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Lambeth

Lambeth is a town in Greater London, England, with a population of around 6,000. It has 1 school, 15 GP surgeries, 10 pharmacies, 5 supermarkets, 3 parks and greens, and around 253 restaurants and cafés, along with 91 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Brixton, 0.3 km away. There were around 2,579 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 Lambeth area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Lambeth area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 317,654 residents at roughly 11,839 people per km².

Council
Lambeth
County
Greater London
Constituency
Vauxhall
Police force
Metropolitan Police
31/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 275th of 294 English council areas — better than 6% of them.

Low crime12
Home affordability17
Affordable rents5
Good schools34
Life expectancy55
Low deprivation24
Employment6
Low council tax96

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

11°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 9° · 23% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:28

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 9.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 6.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

2380 reported · August 2026▼ 3% YoY

  • Theft from the person478
  • Violence & sexual offences427
  • Anti-social behaviour419
  • Other theft372

13 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Kennington · Metropolitan

Local policing priorities

  • Dealing with Gang related crime associated with drug dealing offences.
  • To tackle robbery & theft snatch offences that are committed, especially in the winter months as the night draw in faster.

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

Road safety

938 reported road collisions (2025)

187 killed or seriously injured · 1,051 casualties · 29.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 421 rated 4–5 ★ (319 top)
  • 15 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Lambeth North (0.3 km)
  • 120 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from London Waterloo (0.6 km):

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Live buses at Kennington Road / Imperial War Museum:

  • 3 → Victoria · 2 min
  • 3 → Victoria · 12 min
  • 3 → Victoria · 28 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£540,198 average▼ 6.5% YoY

Across Lambeth · to 2026-08

Detached£1,160,559
Semi-detached£1,036,529
Terraced£804,615
Flat£441,815

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£2,525 average monthly rent▲ 3.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,882
  • 2 bed £2,342
  • 3 bed £2,682

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

Affordability

11.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.1 times median annual pay (11.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

3,149 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 (2.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (2.1 km)

40 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Shell Recharge/Ubitricity (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres12
  • Gyms28
  • Sports pitches122
  • Playgrounds85

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

317,654 residents in Lambeth · 11,839/km²

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 76%
  • 65+: 9%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK39,186
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK45,880
  • Net moves−6,694

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 70 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,047 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 148,600)

A £1,365
B £1,592
C £1,820
D £2,047
E £2,502
F £2,957
G £3,412
H £4,094

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

Schools

103 schools · 35,655 pupils

56 primary · 15 secondary · 32 other

Ofsted: 33 of 39 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' SchoolOutstanding
  • Lilian Baylis Technology SchoolOutstanding
  • Oasis Academy South BankOutstanding
  • City Heights E-ACT AcademyGood
  • Harris Academy ClaphamGood
  • Platanos CollegeGood
  • The Elmgreen SchoolGood
  • The Elms AcademyGood
  • The Norwood SchoolGood
  • London Nautical, City of London AcademyRequires improvement
  • Ark Evelyn Grace Academy
  • Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School
  • Minerva Virtual Academy
  • Saint Gabriel's College
  • Trinity Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Lambeth

Care & health services

257 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes35
  • GP practices60
  • Dentists67
  • Homecare agencies60
  • Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lambeth

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

453 applications decided

79.9% granted · 362 granted, 91 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Florence Eshalomi

Labour (Co-op)

Vauxhall and Camberwell Green

Recent votes:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Green (minority)

  • Lab 25
  • LD 9
  • Grn 28

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools50
  • GPs & clinics25
  • Pharmacies13
  • Supermarkets17
  • Parks & greens211
  • Restaurants & cafés573

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

15,495 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

376 jobs advertised · £36,863 avg

e.g. Civil Engineer, Teaching Assistant, Class Teacher

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£947 median full-time weekly pay

6.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£36,951 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

51% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 199,473 certificates

8.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Wind 33% · Nuclear 10% · Biomass 5%

210 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 64.6 women · 63.7 men

51% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in SE11

  • Hurley And Riverside Practices
  • Gray'S Inn Medical Group Vauxhall
  • Community Paediatricians-Lambeth

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Vauxhall and Camberwell Green:

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

Notable places nearby

  • King's College London Mathematics School · 0.0 km

    King's College London Mathematics School, also known as King's Maths School or KCLMS, is a maths school located in the Lambeth area of London, England. King's College London Mathematics School is run in partnership wi…

  • A23 road · 0.2 km

    The A23 road is a major road in the United Kingdom between London and Brighton, East Sussex, England. It is managed by Transport for London for the section inside the Greater London boundary, Surrey County Council and…

  • Morley College · 0.2 km

    Morley College is a specialist adult education and further education college in London, England. The college has three main campuses, one in Waterloo on the South Bank, and two in West London namely in North Kensingto…

  • Centre for Young Musicians · 0.2 km

    The Centre for Young Musicians, or CYM, is a specialist Saturday music centre formed in 1970 and based at Morley College in London, England. It offers musical training to students 5 to 18 who play a musical instrument…

  • Imperial War Museum · 0.2 km

    The Imperial War Museum (IWM), currently branded "Imperial War Museums", is a British national museum. Its headquarters are in London, with five branches in England. Founded as the Imperial War Museum in 1917, it was…

  • Dog and Duck, St George's Fields · 0.2 km

    The Dog and Duck was a tavern built upon St George's Fields in London in the 17th century. It was named after the sport of duck-baiting, that took place in adjacent wetland. In the 18th century its gardens were used a…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Lambeth?
Lambeth is a town in Greater London, England, in the Lambeth local authority.
What is the population of Lambeth?
Lambeth has an approximate settlement population of 6,000.
How deprived is Lambeth?
The Lambeth local authority, which includes Lambeth, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.