SE28
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Thamesmead and Royal Arsenal West, in Greenwich and Bexley.
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 SE28 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SE28, 78.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SE28 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SE28 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SE28 at a rate of 100.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 133.0 per 1,000 people across SE.
In August 2026 alone, 275 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SE28.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,115), anti-social behaviour (586) and other crime (451).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SE28 was 99.7 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 SE28, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SE28 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SE28
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bexley 001B | 1,677 | 87.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.8% |
| Bexley 001C | 2,932 | 59.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.4% |
| Bexley 001D | 1,738 | 95.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Greenwich 001A | 1,714 | 108.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 70.3% |
| Greenwich 001B | 1,470 | 89.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 15.1% |
| Greenwich 001C | 1,560 | 111.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 13.5% |
| Greenwich 001D | 1,743 | 110.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| Greenwich 002A | 1,654 | 146.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.3% |
| Greenwich 002B | 2,670 | 147.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 75.8% |
| Greenwich 002E | 1,726 | 51.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 49.0% |
| Greenwich 002F | 1,634 | 92.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 72.1% |
| Greenwich 002G | 2,698 | 137.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 79.3% |
| Greenwich 002H | 1,941 | 133.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 83.1% |
| Greenwich 002I | 1,783 | 81.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.1% |
| Greenwich 007F | 1,341 | 32.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.1% |
| Greenwich 007G | 1,803 | 93.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.6% |
Your MP
- Ms Abena Oppong-AsareLabourMP for Erith and Thamesmead
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 SE283
Postcode sectors in SE283
Councils SE28 covers2
Towns in SE282
Postcode districts next to SE283
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SE postcode area2
SE28 in brief
SE28 is a postcode district covering Thamesmead and Royal Arsenal West, in Greenwich and Bexley.
About 29,910 people lived in SE28 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £355,000 in 2025 across 224 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 100.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SE28 was £355,000 in 2025.
SE28 had 30,420 usual residents at the census.
In SE28, 78.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SE28, 8.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.