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Greenwich

Greenwich is a town in Greater London, England, with a population of around 30,578. It has around 57 restaurants and cafés, 2 pharmacies, 3 GP surgeries, 1 school, 1 supermarket, 61 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Eltham, 0.7 km away. There were around 309 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Greenwich area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Greenwich area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 289,068 residents at roughly 6,109 people per km².

Council
Greenwich
County
Greater London
Constituency
Eltham
Police force
Metropolitan Police
37/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 247th of 294 English council areas — better than 16% of them.

Low crime27
Home affordability11
Affordable rents4
Good schools72
Life expectancy42
Low deprivation25
Employment9
Low council tax95

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

12°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 13° / 8° · 45% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:31

9h 37m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Greenwich - Fiveways Sidcup Rd A20, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 9.1 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

Crime

297 reported · August 2026▼ 21% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences103
  • Anti-social behaviour58
  • Shoplifting30
  • Vehicle crime27

Neighbourhood team: Middle Park and Horn Park · Metropolitan

Local policing priorities

  • Shoplifting and Retail Crime
  • Two-Wheeled Enabled Crime

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

Road safety

579 reported road collisions (2025)

95 killed or seriously injured · 676 casualties · 20 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 436 rated 4–5 ★ (382 top)
  • 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Eltham (0.7 km)
  • 61 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Eltham (0.5 km):

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Live buses at Kingsground / Eltham Hill:

  • 124 → Eltham, Southend Crescent · 4 min
  • 160 → Sidcup Station · 6 min
  • 160 → Sidcup Station · 16 min
  • 124 → Eltham, Southend Crescent · 22 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£462,868 average▼ 2.2% YoY

Across Greenwich · to 2026-08

Detached£1,011,676
Semi-detached£714,411
Terraced£548,446
Flat£350,603

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,995 average monthly rent▲ 6.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,563
  • 2 bed £1,932
  • 3 bed £2,242

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

Affordability

12.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.0 times median annual pay (12.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,275 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (10.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (10.3 km)

28 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 24 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Ancaster Nissan (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres5
  • Gyms3
  • Swimming pools7
  • Sports pitches96
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

289,068 residents in Greenwich · 6,109/km²

  • Under 16: 21%
  • 16–64: 69%
  • 65+: 10%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK27,524
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK31,707
  • Net moves−4,183

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

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 74 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,108 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (36% of 125,060)

A £1,405
B £1,639
C £1,874
D £2,108
E £2,576
F £3,045
G £3,513
H £4,216

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

Schools

108 schools · 46,923 pupils

62 primary · 15 secondary · 31 other

Ofsted: 37 of 40 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Ark Greenwich Free SchoolOutstanding
  • Harris Academy GreenwichOutstanding
  • Leigh Academy BlackheathOutstanding
  • Leigh Academy HalleyGood
  • Leigh Stationers' AcademyGood
  • Royal Greenwich Trust SchoolGood
  • St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive SchoolGood
  • The John Roan SchoolGood
  • Woolwich Polytechnic School for GirlsGood
  • Plumstead Manor SchoolRequires improvement
  • St Paul's AcademyRequires improvement
  • St Ursula's Convent SchoolRequires improvement
  • Eltham Hill School
  • Thomas Tallis School
  • Woolwich Polytechnic School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Greenwich

Care & health services

287 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes43
  • GP practices42
  • Dentists62
  • Homecare agencies107
  • Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 83% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Greenwich

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

298 applications decided

75.5% granted · 225 granted, 73 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Clive Efford

Labour

Eltham and Chislehurst

Recent votes:

  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 35
  • Con 6
  • Grn 13
  • Ref 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools19
  • GPs & clinics7
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets5
  • Parks & greens55
  • Restaurants & cafés76

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

11,880 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

358 jobs advertised · £39,420 avg

e.g. Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Choose when you work!, High Voltage Test Engineer, Senior Façade / Cladding Designer

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£903 median full-time weekly pay

5.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,396 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

58% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 143,924 certificates

9.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

59% low-carbon electricity

Gas 37% · Wind 36% · Nuclear 10% · Biomass 7%

154 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 80 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 57.5 women · 58.5 men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Health services

8 GP surgeries · 13 pharmacies in SE9

  • Eltham Palace Surgery
  • Everest Health Partnership
  • New Eltham And Blackfen Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Eltham and Chislehurst:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Eltham Hill School · 0.0 km

    Eltham Hill School is a comprehensive secondary school for girls, and a mixed sixth form. It is located in the Eltham area of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London, England.

  • Royal Borough of Greenwich · 0.3 km

    The Royal Borough of Greenwich is a London borough in southeast Greater London, England. It forms part of Inner London. The London Borough of Greenwich was formed in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. The new bor…

  • The Bob Hope Theatre · 0.3 km

    The Bob Hope Theatre is a community theatre in Eltham in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, England. The theatre is owned and run by the members of Eltham Little Theatre Company. The theatre's own repertory members prese…

  • St John the Baptist Church, Eltham · 0.4 km

    St John the Baptist Church in Eltham is one of five ancient parish churches in the area now comprising the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London, England. The current 1873–1875 building by Arthur Blomfield replaced a m…

  • Eltham · 0.4 km

    Eltham is a district of southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is 8.7 miles (14.0 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross, and is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in G…

  • Eltham Palace · 0.4 km

    Eltham Palace is a large house at Eltham in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The house consists of the medieval great hall of a former royal residence, to which an Art Deco extension w…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Greenwich?
Greenwich is a town in Greater London, England, in the Greenwich local authority.
What is the population of Greenwich?
Greenwich has an approximate settlement population of 30,578.
How deprived is Greenwich?
The Greenwich local authority, which includes Greenwich, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.