Greenwich

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 9° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:28

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Greenwich - A206 Burrage Grove, United Kingdom

• 9.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

416 reported · August 2026▲ 23% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences156
• Anti-social behaviour107
• Vehicle crime39
• Other theft27

Neighbourhood team: Shooters Hill · Metropolitan

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

579 reported road collisions (2025)

95 killed or seriously injured · 676 casualties · 20 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 409 rated 4–5 ★ (331 top)
• 23 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Woolwich Dockyard (1.9 km)
• 52 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£462,868 average▼ 2.2% YoY

Across Greenwich · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,995 average monthly rent▲ 6.1% YoY

• 1 bed £1,563
• 2 bed £1,932
• 3 bed £2,242

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

12.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.0 times median annual pay (12.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,275 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (10.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (10.7 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 25 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Royal Military Academy (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches68
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

289,068 residents in Greenwich · 6,109/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 69%
• 65+: 10%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK27,524
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK31,707
• Net moves−4,183

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 74 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,108 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (36% of 125,060)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

108 schools · 46,923 pupils

62 primary · 15 secondary · 31 other

Ofsted: 37 of 40 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

89 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Greenwich

287 CQC-registered services

• Care homes43
• GP practices42
• Dentists62
• Homecare agencies107
• Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 83% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Greenwich

• In a conservation area (Woolwich Common)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 55 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

298 applications decided

75.5% granted · 225 granted, 73 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Matthew Pennycook

Labour

Greenwich and Woolwich

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 35
• Con 6
• Grn 13
• Ref 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools16
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens33
• Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,880 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

358 jobs advertised · £39,420 avg

e.g. Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Choose when you work!, High Voltage Test Engineer, Senior Façade / Cladding Designer

Source: Adzuna

£903 median full-time weekly pay

5.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,396 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

58% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 143,924 certificates

9.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 48% · Wind 29% · Nuclear 10% · Biomass 5%

198 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 80 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 57.5 women · 58.5 men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

20 GP surgeries · 16 pharmacies in SE18

• Woolwich Medical Centre
• Hazelwood
• Greenwood

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Greenwich and Woolwich:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks239 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND210 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after167 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
• Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements129 local signatures · 38,019 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence121 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Royal Military Academy, Woolwich · 0.2 km

  The Royal Military Academy (RMA) at Woolwich, in south-east London, was a British Army military academy for the training of commissioned officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. It later also trained offic…

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  Royal Military College, Sandhurst · 0.2 km

  The Royal Military College, Sandhurst (RMCS) was a British military academy for training infantry and cavalry officers of the British and Indian Armies. It was founded in 1801 at Great Marlow and High Wycombe in Bucki…

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  Victoria House, Greenwich · 0.5 km

  Victoria House, Greenwich on Shooter's Hill in Greenwich is the former officers mess' and living quarters for the Royal Army Medical Corps. It is a "Building of Local Architectural or Historic Interest".

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  Woolwich Common · 0.5 km

  Woolwich Common is a common in Woolwich in southeast London, England. It is partly used as military land and partly as an urban park. Woolwich Common is a conservation area. It is part of the South East London Green C…

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  Ark Greenwich Free School · 0.5 km

  Ark Greenwich Free School is a co-educational secondary free school located in the Woolwich area of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London, England. The school opened as Greenwich Free School in September 2012 with…

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  Eltham Common · 0.5 km

  Eltham Common is a park and area of common land in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in south-east London. Forming an approximate triangle between Well Hall Road and Shooter's Hill, it is part of a larger continuous area…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)