Property market
The five-year median is £475,000 from 2,704 recorded sales in SE16. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Southwark is £582,473 in June 2026, up 2.2% year on year.
SE16
UK postcode district
Part of London
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 2,134
- Current units
- 1,107
- Coordinate coverage
- 99%
- Electoral wards
- 11
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- London
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 1,027
Postcode sectors in SE16
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
24,681 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 25, Brewhouse Walk, London, SE16 6LD | 27 July 2026 | £850,000 |
| Arica House, Flat 19, Slippers Place, London, SE16 2EH | 23 July 2026 | £315,000 |
| 25a, Brunel Road, London, SE16 4LA | 21 July 2026 | £702,700 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 19
- Primary
- 14
- Secondary
- 4
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 5,881
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,569
- Theft from the person 860
- Anti social behaviour 855
- Other theft 475
- Vehicle crime 358
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- SE16 usual residents
- 53,700
- Age-profile population
- 53,356
Age bands in SE16
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15%
- 8,019 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.3%
- 6,555 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 44.8%
- 23,898 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 20.3%
- 10,847 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 7.6%
- 4,037 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,053 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 971 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 885 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
5
in this district
ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE
ALBION STREET HEALTH CENTRE, 87 ALBION STREET, LONDON, SE16 7JX
ODS code G85138
BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE
EYOT HOUSE, 50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL
ODS code G85623
PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
57 HAWKSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE16 2PE
ODS code G85125
QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE
50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL
ODS code Y06113
SILVERLOCK MEDICAL CENTRE
2 VERNEY WAY, LONDON, SE16 3HA
ODS code G85087
Evidence in context
Schools
19 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 4 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
5,881 published events cover 12 months, averaging 490 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,569 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.