Property market
The five-year median is £475,000 from 2,467 recorded sales in SE5. 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.
SE5
UK postcode district
Part of London
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,564
- Current units
- 883
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 13
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- London
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 681
Postcode sectors in SE5
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
17,241 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 19, Badsworth Road, London, SE5 0JY | 23 July 2026 | £850,000 |
| 22, Mary Datchelor Close, London, SE5 7AX | 20 July 2026 | £305,000 |
| 40, Vestry Road, London, SE5 8NX | 20 July 2026 | £872,500 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 19
- Primary
- 10
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 5,905
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,813
- Anti social behaviour 667
- Other theft 527
- Theft from the person 476
- Shoplifting 447
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- SE5 usual residents
- 50,452
- Age-profile population
- 50,217
Age bands in SE5
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.6%
- 7,811 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.5%
- 6,773 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 38.4%
- 19,300 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.3%
- 12,208 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 8.2%
- 4,125 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 814 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 755 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 588 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
5
in this district
BRUNSWICK PARK FAMILY PRACTICE
40 ST. GILES ROAD, CAMBERWELL, LONDON, SE5 7RF
ODS code G85726
CAMBERWELL GREEN SURGERY
17 CAMBERWELL GREEN, LONDON, SE5 7AF
ODS code G85013
PARKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE
52 CAMBERWELL GREEN, LONDON, SE5 7AQ
ODS code G85030
ST GILES SURGERY
40 ST. GILES ROAD, CAMBERWELL, LONDON, SE5 7RF
ODS code G85042
THE CORNER SURGERY
99 COLDHARBOUR LANE, LONDON, SE5 9NS
ODS code G85127
Evidence in context
Schools
19 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
5,905 published events cover 12 months, averaging 492 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,813 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.