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Southwark

Southwark is a town in the City and County of the City of L, England, with a population of around 300,000. It features 6 schools, 69 GP surgeries, 16 pharmacies, 11 supermarkets, 1 park, and around 1,019 restaurants and cafés, served by 106 bus stops and London Blackfriars station 0.2 km away. There were around 2,230 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly theft from the person. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Southwark area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the City of London area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 8,585 residents at roughly 2,975 people per km².

Council
City of London
County
City and County of the City of L
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster
Police force
London, City of
51/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 146th of 294 English council areas — better than 50% of them.

Home affordability17
Life expectancy3
Low deprivation66
Employment100
Low council tax99

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 57% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

23°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 26° / 17° · 43% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:19

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London

Crime

2429 reported · July 2026 4% YoY

  • Theft from the person483
  • Violence & sexual offences447
  • Other theft370
  • Anti-social behaviour358

302 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: London Bridge and West Bermondsey · Metropolitan

Local policing priorities

  • Shoplifting and prolific offenders
  • Begging, Rough Sleeping and Drug-Related Anti-Social Behaviour

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

Road safety

166 reported road collisions (2024)

54 killed or seriously injured · 184 casualties · 193.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 440 rated 4–5 ★ (387 top)
  • 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: London Bridge (0.6 km)
  • 81 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from London Bridge (0.6 km):

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Live buses at Bermondsey Street:

  • C10Victoria · 8 min
  • C10Victoria · 15 min
  • C10Victoria · 23 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£712,958 average 20.4% YoY

Across City of London · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Affordability

11.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.1 times median annual pay (11.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (2.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (2.3 km)

78 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Tyers Estate Block C (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres12
  • Gyms43
  • Sports pitches94
  • Playgrounds87

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

8,585 residents in City of London · 2,975/km²

  • Under 16: 7%
  • 16–64: 79%
  • 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 208 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£1,330 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band E (36% of 8,060)

A £886
B £1,034
C £1,182
D £1,330
E £1,625
F £1,920
G £2,216
H £2,659

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

Schools

8 schools · 2,891 pupils

1 primary · 7 other

Ofsted: 1 of 1 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

1inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · City of London

Care & health services

111 CQC-registered services

  • GP practices45
  • Dentists36
  • Homecare agencies16
  • Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · City of London

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

133 applications decided

96.2% granted · 128 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Neil Coyle

Labour

Bermondsey and Old Southwark

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent majority

  • Lab 7
  • Oth 118

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools45
  • GPs & clinics37
  • Pharmacies15
  • Supermarkets19
  • Parks & greens255
  • Restaurants & cafés810

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

27,050 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1,273 jobs advertised · £45,379 avg

e.g. Restaurant Manager, Scooter Delivery Driver, Sociology Teacher – Catholic Girls School – West London

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

1.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£109,153 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

65% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 9,408 certificates

4.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

33% low-carbon electricity

Imports 35% · Gas 32% · Solar 16% · Wind 8%

160 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: -1 yrs women · -1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: -1 women · -1 men

51% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bermondsey and Old Southwark:

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

Notable places nearby

  • List of local nature reserves in Greater London · 0.0 km

    Greater London is one of the largest urban areas in Europe, with an area of 1,572 km2. Its boundaries were set in 1965 when Greater London, which covers the 32 London boroughs and the City of London, was created. Almo…

  • White Cube · 0.1 km

    White Cube is a contemporary art gallery founded by Jay Jopling in London in 1993. The gallery has two branches in London: White Cube Mason's Yard in central London and White Cube Bermondsey in South East London, as w…

  • Cornerstone (sculpture) · 0.1 km

    Cornerstone is a sculpture in Tanner Park, Southwark, London.

  • Long Lane (Southwark) · 0.2 km

    Long Lane is a main east–west road in Southwark, south London, England.

  • Bermondsey Project Space · 0.2 km

    Bermondsey Project Space is a not-for-profit art gallery in Bermondsey, South East London. It was founded in 2015 as Art Bermondsey Project Space and sponsored by Olympus in association with State/F22 magazine. Locat…

  • Fashion and Textile Museum · 0.2 km

    The Fashion and Textile Museum is an English museum.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Southwark?
Southwark is a town in City and County of the City of L, England, in the City of London local authority.
How deprived is Southwark?
The City of London local authority, which includes Southwark, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.