SE21
Postcode districtPostcode district covering West Dulwich and Dulwich Village, in Southwark and Lambeth.
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 SE21 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SE21, 90.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SE21 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SE21 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SE21 at a rate of 81.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 133.0 per 1,000 people across SE.
In August 2026 alone, 116 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SE21.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (278), other crime (203) and vehicle crime (194).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SE21 was 87.9 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 SE21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SE21 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SE21
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambeth 025A | 2,247 | 107.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.3% |
| Lambeth 025B | 1,643 | 64.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.0% |
| Lambeth 025E | 1,908 | 110.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.0% |
| Lambeth 028A | 1,462 | 68.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.5% |
| Southwark 031A | 1,294 | 94.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 53.0% |
| Southwark 031E | 1,713 | 83.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.6% |
| Southwark 033B | 1,900 | 51.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.6% |
| Southwark 033C | 1,608 | 84.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.6% |
| Southwark 033E | 1,488 | 98.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.8% |
Your MP
- Helen HayesLabourMP for Dulwich and West Norwood
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 SE212
Postcode sectors in SE213
Councils SE21 covers2
Towns in SE212
Postcode districts next to SE215
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SE postcode area2
SE21 in brief
SE21 is a postcode district covering West Dulwich and Dulwich Village, in Southwark and Lambeth.
About 14,480 people lived in SE21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £724,000 in 2025 across 167 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 81.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SE21 was £724,000 in 2025.
SE21 had 14,817 usual residents at the census.
In SE21, 90.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SE21, 4.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.