City and County of the City of London

21°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 24° / 15° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:24

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London

2562 reported · July 2026▲ 5% YoY

• Theft from the person517
• Other theft465
• Violence & sexual offences414
• Shoplifting304

284 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Borough and Bankside · Metropolitan

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

875 reported road collisions (2024)

215 killed or seriously injured · 964 casualties · 28.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 458 rated 4–5 ★ (414 top)
• 14 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: London Cannon Street (0.3 km)
• 106 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£582,473 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across Southwark · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£2,431 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £1,843
• 2 bed £2,306
• 3 bed £2,683

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (3.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (3.1 km)

80 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: NCP London Vintry Thames Exchange (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres20
• Gyms57
• Sports pitches76
• Playgrounds48

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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 43 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Southwark

223 CQC-registered services

• Care homes13
• GP practices59
• Dentists66
• Homecare agencies61
• Hospitals & hospices5

CQC ratings: 85% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Southwark

• Not in the Green Belt
• 1,356 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

361 applications decided

94.2% granted · 340 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 29
• LD 12
• Grn 22

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

• Schools30
• GPs & clinics72
• Pharmacies21
• Supermarkets15
• Parks & greens280
• Restaurants & cafés1415

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

18,250 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£940 median full-time weekly pay

5.6% 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

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

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

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership457 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership227 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s211 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office155 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into the impact of Section 28 on LGBTQ people128 local signatures · 25,891 nationwide

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

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  Marchioness disaster · 0.1 km

  The Marchioness disaster was a collision between two vessels on the River Thames in London in the early hours of 20 August 1989, which resulted in the deaths of 51 people. The pleasure boat Marchioness sank after bein…

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  River Walbrook · 0.1 km

  The Walbrook is a subterranean river in London. It gives its name to the Walbrook City ward and to a nearby street. It played an important role in the Roman settlement of Londinium.

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  The Anchor, Bankside · 0.1 km

  The Anchor is a pub in the London Borough of Southwark. It is in the Bankside locality on the south bank of the River Thames, close to Southwark Cathedral and London Bridge station. A tavern establishment has been at…

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  Little Ship Club · 0.1 km

  The Little Ship Club is a yacht club in London. It was founded in 1926 by a group of yachtsmen for the purpose of providing training and lectures over the winter months. The club operates from its riverside clubhouse…

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  The Clink · 0.1 km

  The Clink was a prison in Southwark, England, which operated from the 12th century until 1780. The prison served the Liberty of the Clink, a local manor area owned by the Bishop of Winchester rather than by the reigni…

• Macmillan Cancer Support · 0.1 km

  Macmillan Cancer Support is one of the largest British charities and provides specialist health care, information and financial support to people affected by cancer. It also looks at the social, emotional and practica…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)