Southwark

10°CPatchy rain nearby

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:28

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

44US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Lambeth - Brixton Road, United Kingdom

• 9.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 7.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

1691 reported · August 2026▲ 8% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences436
• Anti-social behaviour409
• Other theft143
• Shoplifting143

1 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Peckham · Metropolitan

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

924 reported road collisions (2025)

204 killed or seriously injured · 1,001 casualties · 30 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 369 rated 4–5 ★ (260 top)
• 30 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Peckham Rye (1.2 km)
• 48 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£569,160 average▼ 2.1% YoY

Across Southwark · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£2,474 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,876
• 2 bed £2,348
• 3 bed £2,732

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

10.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.8 times median annual pay (11.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,651 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 (1.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (1.1 km)

40 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Blakes Road (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres8
• Gyms15
• Sports pitches92
• Playgrounds94

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

307,635 residents in Southwark · 10,659/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 75%
• 65+: 8%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK34,773
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK42,267
• Net moves−7,494

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 67 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£1,967 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 149,990)

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

121 schools · 47,129 pupils

68 primary · 19 secondary · 34 other

Ofsted: 48 of 49 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (98%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Southwark

221 CQC-registered services

• Care homes13
• GP practices60
• Dentists67
• Homecare agencies57
• Hospitals & hospices5

CQC ratings: 85% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Southwark

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

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

321 applications decided

91.3% granted · 293 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Miatta Fahnbulleh

Labour (Co-op)

Peckham

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 29
• LD 12
• Grn 22

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

• Schools46
• GPs & clinics21
• Pharmacies23
• Supermarkets21
• Parks & greens203
• Restaurants & cafés297

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

19,270 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

603 jobs advertised · £45,523 avg

e.g. PatternBuilder Legal Tech & Doc Auto Specialist -Hybrid 90k FTC, Class Teacher, Motorcycle Tutor

Source: Adzuna

£940 median full-time weekly pay

5.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£36,440 disposable income per head (2024)

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

60% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 171,229 certificates

7.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

52% low-carbon electricity

Gas 47% · Wind 35% · Nuclear 10% · Biomass 7%

194 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.5 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.7 women · 62.6 men

52% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.4
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.8

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

10 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in SE15

• The Acorn & Gaumont House Surgery
• Trafalgar Surgery
• Dmc Chadwick Road

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Peckham:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks237 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND163 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after131 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
• Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements119 local signatures · 38,019 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth74 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  St Giles' Hospital · 0.4 km

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  Feminist Library · 0.4 km

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  Camberwell College of Arts · 0.5 km

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  South London Gallery · 0.5 km

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• Theatre Peckham · 0.5 km

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