SE5 8HD

Champion Hill · Southwark · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Southwark
Postcode district
SE5
Postcode sector
SE5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SE5 8HB 0 m
SE5 8ES 49 m
SE24 9PZ 84 m
SE5 8EP 90 m
SE5 8ER 90 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SE5 8HD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SE
Postcode district
SE5
Postcode sector
SE5 8
Latitude
51.460850
Longitude
-0.090722
British National Grid easting
532,735
British National Grid northing
175,270

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Southwark · E09000028
Parish or community
E43000218
Westminster constituency
Dulwich and West Norwood · E14001205
Output area
E00020411
Lower layer super output area
Southwark 027B · E01004047
Middle layer super output area
Southwark 027 · E02000833

Postcode source versions

Explore SE5

25 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Tayside Court, Flat 70, Basingdon Way, London, SE5 8HD 15 April 2025 £267,500
Tayside Court, Flat 76, Basingdon Way, London, SE5 8HD 28 June 2021 £425,000
Tayside Court, Flat 76, Basingdon Way, London, SE5 8HD 31 January 2020 £385,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
305
Primary
171
Secondary
42
  1. Bessemer Grange Primary School

    Community school

    361 m
  2. The Charter School North Dulwich

    Academy converter

    504 m
  3. St Saviour's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    592 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
9,057
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,523
  • Anti social behaviour 1,074
  • Theft from the person 837
  • Other theft 816
  • Vehicle crime 790

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
96

55 female, 41 male

Postcode households
36
Residents per household
2.7
SE5 8 residents
14,457

Age bands in SE5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.7%

2,258 residents

Age 15 to 24
13.5%

2,077 residents

Age 25 to 44
38.8%

5,966 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.2%

3,727 residents

Age 65 and over
8.8%

1,361 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SE5 8 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

99

within 5 km

  • TESSA JOWELL GP SURGERY

    72H EAST DULWICH GROVE, LONDON, SE22 8EY

    ODS code G85132

    732 m

  • HERNE HILL GROUP PRACTICE

    74 HERNE HILL, HERNE HILL, LONDON, SE24 9QP

    ODS code G85016

    794 m

  • HERNE HILL ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1-3 HERNE HILL ROAD, LONDON, SE24 0AU

    ODS code G85690

    855 m

  • THE CORNER SURGERY

    99 COLDHARBOUR LANE, LONDON, SE5 9NS

    ODS code G85127

    1.0 km

  • ELM LODGE SURGERY

    2 BURBAGE ROAD, LONDON, SE24 9HJ

    ODS code G85051

    1.1 km

  • DMC CHADWICK ROAD

    60 CHADWICK ROAD, PECKHAM, LONDON, SE15 4PU

    ODS code G85031

    1.4 km

  • THE DULWICH MEDICAL CENTRE

    163-169 CRYSTAL PALACE ROAD, EAST DULWICH, LONDON, SE22 9EP

    ODS code G85651

    1.4 km

  • THE THREE ZERO SIX MEDICAL CENTRE

    306 MEDICAL CENTRE, 306 LORDSHIP LANE, LONDON, SE22 8LY

    ODS code G85091

    1.5 km

  • BROCKWELL PARK SURGERY

    117 NORWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE24 9AE

    ODS code G85137

    1.5 km

  • CAMBERWELL GREEN SURGERY

    17 CAMBERWELL GREEN, LONDON, SE5 7AF

    ODS code G85013

    1.5 km

  • BRUNSWICK PARK FAMILY PRACTICE

    40 ST. GILES ROAD, CAMBERWELL, LONDON, SE5 7RF

    ODS code G85726

    1.6 km

  • ST GILES SURGERY

    40 ST. GILES ROAD, CAMBERWELL, LONDON, SE5 7RF

    ODS code G85042

    1.6 km

  • THE GARDENS SURGERY

    THE GARDENS, LONDON, SE22 9QU

    ODS code G85644

    1.7 km

  • PARKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    52 CAMBERWELL GREEN, LONDON, SE5 7AQ

    ODS code G85030

    1.7 km

  • STERNHALL LANE SURGERY

    12 STERNHALL LANE, PECKHAM, LONDON, SE15 4NT

    ODS code G85119

    1.7 km

  • HETHERINGTON AT THE PAVILION

    9 BRIGHTON TERRACE, LONDON, SW9 8DJ

    ODS code Y03063

    1.8 km

  • LARC CLINIC (LA)

    9 BRIGHTON TERRACE, BRIXTON, LONDON, SW9 8DJ

    ODS code Y05163

    1.8 km

  • THE LORDSHIP LANE SURGERY

    417 LORDSHIP LANE, EAST DULWICH, LONDON, SE22 8JN

    ODS code G85681

    1.8 km

  • THE LISTER PRACTICE

    101 PECKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE15 5LJ

    ODS code G85715

    1.9 km

  • THE LISTER PRIMARY CARE CENTRE

    101 PECKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE15 5LJ

    ODS code G85134

    1.9 km

Showing 20 of 99 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

  • Deepdene Road Herne Hill

    BCT · Herne Hill

    0.1 miles
  • Deepdene Road Herne Hill

    BCT · Herne Hill

    0.1 miles
  • Herne Hill Road

    BCT · East Dulwich

    0.1 miles
  • Blanchedowne

    BCT · Camberwell

    0.2 miles
  • Casino Avenue

    BCT · Dulwich Village

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Southwark 027B, 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

11,188 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 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.

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

Property market

The five-year median is £267,500 from 1 recorded sale in SE5 8HD. 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.

Schools

305 open schools are in scope, including 171 primary and 42 secondary schools. Bessemer Grange Primary School is the nearest published school at 361 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

9,057 published events cover 12 months, averaging 754.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,523 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.