Lewisham

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• Today: 11° / 9° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:28

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Honor Oak Park, United Kingdom

• 9.0 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

999 reported · August 2026▼ 3% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences298
• Anti-social behaviour209
• Shoplifting86
• Other theft72

Neighbourhood team: Ladywell · Metropolitan

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

729 reported road collisions (2025)

146 killed or seriously injured · 843 casualties · 24.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 364 rated 4–5 ★ (268 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

£486,416 average▼ 1.6% YoY

Across Lewisham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,829 average monthly rent▲ 2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,457
• 2 bed £1,789
• 3 bed £2,057

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

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

2,675 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 (6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (6 km)

36 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK29,095
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK33,371
• Net moves−4,276

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 46 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Lewisham

252 CQC-registered services

• Care homes49
• GP practices37
• Dentists51
• Homecare agencies89
• 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)

345 applications decided

87.2% granted · 301 granted, 44 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

11,085 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

276 jobs advertised · £36,846 avg

e.g. Gopuff Delivery Riders - Moped, Gopuff Delivery Riders - Flexible Schedule, Gopuff Delivery Riders - Bromley

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:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks261 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND253 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after192 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence101 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills82 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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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)