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Surrey Docks

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North east Southwark. About 13,431 people in 1.3 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 8% of people in Surrey Docks live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
13,000
Joint 1,286th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
8%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
92.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Surrey Docks compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Surrey DocksMiddle
Population23 wards, Southwark · 2021
Population: every ward in Southwark23 areas from 8,459 to 19,036. The middle area is 14,473. Surrey Docks is 13,000.
13,0009th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares23 wards, Southwark · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Southwark23 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 13.0%. Surrey Docks is 8.0%.
8%11th fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage23 wards, Southwark · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Southwark23 areas from 84.8% to 96.2%. The middle area is 90.1%. Surrey Docks is 92.7%.
92.7%7th highest
Claimant rate23 wards, Southwark · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Southwark23 areas from 2.0% to 7.9%. The middle area is 5.2%. Surrey Docks is 4.1%.
4.1%joint 5th lowest

Is Surrey Docks safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Surrey Docks at a rate of 75.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 157.8 per 1,000 people across Southwark.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 87 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Surrey Docks.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (279), violence and sexual offences (229) and other crime (179).

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.

Figures for the whole of Southwark

These figures are published for the whole of Southwark, not for each ward, so they describe all of Southwark and not Surrey Docks alone. See Southwark

Average house price
£572,478
Up 0.1% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£48,681
21st highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
11.8×
24th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
23.3
102nd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Surrey Docks in brief

Surrey Docks had 13,000 usual residents at the census.

About 8% of people in Surrey Docks live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Surrey Docks, 92.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Surrey Docks, 4.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.