Schools
195 open schools are in scope, including 122 primary and 28 secondary schools. Brent Knoll School is the nearest published school at 357 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SE23 2QY
Perry Vale · Lewisham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Perry Vale
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Constituency
- Lewisham West and East Dulwich
- Postcode district
- SE23
- Postcode sector
- SE23 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SE23 2QY
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 July 1986
- Terminated
- 1 December 1992
- Postcode area
- SE
- Postcode district
- SE23
- Postcode sector
- SE23 2
- Latitude
- 51.434260
- Longitude
- -0.043417
- British National Grid easting
- 536,100
- British National Grid northing
- 172,400
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Lewisham · E09000023
- Electoral ward
- Perry Vale · E05013729
- Parish or community
- E43000213
- Westminster constituency
- Lewisham West and East Dulwich · E14001333
- Output area
- E00016767
- Lower layer super output area
- Lewisham 027D · E01003312
- Middle layer super output area
- Lewisham 027 · E02000679
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
- 195
- Primary
- 122
- Secondary
- 28
- 357 m
Brent Knoll School
Foundation special school
- 383 m
Perrymount Primary School
Community school
- 401 m
Forest Hill School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6,268
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,146
- Anti social behaviour 860
- Vehicle crime 698
- Other theft 446
- Public order 385
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SE23 2 residents
- 13,760
Age bands in SE23 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 36.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 10.2%
2,823 residents
1,344 residents
5,221 residents
3,379 residents
1,457 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
68
within 5 km straight-line
VALE MEDICAL CENTRE
195-197 PERRY VALE, FOREST HILL, LONDON, SE23 2JF
ODS code G85696
135 m
SYDENHAM GREEN GROUP PRACTICE
26 HOLMSHAW CLOSE, SYDENHAM, LONDON, SE26 4TH
ODS code G85024
637 m
WOOLSTONE MEDICAL CENTRE
WOOLSTONE ROAD, LONDON, SE23 2SG
ODS code G85061
655 m
MODALITY LEWISHAM (ML)
JENNER HEALTH CENTRE 201-203, STANSTEAD ROAD, FOREST HILL, LONDON, SE23 1HU
ODS code G85004
921 m
ONE CARE LAMBETH
JENNER DENTAL SUITE, 14 ST. GERMAN'S ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1RJ
ODS code Y07020
981 m
ONE CARE LEWISHAM
THE JENNER DENTAL SUITE, 14 ST GERMANS ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1RJ
ODS code Y08411
981 m
SEL SPECIAL ALLOCATION PRACTICE
THE JENNER DENTAL SUITE, 14 ST. GERMANS ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1RJ
ODS code Y06545
981 m
SPECIAL ALLOCATION SCHEME (NEL)
JENNER DENTAL CLINIC, 14 ST GERMANS ROAD, LONDON, SE23 1RJ
ODS code Y06592
981 m
WELLS PARK PRACTICE
1 WELLS PARK ROAD, SYDENHAM, LONDON, SE26 6JQ
ODS code G85114
1.4 km
NOVUM HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
THE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, HAWSTEAD ROAD, LEWISHAM, LONDON, SE6 4JH
ODS code G85633
2.4 km
FOREST HILL GROUP PRACTICE
1 FOREST HILL ROAD, DULWICH, LONDON, SE22 0SQ
ODS code G85001
2.5 km
THE LORDSHIP LANE SURGERY
417 LORDSHIP LANE, EAST DULWICH, LONDON, SE22 8JN
ODS code G85681
2.6 km
PARKVIEW SURGERY
DOCTORS SURGERY, 186 BROWNHILL ROAD, CATFORD, LONDON, SE6 1AT
ODS code G85121
2.7 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
ROBIN HOOD SURGERY
94 CROYDON ROAD, ANERLEY, LONDON, SE20 7AB
ODS code G84029
2.9 km
THE THREE ZERO SIX MEDICAL CENTRE
306 MEDICAL CENTRE, 306 LORDSHIP LANE, LONDON, SE22 8LY
ODS code G85091
2.9 km
TORRIDON ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
80 TORRIDON ROAD, LONDON, SE6 1RB
ODS code G85032
2.9 km
BROMLEAG CARE PRACTICE
BECKENHAM CLINIC, 14 THE CRESCENT, BECKENHAM, BR3 1DU
ODS code Y06345
3.0 km
PAXTON GREEN GROUP PRACTICE
PAXTON GREEN HEALTH CENTRE, 1 ALLEYN PARK, LONDON, SE21 8AU
ODS code G85039
3.0 km
Showing 20 of 68 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Garlies Road
BCT · Bell Green
- 0.1 miles
Siddons Road
BCT · Bell Green
- 0.1 miles
Siddons Road
BCT · Bell Green
- 0.1 miles
Garlies Road
BCT · Bell Green
- 0.1 miles
Inglemere Road
BCT · Forest Hill
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lewisham 027D, 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
17,414 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
6,268 published events cover 12 months, averaging 522.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,146 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.