SE1 6GN

Chaucer · Southwark · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Chaucer
Local authority
Southwark
Postcode district
SE1
Postcode sector
SE1 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SE1 6NZ 24 m
SE1 6LS 38 m
SE1 6NX 38 m
SE1 6NY 46 m
SE1 6BD 49 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SE1 6GN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SE
Postcode district
SE1
Postcode sector
SE1 6
Latitude
51.497645
Longitude
-0.097714
British National Grid easting
532,143
British National Grid northing
179,349

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Southwark · E09000028
Electoral ward
Chaucer · E05011098
Parish or community
E43000218
Output area
E00019813
Lower layer super output area
Southwark 009B · E01003937
Middle layer super output area
Southwark 009 · E02000815

Postcode source versions

Explore SE1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
381
Primary
192
Secondary
49
  1. London South Bank University

    Higher education institutions

    285 m
  2. Charles Dickens Primary School

    Academy converter

    397 m
  3. London College of Printing & Distributive Trades

    Miscellaneous

    429 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
26,630
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Theft from the person 6,163
  • Violence and sexual offences 5,169
  • Other theft 4,060
  • Anti social behaviour 2,445
  • Shoplifting 1,965

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SE1 6 residents
7,855

Age bands in SE1 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.6%

924 residents

Age 15 to 24
19.1%

1,407 residents

Age 25 to 44
42.6%

3,135 residents

Age 45 to 64
20.2%

1,488 residents

Age 65 and over
5.5%

403 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

118

within 5 km

  • FALMOUTH ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

    78 FALMOUTH ROAD, LONDON, SE1 4JW

    ODS code G85029

    325 m

  • NEXUS HEALTH GROUP

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

    ODS code G85034

    370 m

  • HURLEY AND RIVERSIDE PRACTICES

    EBENEZER HOUSE, KENNINGTON LANE, LONDON, SE11 4HJ

    ODS code G85053

    997 m

  • BLACKFRIARS MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85642

    1.0 km

  • PENROSE SURGERY

    33 PENROSE STREET, LONDON, SE17 3DW

    ODS code G85084

    1.1 km

  • WATERLOO HEALTH CENTRE

    114-118 LOWER MARSH, WATERLOO, LONDON, SE1 7AE

    ODS code G85136

    1.2 km

  • EAST STREET

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

    ODS code G85721

    1.4 km

  • THE VILLA STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    47 VILLA STREET, LONDON, SE17 2EL

    ODS code G85632

    1.4 km

  • OLD KENT ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code G85052

    1.4 km

  • GRAY'S INN MEDICAL GROUP VAUXHALL

    8 JONATHAN STREET, KENNINGTON, LONDON, SE11 5NH

    ODS code G85102

    1.7 km

  • THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY

    1 WOLSELEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BP

    ODS code G85705

    1.9 km

  • BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G85623

    2.0 km

  • QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE

    50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code Y06113

    2.0 km

  • KINGS COLLEGE HEALTH CENTRE

    3RD FLOOR, BUSH HOUSE, SOUTH EAST WING, 300 STRAND, LONDON, WC2B 4PJ

    ODS code E87768

    2.1 km

  • ST PHILIPS MEDICAL CENTRE

    TOWER 3, 2ND FLOOR CLEMENTS INN, LONDON, WC2A 2AZ

    ODS code F83672

    2.2 km

  • MILLBANK MEDICAL CENTRE

    MEDICAL CENTRE BUILDING, 20 PAGE STREET, LONDON, SW1P 4EN

    ODS code E87739

    2.3 km

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84731

    2.3 km

  • THE DR HICKEY SURGERY FOR THE HOMELESS

    3-7 ARNEWAY STREET, LONDON, SW1P 2BG

    ODS code E87740

    2.4 km

  • VASSALL MEDICAL CENTRE

    DOCTORS SURGERY, 89 VASSALL ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6NA

    ODS code G85073

    2.4 km

  • THE NEAMAN PRACTICE

    15 HALF MOON COURT, LONDON, EC1A 7HF

    ODS code F84640

    2.4 km

Showing 20 of 118 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

  • Inner London Crown Court

    BCT · The Borough

    0.1 miles
  • Inner London Crown Court

    BCT · The Borough

    0.1 miles
  • Elephant & Castle / Newington Causeway

    BCT · Elephant & Castle

    0.1 miles
  • Borough Road (SE1)

    BCT · Elephant & Castle

    0.1 miles
  • Borough Road (SE1)

    BCT · Elephant & Castle

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Southwark 009B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,363 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
5 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

381 open schools are in scope, including 192 primary and 49 secondary schools. London South Bank University is the nearest published school at 285 m.

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

Recorded crime

26,630 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2,219.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Theft from the person with 6,163 events.

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