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SE1 5SY

London Bridge & West Bermondsey · Southwark · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
London Bridge & West Bermondsey
Local authority
Southwark
Constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Postcode district
SE1
Postcode sector
SE1 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SE1 4HL 47 m
SE1 4HP 58 m
SE1 4HN 72 m
SE1 4HW 91 m
SE1 4AS 102 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SE1 5SY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SE
Postcode district
SE1
Postcode sector
SE1 5
Latitude
51.494168
Longitude
-0.080802
British National Grid easting
533,327
British National Grid northing
178,993

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Southwark · E09000028
Electoral ward
London Bridge & West Bermondsey · E05011104
Parish or community
E43000218
Westminster constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark · E14001085
Output area
E00020027
Lower layer super output area
Southwark 006E · E01003979
Middle layer super output area
Southwark 006 · E02000812

Postcode source versions

Explore SE1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
386
Primary
197
Secondary
50

  1. Grange Primary School

    Community school

    233 m

  2. Boutcher Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    321 m

  3. Kintore Way Nursery School and Children's Centre

    Local authority nursery school

    331 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
21,800
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,515
  • Theft from the person 4,233
  • Other theft 2,881
  • Anti social behaviour 2,289
  • Shoplifting 1,513

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SE1 5 residents
12,213

Age bands in SE1 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.1%

2,103 residents

Age 15 to 24
15.2%

1,978 residents

Age 25 to 44
37.3%

4,870 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.9%

3,117 residents

Age 65 and over
7.6%

987 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
87.5%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
87.5%
Gigabit-capable
87.5%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

114

within 5 km

  • OLD KENT ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code G85052

    410 m

  • EAST STREET

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

    ODS code G85721

    781 m

  • BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G85623

    861 m

  • QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE

    50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code Y06113

    861 m

  • FALMOUTH ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

    78 FALMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE1 4JW

    ODS code G85029

    911 m

  • THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY

    1 WOLSELEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BP

    ODS code G85705

    991 m

  • THE VILLA STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    47 VILLA STREET, LONDON, SE17 2EL

    ODS code G85632

    993 m

  • PENROSE SURGERY

    33 PENROSE STREET, LONDON, SE17 3DW

    ODS code G85084

    1.4 km

  • NEXUS HEALTH GROUP

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

    ODS code G85034

    1.5 km

  • SILVERLOCK MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 VERNEY WAY, LONDON, SE16 3HA

    ODS code G85087

    1.5 km

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84731

    1.7 km

  • HURLEY AND RIVERSIDE PRACTICES

    EBENEZER HOUSE, KENNINGTON LANE, LONDON, SE11 4HJ

    ODS code G85053

    1.8 km

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84079

    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

  • BRUNSWICK PARK FAMILY PRACTICE

    40 ST. GILES ROAD, CAMBERWELL, LONDON, SE5 7RF

    ODS code G85726

    2.2 km

  • ST GILES SURGERY

    40 ST. GILES ROAD, CAMBERWELL, LONDON, SE5 7RF

    ODS code G85042

    2.2 km

  • PARKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    52 CAMBERWELL GREEN, LONDON, SE5 7AQ

    ODS code G85030

    2.2 km

  • THE LISTER PRACTICE

    101 PECKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE15 5LJ

    ODS code G85715

    2.2 km

  • THE LISTER PRIMARY CARE CENTRE

    101 PECKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE15 5LJ

    ODS code G85134

    2.2 km

Showing 20 of 114 matching practices.

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Bricklayer's Arms

    BCT · Newington

    0.1 miles

  • Fendall Street

    BCT · Bermondsey

    0.2 miles

  • Twr Bridge Rd/Bricklayers Arms

    BCT · Newington

    0.2 miles

  • Twr Bridge Rd/Bricklayers Arms

    BCT · Newington

    0.2 miles

  • Griggs Place

    BCT · The Borough

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Southwark 006E, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,871 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
2 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
2
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
2
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

386 open schools are in scope, including 197 primary and 50 secondary schools. Grange Primary School is the nearest published school at 233 m.

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

Recorded crime

21,800 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,816.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,515 events.

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