Property market
The five-year median is £400,000 from 1,442 recorded sales in SE8. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Lewisham is £491,259 in June 2026, up 0.6% year on year.
SE8
UK postcode district
Part of London
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 985
- Current units
- 583
- Coordinate coverage
- 99%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- London
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 402
Postcode sectors in SE8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
11,934 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Bowspirit Apartments, 38, Creekside, London, SE8 3GP | 27 July 2026 | £499,000 |
| 4, Bestwood Street, London, SE8 5AW | 22 July 2026 | £637,500 |
| Goby House, 60, Creative Road, London, SE8 3GN | 21 July 2026 | £42,000,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 12
- Primary
- 8
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 3,872
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,084
- Anti social behaviour 470
- Shoplifting 413
- Other theft 325
- Theft from the person 301
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- SE8 usual residents
- 33,260
- Age-profile population
- 32,382
Age bands in SE8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.9%
- 5,150 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 14.4%
- 4,667 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 42.6%
- 13,795 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 20.6%
- 6,672 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 6.5%
- 2,098 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 553 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, 517 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 425 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
3
in this district
CLIFTON RISE FAMILY PRACTICE
CLIFTON RISE FAMILY PRACT, WALDRON HLTH/CTR(SUITE 2), LONDON, SE8 4BG
ODS code G85026
GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE
WINDLASS PLACE, DEPTFORD, LONDON, SE8 3QH
ODS code G85085
KINGFISHER MEDICAL CENTRE
3 KINGFISHER SQUARE, STAUNTON STREET, DEPTFORD, LONDON, SE8 5DA
ODS code G85020
Evidence in context
Schools
12 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,872 published events cover 12 months, averaging 323 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,084 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.