SE1 2LW

North Bermondsey · Southwark · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Southwark
Postcode district
SE1
Postcode sector
SE1 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SE1 2JX 23 m
SE1 2PS 26 m
SE1 2PT 26 m
SE1 2UN 48 m
SE1 2LR 55 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SE1 2LW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 2004
Terminated
1 January 2004
Postcode area
SE
Postcode district
SE1
Postcode sector
SE1 2
Latitude
51.502235
Longitude
-0.076428
British National Grid easting
533,607
British National Grid northing
179,898

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Southwark · E09000028
Parish or community
E43000218
Output area
E00020264
Lower layer super output area
Southwark 036A · E01033885
Middle layer super output area
Southwark 036 · E02006942

Postcode source versions

Explore SE1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
394
Primary
204
Secondary
52
  1. Tower Bridge Primary School

    Community school

    82 m
  2. Snowsfields Primary School

    Community school

    522 m
  3. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    564 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
21,210
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,100
  • Theft from the person 3,740
  • Other theft 3,646
  • Anti social behaviour 2,056
  • Shoplifting 1,497

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SE1 2 residents
7,339

Age bands in SE1 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
8.7%

663 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.4%

948 residents

Age 25 to 44
51.2%

3,900 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.7%

1,653 residents

Age 65 and over
6%

459 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

121

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY

    1 WOLSELEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BP

    ODS code G85705

    406 m

  • BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

    EYOT HOUSE, 50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code G85623

    773 m

  • QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE

    50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code Y06113

    773 m

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

    FLAT 12, NIGHTINGALE HOUSE, 50 THOMAS MORE STREET, LONDON, E1W 1UA

    ODS code F84731

    775 m

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

    THE WAPPING HEALTH CENTRE, 22 WAPPING LANE, LONDON, E1W 2RL

    ODS code F84079

    1.3 km

  • FALMOUTH ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

    78 FALMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE1 4JW

    ODS code G85029

    1.3 km

  • OLD KENT ROAD SURGERY

    182-184 OLD KENT ROAD, LONDON, SE1 5TY

    ODS code G85052

    1.3 km

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    1.4 km

  • EAST STREET

    HAROLD MOODY HEALTH CENTRE, THURLOW STREET, LONDON, SE17 2GN

    ODS code G85721

    1.7 km

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    1.7 km

  • ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE

    ALBION STREET HEALTH CENTRE, 87 ALBION STREET, LONDON, SE16 7JX

    ODS code G85138

    1.8 km

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    1.8 km

  • NEXUS HEALTH GROUP

    PRINCESS STREET GROUP PRACTICE, 2 PRINCESS STREET, LONDON, SE1 6JP

    ODS code G85034

    1.9 km

  • THE VILLA STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    47 VILLA STREET, LONDON, SE17 2EL

    ODS code G85632

    1.9 km

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    2.0 km

  • SILVERLOCK MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 VERNEY WAY, LONDON, SE16 3HA

    ODS code G85087

    2.0 km

  • BLACKFRIARS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BLACKFRIARS MEDICAL PRACT, 45 COLOMBO STREET, LONDON, SE1 8EE

    ODS code G85642

    2.1 km

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    57 HAWKSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE16 2PE

    ODS code G85125

    2.2 km

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    2.2 km

  • PENROSE SURGERY

    33 PENROSE STREET, LONDON, SE17 3DW

    ODS code G85084

    2.2 km

Showing 20 of 121 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Boss Street

    BCT · Bermondsey

    0.0 miles
  • Boss Street

    BCT · Bermondsey

    0.0 miles
  • Druid Street

    BCT · Bermondsey

    0.1 miles
  • Tower Bridge

    BCT · London Bridge

    0.1 miles
  • Tower Bridge Road

    BCT · London Bridge

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Southwark 036A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,770 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

394 open schools are in scope, including 204 primary and 52 secondary schools. Tower Bridge Primary School is the nearest published school at 82 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

21,210 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,767.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,100 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.