SE16 5UA

Surrey Docks · Southwark · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Southwark
Postcode district
SE16
Postcode sector
SE16 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SE16 5UD 46 m
SE16 5EY 55 m
SE16 5UB 55 m
SE16 5DW 68 m
SE16 5HU 83 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SE16 5UA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SE
Postcode district
SE16
Postcode sector
SE16 5
Latitude
51.503045
Longitude
-0.032547
British National Grid easting
536,650
British National Grid northing
180,069

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Southwark · E09000028
Parish or community
E43000218
Output area
E00020443
Lower layer super output area
Southwark 008A · E01004056
Middle layer super output area
Southwark 008 · E02000814

Postcode source versions

Explore SE16

64 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Christian Court, Flat 64, Rotherhithe Street, London, SE16 5UA 3 March 2025 £450,000
Christian Court, Flat 77, Rotherhithe Street, London, SE16 5UA 22 November 2024 £460,000
Christian Court, Flat 61, Rotherhithe Street, London, SE16 5UA 20 March 2024 £395,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
332
Primary
181
Secondary
45
  1. Redriff Primary, City of London Academy

    Academy converter

    311 m
  2. Bacon's College

    Academy sponsor led

    680 m
  3. St John's Roman Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    692 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
12,479
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,422
  • Anti social behaviour 1,770
  • Shoplifting 1,118
  • Other theft 1,096
  • Theft from the person 831

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
56

25 female, 31 male

Postcode households
32
Residents per household
1.8
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 0.9% 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

87

within 5 km

  • THE BARKANTINE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84747

    537 m

  • THE LIMEHOUSE PRACTICE

    11 GILL STREET, POPLAR, LONDON, E14 8HQ

    ODS code F84054

    951 m

  • ALBION STREET GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85138

    1.3 km

  • GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WINDLASS PLACE, DEPTFORD, LONDON, SE8 3QH

    ODS code G85085

    1.4 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

  • GOUGH WALK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84025

    1.6 km

  • ROSERTON STREET SURGERY

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

    ODS code F84647

    1.6 km

  • PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    57 HAWKSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE16 2PE

    ODS code G85125

    1.7 km

  • THE JUBILEE STREET PRACTICE LTD

    368-376 COMMERCIAL ROAD, LONDON, E1 0LS

    ODS code F84031

    1.7 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

    1.8 km

  • THE WAPPING GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84079

    1.9 km

  • CITY SQUARE MEDICAL GROUP

    14 DEANCROSS STREET, LONDON, E1 2QA

    ODS code F84114

    2.0 km

  • ABERFELDY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84698

    2.2 km

  • KINGFISHER MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G85020

    2.4 km

  • ST. KATHERINE'S DOCK PRACTICE

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

    ODS code F84731

    2.5 km

  • XX PLACE HEALTH CENTRE

    BANCROFT ROAD, LONDON, E1 4DG

    ODS code F84122

    2.5 km

  • ALBION HEALTH CENTRE

    333 WHITECHAPEL ROAD, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON, E1 1BU

    ODS code F84012

    2.6 km

  • WELLINGTON WAY HEALTH CENTRE

    WELLINGTON WAY CENTRE, 1A WELLINGTON WAY, LONDON, E3 4NE

    ODS code F84118

    2.6 km

Showing 20 of 87 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

  • Doubletree Docklands / Nelson Dock Pier

    BCT · Rotherhithe

    0.1 miles
  • Doubletree Docklands / Nelson Dock Pier

    BCT · Rotherhithe

    0.1 miles
  • Rotherhithe Pier

    FTD · Rotherhithe

    0.1 miles
  • Doubletree Docklands Nelson Dock Pier

    FBT · Rotherhithe

    0.1 miles
  • Doubletree Docklands Nelson Dock Pier

    FBT · 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
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 £432,500 from 8 recorded sales in SE16 5UA. 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

332 open schools are in scope, including 181 primary and 45 secondary schools. Redriff Primary, City of London Academy is the nearest published school at 311 m.

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

Recorded crime

12,479 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,039.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,422 events.

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