City and County of the City of London

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

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London

• 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

2588 reported · August 2026▲ 4% YoY

• Other theft532
• Theft from the person486
• Violence & sexual offences355
• Shoplifting344

145 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Borough and Bankside · 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

• 457 rated 4–5 ★ (413 top)
• 13 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

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

39 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)

• 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
• 1,356 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

Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 29
• LD 12
• Grn 22

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

• Schools30
• GPs & clinics73
• Pharmacies20
• Supermarkets15
• Parks & greens283
• Restaurants & cafés1419

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

19,270 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

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

51 GP surgeries · 18 pharmacies in SE1

• Baird Medical Centre
• Falmouth Road Group Practice
• Nexus Health Group

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks187 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements135 local signatures · 38,019 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND123 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after116 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
• Ban default service charges and pre-set digital tip screens in hospitality111 local signatures · 10,578 nationwide

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

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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)