Brockley East & St Johns

Lewisham · London · population 8,130 · 5 LSOAs

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

39Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,166 of 6,856 in England
  • #506 of 1,002 in London
  • #15 of 37 in Lewisham
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,206
Median age (est.)34
Density10,101per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above63%
No car or van54%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 11%25–44 45%45–64 22%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 12%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 25%Private rent: 36%
Own outright 12%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 25%Private rent 36%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 12%Other: 16%
One person 32%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 12%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 33% · Associate professional 22% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional33%
Associate professional22%
Managers & directors14%
Administrative7%
Elementary6%
Caring & leisure6%
Skilled trades5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 59%Asian: 9%Black: 20%Mixed: 8%Other: 4%
White 59%Asian 9%Black 20%Mixed 8%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 35% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 36%

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

Brockley East & St Johns is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,166 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 37 in Lewisham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (84) but weak on Living environment (8). Typical homes here sold for about £475,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+2%) (from 105 sales), in line with the wider Lewisham median of £472,500. Typical household take-home income is around £51,031 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 75 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 42 · #3,981
Employment 49 · #3,467
Education 84 · #1,122
Health 40 · #4,091
Crime 27 · #4,995
Housing & access 21 · #5,386
Living environment 8 · #6,270

House prices ?

£475,000median (12m) · -16.2% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£475,000105-16.2%+2.2%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£788,75022-9.9%+10.2%
Flat£436,50079-3.0%+8.4%
This area£475,000
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)£51,031±£7,418 · #898 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,014
Price-to-income ?9.3×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 ?

22Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

75 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 611 offences
Lewisham98
London102
England83

Rank #3,832 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences197
Theft132
Burglary38
Vehicle crime79
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons61
Drugs36
Robbery16
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 182 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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