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SE16 5GX

Surrey Docks · Southwark · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Surrey Docks
Local authority
Southwark
Constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Postcode district
SE16
Postcode sector
SE16 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SE16 5GZ 39 m
SE16 5DW 63 m
SE16 5DJ 79 m
SE16 5UD 87 m
SE16 5HL 98 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SE16 5GX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SE
Postcode district
SE16
Postcode sector
SE16 5
Latitude
51.502035
Longitude
-0.033469
British National Grid easting
536,589
British National Grid northing
179,955

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Southwark · E09000028
Electoral ward
Surrey Docks · E05011117
Parish or community
E43000218
Westminster constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark · E14001085
Output area
E00020444
Lower layer super output area
Southwark 008A · E01004056
Middle layer super output area
Southwark 008 · E02000814

Postcode source versions

Explore SE16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
332
Primary
182
Secondary
45

  1. Redriff Primary, City of London Academy

    Academy converter

    221 m

  2. St John's Roman Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    589 m

  3. Bacon's College

    Academy sponsor led

    612 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
12,105
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,304
  • Anti social behaviour 1,716
  • Other theft 1,084
  • Shoplifting 1,022
  • Theft from the person 869

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
47

30 female, 17 male

Postcode households
19
Residents per household
2.5
SE16 5 residents
6,167

Age bands in SE16 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12%

723 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

549 residents

Age 25 to 44
49.9%

2,996 residents

Age 45 to 64
20.3%

1,220 residents

Age 65 and over
8.6%

516 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SE16 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
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%

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

83

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE BARKANTINE PRACTICE

    BARKANTINE CENTRE, 121 WESTFERRY ROAD, LONDON, E14 8JH

    ODS code F84747

    557 m

  • THE LIMEHOUSE PRACTICE

    11 GILL STREET, POPLAR, LONDON, E14 8HQ

    ODS code F84054

    1.1 km

  • ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85138

    1.2 km

  • GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WINDLASS PLACE, DEPTFORD, LONDON, SE8 3QH

    ODS code G85085

    1.3 km

  • DOCKLANDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    100 SPINDRIFT AVENUE, ISLE OF DOGS, LONDON, E14 9WU

    ODS code F84656

    1.5 km

  • ISLAND HEALTH

    145 EAST FERRY ROAD, ISLE OF DOGS, LONDON, E14 3BQ

    ODS code F84710

    1.6 km

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    57 HAWKSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE16 2PE

    ODS code G85125

    1.6 km

  • ROSERTON STREET SURGERY

    THE ISLAND MEDICAL CENTRE, ROSERTON STREET, LONDON, E14 3PG

    ODS code F84647

    1.7 km

  • GOUGH WALK PRACTICE

    NEWBY PLCE HLTH WELLBEING, 21 NEWBY PLACE, LONDON, E14 0EY

    ODS code F84025

    1.7 km

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    1.7 km

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84079

    1.8 km

  • HARFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    115 HARFORD STREET, LONDON, E1 4FG

    ODS code F84087

    1.8 km

  • THE CHRISP STREET HTH CTR

    100 CHRISP STREET, LONDON, E14 6PG

    ODS code F84062

    1.9 km

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    2.0 km

  • KINGFISHER MEDICAL CENTRE

    3 KINGFISHER SQUARE, STAUNTON STREET, DEPTFORD, LONDON, SE8 5DA

    ODS code G85020

    2.3 km

  • ABERFELDY PRACTICE

    ABERFELDY H&W CENTRE, 19 ABERFELDY SQUARE, LONDON, E14 0XA

    ODS code F84698

    2.3 km

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84731

    2.5 km

  • BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G85623

    2.5 km

  • QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE

    50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code Y06113

    2.5 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    2.6 km

Showing 20 of 83 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Bryan Road / Surrey Docks Farm

    BCT · Rotherhithe

    0.1 miles

  • Doubletree Docklands / Nelson Dock Pier

    BCT · Rotherhithe

    0.1 miles

  • Russia Dock Road

    BCT · Rotherhithe

    0.1 miles

  • Russia Dock Road

    BCT · Rotherhithe

    0.1 miles

  • Bryan Road / Surrey Docks Farm

    BCT · Rotherhithe

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Southwark 008A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,633 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
6 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
10
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

332 open schools are in scope, including 182 primary and 45 secondary schools. Redriff Primary, City of London Academy is the nearest published school at 221 m.

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

Recorded crime

12,105 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,008.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,304 events.

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