Brockley West

Lewisham · London · population 7,912 · 5 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,659 of 6,856 in England
  • #620 of 1,002 in London
  • #22 of 37 in Lewisham
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,297
Median age (est.)34
Density10,773per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above54%
No car or van49%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 38%45–64 24%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 10%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 38%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 10%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 38%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 18%Other: 17%
One person 28%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 18%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Associate professional 20% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Associate professional20%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service6%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 48%Asian: 6%Black: 34%Mixed: 8%Other: 4%
White 48%Asian 6%Black 34%Mixed 8%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 42% · No religion 40% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 35%

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 West is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,659 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #22 of 37 in Lewisham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (76) but weak on Living environment (15). Typical homes here sold for about £518,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 75 sales), 10% above the wider Lewisham median of £472,500. Typical household take-home income is around £48,827 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 71 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 26 · #5,078
Employment 32 · #4,666
Education 76 · #1,643
Health 32 · #4,653
Crime 40 · #4,111
Housing & access 32 · #4,659
Living environment 15 · #5,852

House prices ?

£518,000median (12m) · -1.3% yr · n=75
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£518,00075-1.3%+3.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£790,00023+10.5%+2.6%
Flat£460,00049+11.4%+5.7%
This area£518,000
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)£48,827±£6,981 · #1,274 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,479
Price-to-income ?10.6×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 ?

13Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

71 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 563 offences
Lewisham98
London102
England83

Rank #3,610 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences198
Theft141
Burglary28
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson48
Public order & weapons49
Drugs34
Robbery17
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 132 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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