SE3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Kidbrooke and Blackheath Park, in Greenwich and Lewisham.
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 SE3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SE3, 79.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SE3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SE3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SE3 at a rate of 90.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 133.0 per 1,000 people across SE.
In August 2026 alone, 313 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SE3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,072), anti-social behaviour (612) and other crime (549).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SE3 was 91.1 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 SE3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SE3 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SE3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich 014C | 1,793 | 63.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.0% |
| Greenwich 016A | 1,578 | 75.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 78.6% |
| Greenwich 016B | 1,529 | 82.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.1% |
| Greenwich 016C | 1,426 | 42.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 48.5% |
| Greenwich 016D | 1,981 | 74.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 83.7% |
| Greenwich 019D | 1,706 | 93.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.5% |
| Greenwich 021A | 1,639 | 93.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 74.0% |
| Greenwich 021B | 1,533 | 111.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 69.4% |
| Greenwich 021C | 1,568 | 44.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 72.8% |
| Greenwich 021D | 1,502 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 18.3% |
| Greenwich 022A | 1,852 | 101.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Greenwich 022B | 1,486 | 61.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Greenwich 022C | 1,721 | 66.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.9% |
| Greenwich 022D | 1,576 | 83.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Greenwich 025C | 1,806 | 62.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Greenwich 034A | 1,341 | 47.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 51.9% |
| Greenwich 034B | 1,569 | 113.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 50.9% |
| Greenwich 034F | 1,253 | 155.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.6% |
| Greenwich 034G | 1,301 | 199.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| Greenwich 034I | 1,602 | 97.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.3% |
| Lewisham 009A | 1,494 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.5% |
| Lewisham 009B | 1,475 | 240.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 48.5% |
| Lewisham 009C | 1,558 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.4% |
MPs for SE3
- Clive EffordLabourMP for Eltham and Chislehurst42% of SE3’s postcodes
- Matthew PennycookLabourMP for Greenwich and Woolwich37% of SE3’s postcodes
- Vicky FoxcroftLabourMP for Lewisham North21% of SE3’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 SE35
Postcode sectors in SE35
Councils SE3 covers2
Towns in SE32
Postcode districts next to SE36
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SE postcode area2
SE3 in brief
SE3 is a postcode district covering Kidbrooke and Blackheath Park, in Greenwich and Lewisham.
About 36,481 people lived in SE3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £540,000 in 2025 across 529 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 90.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SE3 was £540,000 in 2025.
SE3 had 35,473 usual residents at the census.
In SE3, 79.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SE3, 4.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.