Southwark

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• Today: 11° / 9° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:26

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US 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

2312 reported · August 2026▲ 4% YoY

• Theft from the person429
• Other theft411
• Violence & sexual offences384
• Anti-social behaviour377

56 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: London Bridge and West Bermondsey · 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

• 439 rated 4–5 ★ (386 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: London Bridge (0.6 km)
• 81 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 (2.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (2.3 km)

37 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Tyers Estate Block C (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres12
• Gyms43
• Sports pitches94
• Playgrounds87

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
• 628 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

Neil Coyle

Labour

Bermondsey and Old Southwark

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 29
• LD 12
• Grn 22

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

• Schools45
• GPs & clinics37
• Pharmacies15
• Supermarkets19
• Parks & greens255
• Restaurants & cafés810

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

19,270 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

603 jobs advertised · £45,523 avg

e.g. PatternBuilder Legal Tech & Doc Auto Specialist -Hybrid 90k FTC, Class Teacher, Motorcycle Tutor

Source: Adzuna

£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

69% low-carbon electricity

Wind 42% · Gas 29% · Nuclear 16% · Biomass 10%

127 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

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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  List of local nature reserves in Greater London · 0.0 km

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  White Cube · 0.1 km

  White Cube is a contemporary art gallery founded by Jay Jopling in London in 1993. The gallery has two branches in London: White Cube Mason's Yard in central London and White Cube Bermondsey in South East London, as w…

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  Cornerstone (sculpture) · 0.1 km

  Cornerstone is a sculpture in Tanner Park, Southwark, London.

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  Long Lane (Southwark) · 0.2 km

  Long Lane is a main east–west road in Southwark, south London, England.

• Bermondsey Project Space · 0.2 km

  Bermondsey Project Space is a not-for-profit art gallery in Bermondsey, South East London. It was founded in 2015 as Art Bermondsey Project Space and sponsored by Olympus in association with State/F22 magazine. Locat…

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  Fashion and Textile Museum · 0.2 km

  The Fashion and Textile Museum is an English museum.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)