Lewisham

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 25° / 18° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:19

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Greenwich - Blackheath, United Kingdom

1076 reported · July 2026▲ 8% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences331
• Anti-social behaviour193
• Shoplifting112
• Public order84

203 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Lewisham Central · Metropolitan

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

731 reported road collisions (2024)

132 killed or seriously injured · 840 casualties · 24.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 353 rated 4–5 ★ (268 top)
• 16 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Lewisham DLR (0.1 km)
• 85 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£491,259 average▲ 0.6% YoY

Across Lewisham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,828 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,456
• 2 bed £1,789
• 3 bed £2,056

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

11.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.1 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 (6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (6 km)

66 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Lewisham (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms13
• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches62
• Playgrounds33

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

300,554 residents in Lewisham · 8,552/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 71%
• 65+: 10%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 35 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,237 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (36% of 133,880)

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

97 schools · 38,997 pupils

64 primary · 10 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 34 of 35 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (97%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Lewisham

249 CQC-registered services

• Care homes50
• GP practices37
• Dentists51
• Homecare agencies86
• Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lewisham

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

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

246 applications decided

85% granted · 209 granted, 37 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Vicky Foxcroft

Labour

Lewisham North

Source: UK Parliament

Green majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 14
• Grn 40

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

• Schools29
• GPs & clinics13
• Pharmacies17
• Supermarkets10
• Parks & greens791
• Restaurants & cafés218

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,800 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

282 jobs advertised · £37,696 avg

e.g. Gopuff Delivery Riders - Moped, Gopuff Delivery Riders - Flexible Schedule, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

£892 median full-time weekly pay

6.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,377 disposable income per head (2024)

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

51% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 171,470 certificates

9.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

39% low-carbon electricity

Gas 56% · Nuclear 12% · Wind 11% · Solar 9%

231 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.1 women · 58.3 men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lewisham North:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership420 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership391 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s253 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks160 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide
• Review anti-discrimination laws to strengthen trans women & LGBTQ+ protections125 local signatures · 27,351 nationwide

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

• Lewisham Odeon · 0.0 km

  The Lewisham Odeon was a cinema and music venue located in Lewisham, London, England. During its nearly half a century open the changes in British popular music can be seen reflected in the acts to perform there, part…

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  Lewisham station · 0.1 km

  Lewisham is an interchange station in the area of Lewisham, south-east London. It is the terminus for Docklands Light Railway (DLR) services from Bank or Stratford stations, as well as a National Rail station on the N…

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  Lewisham Police Station · 0.2 km

  Lewisham Police Station is in Lewisham High Street in the London Borough of Lewisham.

• 1857 Lewisham rail crash · 0.2 km

  On 28 June 1857, two trains collided just east of Lewisham railway station in London, killing 11 and injuring 30 more. The 14-carriage 9:15 p.m. from Strood, which was running 15 minutes late, pulled up 200 yards shor…

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  Renaissance, Lewisham · 0.3 km

  Renaissance is a mixed-use development designed by Assael Architecture and commissioned by Barratt Homes in Lewisham, Greater London comprising 788 flats in 10 buildings, retail units at ground level, a district heati…

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  Migration Museum, London · 0.3 km

  The Migration Museum is a museum in London, England, devoted to the movement of people to and from the United Kingdom. As of 2026 it does not have a site open to the public, but it plans to reopen in a permanent venue…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)