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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 among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). 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
30/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 277th of 294 English council areas — better than 6% of them.

Low crime12
Home affordability17
Affordable rents5
Good schools35
Life expectancy57
Low deprivation13
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

17°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 23° / 15° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:26

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London

Crime

2803 reported · July 2026 8% YoY

  • Theft from the person608
  • Anti-social behaviour492
  • Violence & sexual offences474
  • Other theft426

324 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

874 reported road collisions (2024)

174 killed or seriously injured · 994 casualties · 27.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 427 rated 4–5 ★ (323 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:

  • N3Oxford Circus · 5 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£548,034 average 3.3% YoY

Across Lambeth · to 2026-06

Detached£1,170,168
Semi-detached£1,044,548
Terraced£809,652
Flat£449,493

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£2,519 average monthly rent 4.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,878
  • 2 bed £2,337
  • 3 bed £2,676

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (2.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (2.1 km)

81 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)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 42 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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%)

85inspected 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

255 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes35
  • GP practices61
  • Dentists66
  • Homecare agencies58
  • Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lambeth

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

453 applications decided

74% granted · 335 granted, 118 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Florence Eshalomi

Labour (Co-op)

Vauxhall and Camberwell Green

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Green (minority)

  • Lab 26
  • 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

15,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

295 jobs advertised · £39,186 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Amazon Now E-Bike Delivery Partner - Earn £13 - £15 per hour*, Local Delivery Driver

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

81% low-carbon electricity

Wind 58% · Gas 19% · Nuclear 13% · Biomass 9%

84 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

Local petitions

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

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

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 among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.