SE24
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Brockwell Park, Brixton and Herne Hill, in Lambeth and 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 SE24 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SE24, 94.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SE24 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SE24 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SE24 at a rate of 109.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 133.0 per 1,000 people across SE.
In August 2026 alone, 184 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SE24.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (448), violence and sexual offences (400) and anti-social behaviour (362).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SE24 was 112.0 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 SE24, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SE24 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SE24
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambeth 014A | 1,737 | 51.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.0% |
| Lambeth 014B | 1,603 | 205.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.1% |
| Lambeth 018D | 2,326 | 100.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.0% |
| Lambeth 018E | 2,358 | 226.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.8% |
| Lambeth 025C | 1,658 | 93.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Southwark 031B | 1,952 | 103.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.2% |
| Southwark 031C | 1,894 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.0% |
| Southwark 031D | 1,706 | 96.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 80.7% |
MPs for SE24
- Helen HayesLabourMP for Dulwich and West Norwood98% of SE24’s postcodes
- Florence EshalomiLabour (Co-op)MP for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green1.7% of SE24’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 SE242
Postcode sectors in SE243
Councils SE24 covers2
Towns in SE242
Postcode districts next to SE246
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SE postcode area2
SE24 in brief
SE24 is a postcode district covering Brockwell Park, Brixton and Herne Hill, in Lambeth and Southwark.
About 18,252 people lived in SE24 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £632,500 in 2025 across 224 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 109.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SE24 was £632,500 in 2025.
SE24 had 18,320 usual residents at the census.
In SE24, 94.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SE24, 4.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.