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-0.1060,51.4883), [Elephant & Castle (800 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-0.1006,51.4945), [Borough (1.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-0.0934,51.5012)

## More in the SE postcode area

[All SE postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 80% of people in SE17 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SE17, 88.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: SE17
- Postcode area: [SE](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se)
- Constituency: [Peckham †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/peckham)
- Council: [Southwark †](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark)
- Area: 2.10 km²
- People, mid-2024: 38,240*
- Neighbourhoods: 24
- Output areas: 122

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[SE5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se5), [SE1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se1), [SE11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se11), [SE15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se15), [SE1P](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se1p)

## Latest updates for SE17

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/SE17

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se17, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se17#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se17