Schools
233 open schools are in scope, including 138 primary and 32 secondary schools. Dulwich Prep & Senior is the nearest published school at 0 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SE21 7AA
Dulwich Wood · Southwark · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- London
- Ward
- Dulwich Wood
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Constituency
- Dulwich and West Norwood
- Postcode district
- SE21
- Postcode sector
- SE21 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SE21 7AA
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SE
- Postcode district
- SE21
- Postcode sector
- SE21 7
- Latitude
- 51.434204
- Longitude
- -0.085200
- British National Grid easting
- 533,196
- British National Grid northing
- 172,317
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Southwark · E09000028
- Electoral ward
- Dulwich Wood · E05011101
- Parish or community
- E43000218
- Westminster constituency
- Dulwich and West Norwood · E14001205
- Output area
- E00019876
- Lower layer super output area
- Southwark 033B · E01003946
- Middle layer super output area
- Southwark 033 · E02000839
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore SE21
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 38 - 42, Alleyn Park, London, SE21 7AA | 16 February 2021 | £866,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 233
- Primary
- 138
- Secondary
- 32
- 0 m
Dulwich Prep & Senior
Other independent school
- 210 m
Kingsdale Foundation School
Academy converter
- 302 m
Dulwich Wood Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,832
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,132
- Anti social behaviour 641
- Vehicle crime 452
- Other theft 337
- Burglary 236
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 14
- Postcode households
- 3
- Residents per household
- 4.7
- SE21 7 residents
- 3,647
6 female, 8 male
Age bands in SE21 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 18.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.4%
661 residents
401 residents
618 residents
968 residents
636 residents
This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SE21 7 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
92
within 5 km
PAXTON GREEN GROUP PRACTICE
PAXTON GREEN HEALTH CENTRE, 1 ALLEYN PARK, LONDON, SE21 8AU
ODS code G85039
439 m
THE OLD DAIRY HEALTH CENTRE
19B CROXTED ROAD, WEST DULWICH, LONDON, SE21 8SZ
ODS code G85706
494 m
KNIGHTS HILL SURGERY SUITE 1
SUITE 1, WEST NORWOOD HEALTH & LC, WEST NORWOOD, LONDON, SE27 0DF
ODS code G85047
1.4 km
THE DEERBROOK SURGERY
216 NORWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE27 9AW
ODS code G85129
1.5 km
NORTH WOOD GROUP PRACTICE
CROWN DALE MEDICAL CENTRE, 61 CROWN DALE, UPPER NORWOOD, LONDON, SE19 3NY
ODS code G85022
1.6 km
WELLS PARK PRACTICE
1 WELLS PARK ROAD, SYDENHAM, LONDON, SE26 6JQ
ODS code G85114
1.6 km
THE LORDSHIP LANE SURGERY
417 LORDSHIP LANE, EAST DULWICH, LONDON, SE22 8JN
ODS code G85681
1.8 km
THE THREE ZERO SIX MEDICAL CENTRE
306 MEDICAL CENTRE, 306 LORDSHIP LANE, LONDON, SE22 8LY
ODS code G85091
1.9 km
BROCKWELL PARK SURGERY
117 NORWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE24 9AE
ODS code G85137
2.0 km
ELM LODGE SURGERY
2 BURBAGE ROAD, LONDON, SE24 9HJ
ODS code G85051
2.1 km
UPPER NORWOOD GROUP PRACTICE
130 CHURCH ROAD, UPPER NORWOOD, LONDON, SE19 2NT
ODS code H83005
2.3 km
VALLEY ROAD SURGERY
139 VALLEY ROAD, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 2XT
ODS code G85044
2.5 km
THE DULWICH MEDICAL CENTRE
163-169 CRYSTAL PALACE ROAD, EAST DULWICH, LONDON, SE22 9EP
ODS code G85651
2.5 km
HERNE HILL GROUP PRACTICE
74 HERNE HILL, HERNE HILL, LONDON, SE24 9QP
ODS code G85016
2.6 km
PALACE ROAD SURGERY
1 PALACE ROAD, STREATHAM HILL, LONDON, SW2 3DY
ODS code G85041
2.7 km
FOREST HILL GROUP PRACTICE
1 FOREST HILL ROAD, DULWICH, LONDON, SE22 0SQ
ODS code G85001
2.7 km
AUCKLAND SURGERY
84A AUCKLAND ROAD, UPPER NORWOOD, LONDON, SE19 2DF
ODS code H83037
2.8 km
OAKFIELD SURGERY
17 OAKFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE20 8QA
ODS code G84625
2.8 km
THE PARK PRACTICE
OAKS PARK MEDICAL CENTRE, 17 OAKFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SE20 8QA
ODS code G84025
2.8 km
TESSA JOWELL GP SURGERY
72H EAST DULWICH GROVE, LONDON, SE22 8EY
ODS code G85132
2.8 km
Showing 20 of 92 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
- 0.2 miles
Park Hall Road
BCT · West Dulwich
- 0.2 miles
South Croxted Road
BCT · West Dulwich
- 0.2 miles
Sydenham Hill
RSE · Dulwich
- 0.2 miles
Church Approach
BCT · West Dulwich
- 0.2 miles
Sydenham Hill Rail Station
RLY · Dulwich
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Southwark 033B, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
21,980 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 10 of 10
- Crime
- 7 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.
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
Recorded crime
3,832 published events cover 12 months, averaging 319.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,132 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.