Lewisham

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 26° / 17° · 42% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:19

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Honor Oak Park, United Kingdom

1163 reported · July 2026▲ 8% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences396
• Anti-social behaviour205
• Vehicle crime104
• Shoplifting93

275 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Ladywell · Metropolitan

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

731 reported road collisions (2024)

132 killed or seriously injured · 840 casualties · 24.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 356 rated 4–5 ★ (258 top)
• 22 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Ladywell (0.6 km)
• 71 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£1,828 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,456
• 2 bed £1,789
• 3 bed £2,056

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

11.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.1 times median annual pay (11.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (6 km)

68 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: MFG Lewisham (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Gyms7
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches66
• Playgrounds23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

300,554 residents in Lewisham · 8,552/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 71%
• 65+: 10%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 35 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,237 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (36% of 133,880)

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

97 schools · 38,997 pupils

64 primary · 10 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 34 of 35 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (97%)

85inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Lewisham

249 CQC-registered services

• Care homes50
• GP practices37
• Dentists51
• Homecare agencies86
• Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lewisham

• Not in the Green Belt
• 57 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

246 applications decided

85% granted · 209 granted, 37 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Green majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 14
• Grn 40

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

• Schools22
• GPs & clinics7
• Pharmacies16
• Supermarkets15
• Parks & greens381
• Restaurants & cafés220

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,800 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

282 jobs advertised · £37,696 avg

e.g. Gopuff Delivery Riders - Moped, Gopuff Delivery Riders - Flexible Schedule, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

£892 median full-time weekly pay

6.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,377 disposable income per head (2024)

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

51% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 171,470 certificates

9.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.1 women · 58.3 men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lewisham East:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership331 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s280 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership269 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test170 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office142 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Alex Yee Ladywell Arena · 0.1 km

  The Alex Yee Ladywell Arena, formerly simply the Ladywell Arena, is a multiple use sports arena in Catford in Lewisham, London, England. It is used by the Kent and Blackheath Harriers athletic clubs and the Lewisham B…

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  Catford Stadium · 0.3 km

  Catford Stadium was a historic greyhound racing stadium in Catford, a suburb of London.

• Lewisham Priory · 0.3 km

  Lewisham Priory was a Benedictine monastic house in Lewisham, Kent, England.

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  Prendergast Ladywell School · 0.4 km

  Prendergast Ladywell School is a co-educational all-through academy school located in the Crofton Park area of the London Borough of Lewisham, England.

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  Ladywell · 0.4 km

  Ladywell is an area in Lewisham in South East London, England, and a ward in the London Borough of Lewisham between Brockley, Crofton Park and Lewisham proper. It has ample green space including Ladywell Fields and Hi…

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  University Hospital Lewisham · 0.4 km

  University Hospital Lewisham is a teaching hospital run by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust and serving the London Borough of Lewisham. It is now affiliated with King's College London and forms part of the King's Heal…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)