Schools
134 open schools are in scope, including 88 primary and 16 secondary schools. St Paul's Academy is the nearest published school at 545 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SE28 0AP
West Thamesmead · Greenwich · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- West Thamesmead
- Local authority
- Greenwich
- Constituency
- Erith and Thamesmead
- Postcode district
- SE28
- Postcode sector
- SE28 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SE28 0AP
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 September 2008
- Postcode area
- SE
- Postcode district
- SE28
- Postcode sector
- SE28 0
- Latitude
- 51.497366
- Longitude
- 0.102913
- British National Grid easting
- 546,069
- British National Grid northing
- 179,699
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Greenwich · E09000011
- Electoral ward
- West Thamesmead · E05014091
- Parish or community
- E43000201
- Westminster constituency
- Erith and Thamesmead · E14001229
- Output area
- E00008404
- Lower layer super output area
- Greenwich 002I · E01033745
- Middle layer super output area
- Greenwich 002 · E02000314
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 SE28
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 134
- Primary
- 88
- Secondary
- 16
- 545 m
St Paul's Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 603 m
De Lucy Primary School
Community school
- 632 m
St Thomas A Becket Roman Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6,049
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,070
- Anti social behaviour 781
- Vehicle crime 599
- Drugs 416
- Other theft 410
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SE28 0 residents
- 12,276
Age bands in SE28 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 14.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 35.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 4.3%
2,562 residents
1,754 residents
4,261 residents
2,850 residents
518 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
41
within 5 km straight-line
THAMESMEAD HEALTH CENTRE
4-5 THAMES REACH, LONDON, SE28 0NY
ODS code Y02974
885 m
ABBEY WOOD SURGERY
9 GODSTOW ROAD, ABBEY WOOD, LONDON, SE2 9AT
ODS code G83031
972 m
GALLIONS REACH HEALTH CENTRE
BENTHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE28 8BE
ODS code G83012
1.0 km
ABBEYSLADE PMS (DR CHAND)
111 BASILDON ROAD, ABBEY WOOD, LONDON, SE2 0ER
ODS code G83631
1.1 km
BANNOCKBURN SURGERY
20-22 BANNOCKBURN ROAD, LONDON, SE18 1ES
ODS code G83654
1.2 km
PLUMSTEAD AND WICKHAM LANE SURGERY
141 PLUMSTEAD HIGH STREET, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 1SE
ODS code G83647
1.3 km
LAKESIDE MEDICAL
LAKESIDE HEALTH CENTRE, YARNTON WAY, LONDON, SE2 9LH
ODS code G83018
1.4 km
PLUMSTEAD H/C PMS
TEWSON ROAD, LONDON, SE18 1BB
ODS code G83019
1.5 km
CONWAY PMS
44 CONWAY ROAD, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 1AH
ODS code G83633
1.6 km
GLYNDON PMS
GLYNDON MEDICAL CENTRE, 188 ANN STREET, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 7LU
ODS code G83060
2.0 km
ROYAL ARSENAL MEDICAL CENTRE
21 ARSENAL WAY, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 6TE
ODS code G83016
2.1 km
WAVERLEY PMS
37 WAVERLEY CRESCENT, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 7QU
ODS code G83635
2.1 km
ST MARKS PMS
24 WROTTESLEY ROAD, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3EP
ODS code G83039
2.8 km
VALENTINE HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
25-27 JOHN WILSON STREET, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 6PZ
ODS code G83067
2.9 km
BEXLEY MEDICAL GROUP
171 KING HAROLDS WAY, BEXLEYHEATH, DA7 5RB
ODS code G83053
3.0 km
ROYAL DOCKS MEDICAL PRACTICE
ROYAL DOCKS MEDICAL CENTRE, 21 EAST HAM MANOR WAY, BECKTON, LONDON, E6 5NA
ODS code F84717
3.1 km
TRIVENI PMS
ESCREET SURGERY, ESCREET GROVE, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 5TE
ODS code G83026
3.2 km
ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTRE PMS
13A RIPON ROAD, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3PS
ODS code G83030
3.3 km
BELVEDERE MEDICAL CENTRE
15 ALBERT ROAD, BELVEDERE, DA17 5LQ
ODS code G83052
3.3 km
AURORA MEDCARE
THAMES VIEW HEALTH CENTRE, BASTABLE AVENUE, BARKING, IG11 0LG
ODS code F82042
3.4 km
Showing 20 of 41 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Nathan Way / Eastern Way
BCT · Thamesmead
- 0.1 miles
Nathan Way / Eastern Way
BCT · Thamesmead
- 0.1 miles
Purland Road
BCT · Plumstead
- 0.2 miles
Sewell Road / Church Manorway
BCT · Thamesmead
- 0.2 miles
Sewell Road / Church Manorway
BCT · Thamesmead
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Greenwich 002I, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
11,341 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
6,049 published events cover 12 months, averaging 504.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,070 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.