Schools
312 open schools are in scope, including 171 primary and 42 secondary schools. Arco Academy is the nearest published school at 172 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SE5 8QX
Camberwell Green · Southwark · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Camberwell Green
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
- Postcode district
- SE5
- Postcode sector
- SE5 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SE5 8QX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 1995
- Postcode area
- SE
- Postcode district
- SE5
- Postcode sector
- SE5 8
- Latitude
- 51.473733
- Longitude
- -0.092128
- British National Grid easting
- 532,600
- British National Grid northing
- 176,700
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Southwark · E09000028
- Electoral ward
- Camberwell Green · E05011096
- Parish or community
- E43000218
- Westminster constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green · E14001559
- Output area
- E00019741
- Lower layer super output area
- Southwark 021C · E01003921
- Middle layer super output area
- Southwark 021 · E02000827
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 SE5
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 312
- Primary
- 171
- Secondary
- 42
- 172 m
Arco Academy
Other independent school
- 304 m
Crawford Primary School
Community school
- 391 m
Sacred Heart Catholic School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 13,950
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4,007
- Anti social behaviour 1,701
- Shoplifting 1,276
- Other theft 1,147
- Theft from the person 1,115
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SE5 8 residents
- 14,457
Age bands in SE5 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 14.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 38.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 8.8%
2,258 residents
2,077 residents
5,966 residents
3,727 residents
1,361 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
97
within 5 km straight-line
CAMBERWELL GREEN SURGERY
17 CAMBERWELL GREEN, LONDON, SE5 7AF
ODS code G85013
134 m
PARKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE
52 CAMBERWELL GREEN, LONDON, SE5 7AQ
ODS code G85030
235 m
THE CORNER SURGERY
99 COLDHARBOUR LANE, LONDON, SE5 9NS
ODS code G85127
516 m
BRUNSWICK PARK FAMILY PRACTICE
40 ST. GILES ROAD, CAMBERWELL, LONDON, SE5 7RF
ODS code G85726
562 m
ST GILES SURGERY
40 ST. GILES ROAD, CAMBERWELL, LONDON, SE5 7RF
ODS code G85042
562 m
AKERMAN MEDICAL PRACTICE
AKERMAN HEALTH CENTRE, 60 PATMOS ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6AF
ODS code G85695
933 m
FIVEWAYS PCN EA HUB
AKERMAN HEALTH CENTRE, 60 PATMOS ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6AF
ODS code Y05161
933 m
LAMBETH WALK GROUP PRACTICE
AKERMAN HEALTH CENTRE, 60 PATMOS ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6AF
ODS code G85054
933 m
MINET GREEN HEALTH PRACTICE
AKERMAN HEALTH CENTRE, 60 PATMOS ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6AF
ODS code G85135
933 m
HERNE HILL ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
1-3 HERNE HILL ROAD, LONDON, SE24 0AU
ODS code G85690
1.1 km
THE LISTER PRACTICE
101 PECKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE15 5LJ
ODS code G85715
1.2 km
THE LISTER PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
101 PECKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE15 5LJ
ODS code G85134
1.2 km
VASSALL MEDICAL CENTRE
DOCTORS SURGERY, 89 VASSALL ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6NA
ODS code G85073
1.2 km
DMC CHADWICK ROAD
60 CHADWICK ROAD, PECKHAM, LONDON, SE15 4PU
ODS code G85031
1.4 km
THE VILLA STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
47 VILLA STREET, LONDON, SE17 2EL
ODS code G85632
1.5 km
PENROSE SURGERY
33 PENROSE STREET, LONDON, SE17 3DW
ODS code G85084
1.6 km
EAST STREET
HAROLD MOODY HEALTH CENTRE, THURLOW STREET, LONDON, SE17 2GN
ODS code G85721
1.6 km
THE ACORN & GAUMONT HOUSE SURGERY
153 PECKHAM HIGH STREET, PECKHAM, LONDON, SE15 5SL
ODS code G85006
1.8 km
TESSA JOWELL GP SURGERY
72H EAST DULWICH GROVE, LONDON, SE22 8EY
ODS code G85132
1.8 km
STOCKWELL GROUP PRACTICE
107 STOCKWELL ROAD, LONDON, SW9 9TJ
ODS code G85028
1.9 km
Showing 20 of 97 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Camberwell Church Street / Camberwell Green
BCT · Camberwell
- 0.0 miles
Denmark Hill /Camberwell Green
BCT · Camberwell
- 0.0 miles
Camberwell Church Street / Camberwell Green
BCT · Camberwell
- 0.1 miles
Denmark Hill /Camberwell Green
BCT · Camberwell
- 0.1 miles
Denmark Hill /Camberwell Green
BCT · Camberwell
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Southwark 021C, 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
5,899 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 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
13,950 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,162.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,007 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.