# SE8 3LH: area report for a postcode in Lewisham

SE8 3LH is a postcode in Lewisham.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Lewisham. Open the map at SE8 3LH for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Lewisham](https://openindex.co.uk/lewisham) › [SE8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se8) › [SE8 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/se8-3)

## Around this postcode

- **85 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 3% on July. Lewisham 002C: 67 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.0295,51.4838,SE83LH
- **Deptford, 590 m**: About 7 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.0295,51.4838,SE83LH
- **6 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 250 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.0295,51.4838,SE83LH
- **49 of 49 properties in SE8 3LH at very low risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 3. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.0295,51.4838,SE83LH
- **England’s most deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Lewisham 002C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.0295,51.4838,SE83LH
- **£488,658 average price**: For the whole of Lewisham, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.0295,51.4838,SE83LH
- **5 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 220 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.0295,51.4838,SE83LH
- **9 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 610 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.0295,51.4838,SE83LH
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at SE8 3LH**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.0295,51.4838,SE83LH
- **Low road and rail noise at SE8 3LH**: Road 54 dB, rail 47 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.0295,51.4838,SE83LH
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.0295,51.4838,SE83LH
- **15.7 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.0295,51.4838,SE83LH

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Grinling Gibbons Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/grinling-gibbons-primary-school-e100685) | Primary | 250 m (3 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), September 2022 | 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Clyde Nursery School.](https://openindex.co.uk/school/clyde-nursery-school-e100667) | Nursery | 300 m (4 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2024 | – |
| [Rachel McMillan Nursery School and Children's Centre](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rachel-mcmillan-nursery-school-and-childrens-centre-e100097) | Nursery | 510 m (6 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade | – |
| [St Joseph's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-catholic-primary-school-e100729) | Primary | 620 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2023 | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Deptford Park Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/deptford-park-primary-school-e100678) | Primary | 760 m (9 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, December 2022 | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Deptford Green School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/deptford-green-school-e100740) | Secondary | 780 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), April 2022 | Attainment 8 of 42.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Tidemill Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tidemill-academy-e137441) | Primary | 810 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2022 | 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Twin Oaks Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/twin-oaks-primary-school-e100712) | Primary | 900 m (11 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| November 2025 | £399,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| March 2023 | £346,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| November 2025 | £346,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 140 m |
| June 2025 | £385,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 150 m |
| January 2023 | £505,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 150 m |
| January 2025 | £305,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 180 m |
| April 2026 | £375,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 200 m |
| January 2026 | £370,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 200 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Deptford (590 m, 7 minutes on foot); New Cross (850 m, 11 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: KINGFISHER MEDICAL CENTRE (220 m); GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE (820 m); NEW CROSS CENTRE (HURLEY GROUP) (840 m); AMERSHAM VALE TRAINING PRACTICE (840 m); CLIFTON RISE FAMILY PRACTICE (840 m)
- Pharmacies: LOCKYER'S PHARMACY (190 m); CHEMIST2DOOR (340 m); ROSE PHARMACY (660 m); PEPYS PHARMACY (740 m); NIGHTINGALE PHARMACY (760 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (180 m); COLOSSEUM DENTAL (CREEKSIDE) (420 m); CREEK ROAD DENTAL PRACTICE (660 m); WALDRON DENTAL CLINIC (840 m); COMMUNITY HEALTH SOUTH LONDON N (840 m)
- Supermarkets: Sainsburys Greenwich Creek Road Local (610 m, Sainsburys); Tesco Greenwich Creek Rd Express (620 m, Tesco); Asda Deptford Landings Express (620 m, Asda); Sainsburys Deptford Station Local (650 m, Sainsburys); Iceland Deptford (680 m, Iceland)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £488,658** (July 2026). Lewisham’s average house price was £488,658 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 0.7% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £45,702** (2025). Full-time workers living in Lewisham earned a median of £45,702 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 43rd highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 10.7×** (2025). A home in Lewisham costs 10.7 times local full-time pay. Joint 39th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 25.5** (2025). Lewisham has a deprivation score of 25.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 75th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Lewisham 002C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 36.6** (2025). Lewisham 002C has a deprivation score of 36.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 5,576th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 1,734** (2021). Lewisham 002C had 1,734 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 12,183rd most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.2%** (January 2026). In Lewisham 002C, 96.2% 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.
- **Claimant rate: 8.9%** (August 2026). In Lewisham 002C, 8.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 2026.

## SE8 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £406,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SE8 was £406,500 in 2025. Joint 572nd most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 33,364** (2021). SE8 had 33,364 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 732nd 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.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 93%** (2022). About 93% of people in SE8 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.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 86.5%** (January 2026). In SE8, 86.5% 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Lewisham](https://openindex.co.uk/lewisham)
- Centre: 51.4838, -0.0295

Council: [Lewisham](https://openindex.co.uk/lewisham) (London borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Lewisham North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/lewisham-north): Vicky Foxcroft (Labour), MP since July 2024.

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

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.0295,51.4838,SE83LH

## How to cite

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