Schools
221 open schools are in scope, including 136 primary and 27 secondary schools. Allenby Tutorial Trust is the nearest published school at 0 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SE23 1AX
Crofton Park · Lewisham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Crofton Park
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Constituency
- Lewisham West and East Dulwich
- Postcode district
- SE23
- Postcode sector
- SE23 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SE23 1AX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 2001
- Terminated
- 1 September 2008
- Postcode area
- SE
- Postcode district
- SE23
- Postcode sector
- SE23 1
- Latitude
- 51.443505
- Longitude
- -0.046663
- British National Grid easting
- 535,847
- British National Grid northing
- 173,422
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Lewisham · E09000023
- Electoral ward
- Crofton Park · E05013718
- Parish or community
- E43000213
- Westminster constituency
- Lewisham West and East Dulwich · E14001333
- Output area
- E00016322
- Lower layer super output area
- Lewisham 019D · E01003229
- Middle layer super output area
- Lewisham 019 · E02000671
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 SE23
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 221
- Primary
- 136
- Secondary
- 27
- 0 m
Allenby Tutorial Trust
Miscellaneous
- 223 m
Dalmain Primary School
Community school
- 529 m
St William of York Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,934
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,682
- Anti social behaviour 721
- Vehicle crime 557
- Other theft 332
- Criminal damage and arson 277
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SE23 1 residents
- 9,073
Age bands in SE23 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 39.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 9.9%
1,624 residents
712 residents
3,419 residents
2,010 residents
851 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.
GP practices
72
within 5 km straight-line
ONE CARE LAMBETH
JENNER DENTAL SUITE, 14 ST. GERMAN'S ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1RJ
ODS code Y07020
409 m
ONE CARE LEWISHAM
THE JENNER DENTAL SUITE, 14 ST GERMANS ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1RJ
ODS code Y08411
409 m
SEL SPECIAL ALLOCATION PRACTICE
THE JENNER DENTAL SUITE, 14 ST. GERMANS ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1RJ
ODS code Y06545
409 m
SPECIAL ALLOCATION SCHEME (NEL)
JENNER DENTAL CLINIC, 14 ST GERMANS ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1RJ
ODS code Y06592
409 m
MODALITY LEWISHAM (ML)
JENNER HEALTH CENTRE 201-203, STANSTEAD ROAD, FOREST HILL, LONDON, SE23 1HU
ODS code G85004
423 m
WOOLSTONE MEDICAL CENTRE
WOOLSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2SG
ODS code G85061
892 m
VALE MEDICAL CENTRE
195-197 PERRY VALE, FOREST HILL, LONDON, SE23 2JF
ODS code G85696
919 m
FOREST HILL GROUP PRACTICE
1 FOREST HILL ROAD, DULWICH, LONDON, SE22 0SQ
ODS code G85001
1.5 km
SYDENHAM GREEN GROUP PRACTICE
26 HOLMSHAW CLOSE, SYDENHAM, LONDON, SE26 4TH
ODS code G85024
1.7 km
WELLS PARK PRACTICE
1 WELLS PARK ROAD, SYDENHAM, LONDON, SE26 6JQ
ODS code G85114
1.8 km
THE LORDSHIP LANE SURGERY
417 LORDSHIP LANE, EAST DULWICH, LONDON, SE22 8JN
ODS code G85681
1.9 km
NOVUM HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
THE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, HAWSTEAD ROAD, LEWISHAM, LONDON, SE6 4JH
ODS code G85633
2.1 km
THE DULWICH MEDICAL CENTRE
163-169 CRYSTAL PALACE ROAD, EAST DULWICH, LONDON, SE22 9EP
ODS code G85651
2.2 km
THE THREE ZERO SIX MEDICAL CENTRE
306 MEDICAL CENTRE, 306 LORDSHIP LANE, LONDON, SE22 8LY
ODS code G85091
2.2 km
THE GARDENS SURGERY
THE GARDENS, LONDON, SE22 9QU
ODS code G85644
2.4 km
THE NUNHEAD SURGERY
58 NUNHEAD GROVE, NUNHEAD, LONDON, SE15 3LY
ODS code G85685
2.4 km
PARKVIEW SURGERY
DOCTORS SURGERY, 186 BROWNHILL ROAD, CATFORD, LONDON, SE6 1AT
ODS code G85121
2.7 km
VESTA ROAD SURGERY
58 VESTA ROAD, LONDON, SE4 2NH
ODS code G85105
2.8 km
WOODLANDS HEALTH CENTRE
4 EDWIN HALL PLACE, LONDON, SE13 6RN
ODS code G85722
2.9 km
TESSA JOWELL GP SURGERY
72H EAST DULWICH GROVE, LONDON, SE22 8EY
ODS code G85132
2.9 km
Showing 20 of 72 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Forest Hill Fire Station
BCT · Honor Oak Park
- 0.1 miles
Forest Hill Fire Station
BCT · Honor Oak Park
- 0.1 miles
Stanstead Road / Colfe Road
BCT · Honor Oak Park
- 0.2 miles
Brockley Park
BCT · Honor Oak Park
- 0.2 miles
Waldram Park Road
BCT · Forest Hill
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lewisham 019D, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
6,685 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
4,934 published events cover 12 months, averaging 411.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,682 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.