Bellingham & Perry Hill

Lewisham · London · population 8,377 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

18Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,633 of 6,856 in England
  • #858 of 1,002 in London
  • #31 of 37 in Lewisham
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,477
Median age (est.)38
Density6,259per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above38%
No car or van41%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 12%25–44 29%45–64 27%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 33%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 33%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 20%Other: 15%
One person 31%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 20%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Associate professional 14% · Caring & leisure 11%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Associate professional14%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors10%
Elementary10%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 45%Asian: 9%Black: 33%Mixed: 8%Other: 5%
White 45%Asian 9%Black 33%Mixed 8%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 30% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 33%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Bellingham & Perry Hill is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,633 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #31 of 37 in Lewisham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (46) and lowest on Income (14). Typical homes here sold for about £455,000 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 65 sales), in line with the wider Lewisham median of £472,500. Typical household take-home income is around £43,996 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 143 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 14 · #5,914
Employment 15 · #5,839
Education 46 · #3,679
Health 27 · #5,009
Crime 15 · #5,852
Housing & access 29 · #4,893
Living environment 25 · #5,146

House prices ?

£455,000median (12m) · +2.2% yr · n=65
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£455,00065+2.2%+13.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£430,00013-1.1%+6.2%
Terraced£483,00037+7.3%+7.3%
Flat£310,00014+2.9%+9.7%
This area£455,000
Lewisham£472,500
London£525,512
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£43,996±£6,237 · #2,323 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,620
Price-to-income ?10.3×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

11Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

143 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,199 offences
Lewisham98
London102
England83

Rank #5,844 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences465
Theft249
Burglary40
Vehicle crime116
Criminal damage & arson81
Public order & weapons125
Drugs62
Robbery47
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 263 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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