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SE16 5QJ

Rotherhithe · Southwark · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Ward
Rotherhithe
Local authority
Southwark
Constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Postcode district
SE16
Postcode sector
SE16 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SE16 5GB 60 m
SE16 5QL 67 m
SE16 5RB 87 m
SE16 5QN 91 m
SE16 5QU 94 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SE16 5QJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SE
Postcode district
SE16
Postcode sector
SE16 5
Latitude
51.504087
Longitude
-0.048626
British National Grid easting
535,531
British National Grid northing
180,155

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Southwark · E09000028
Electoral ward
Rotherhithe · E05011112
Parish or community
E43000218
Westminster constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark · E14001085
Output area
E00020330
Lower layer super output area
Southwark 001A · E01004029
Middle layer super output area
Southwark 001 · E02000807

Postcode source versions

Explore SE16

Property

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24 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
157, Rotherhithe Street, London, SE16 5QJ 1 October 2025 £11,000
Octagon Court, 157, Flat 1, Rotherhithe Street, London, SE16 5QJ 21 March 2025 £492,000
Octagon Court, 157, Flat 4, Rotherhithe Street, London, SE16 5QJ 25 June 2021 £600,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
356
Primary
189
Secondary
52

  1. Bacon's College

    Academy sponsor led

    481 m

  2. Peter Hills with St Mary's and St Paul's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    484 m

  3. Albion Primary School

    Community school

    506 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
10,969
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,901
  • Anti social behaviour 1,667
  • Theft from the person 1,044
  • Other theft 916
  • Shoplifting 701

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

5 female, 3 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.0
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 0.1% 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

99

within 5 km

  • ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85138

    369 m

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84079

    751 m

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    1.1 km

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    1.2 km

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    57 HAWKSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE16 2PE

    ODS code G85125

    1.3 km

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84731

    1.4 km

  • THE LIMEHOUSE PRACTICE

    11 GILL STREET, POPLAR, LONDON, E14 8HQ

    ODS code F84054

    1.6 km

  • THE NEW MILL STREET SURGERY

    1 WOLSELEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BP

    ODS code G85705

    1.6 km

  • THE BARKANTINE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84747

    1.6 km

  • BERMONDSEY SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G85623

    1.6 km

  • QHS GP CARE HOME SERVICE

    50 OLD JAMAICA ROAD, LONDON, SE16 4BL

    ODS code Y06113

    1.6 km

  • GOODMAN'S FIELD HEALTH CENTRE

    11 STABLE WALK, LONDON, E1 8ZF

    ODS code F84039

    1.7 km

  • HARFORD HEALTH CENTRE

    115 HARFORD STREET, LONDON, E1 4FG

    ODS code F84087

    1.8 km

  • GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WINDLASS PLACE, DEPTFORD, LONDON, SE8 3QH

    ODS code G85085

    1.8 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    1.9 km

  • THE SPITALFIELDS PRACTICE

    20 OLD MONTAGUE STREET, LONDON, E1 5PB

    ODS code F84081

    2.1 km

  • HEALTH E1

    9-11 BRICK LANE, LONDON, E1 6PU

    ODS code F84733

    2.2 km

  • SILVERLOCK MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 VERNEY WAY, LONDON, SE16 3HA

    ODS code G85087

    2.3 km

  • XX PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    BANCROFT ROAD, LONDON, E1 4DG

    ODS code F84122

    2.4 km

  • DOCKLANDS MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code F84656

    2.4 km

Showing 20 of 99 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

  • Smith Close

    BCT · Rotherhithe

    0.1 miles

  • Smith Close

    BCT · Rotherhithe

    0.1 miles

  • Edinburgh Court

    BCT · Rotherhithe

    0.2 miles

  • Monza Street

    BCT · Wapping

    0.3 miles

  • Shadwell Basin

    BCT · Shadwell

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Southwark 001A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

23,642 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
5 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
0
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

Property market

The five-year median is £251,500 from 2 recorded sales in SE16 5QJ. 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.

Schools

356 open schools are in scope, including 189 primary and 52 secondary schools. Bacon's College is the nearest published school at 481 m.

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

Recorded crime

10,969 published events cover 12 months, averaging 914.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,901 events.

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