Chinbrook

Lewisham · London · population 6,818 · 4 LSOAs

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

25Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,153 of 6,856 in England
  • #738 of 1,002 in London
  • #26 of 37 in Lewisham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,766
Median age (est.)37
Density7,057per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above36%
No car or van41%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 12%25–44 31%45–64 27%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 16%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 35%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 16%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 35%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 19%Other: 15%
One person 31%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 19%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Elementary 12% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Elementary12%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure12%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors10%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 52%Asian: 7%Black: 29%Mixed: 8%Other: 5%
White 52%Asian 7%Black 29%Mixed 8%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 31% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 34%

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

Chinbrook is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,153 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #26 of 37 in Lewisham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (45) and lowest on Income (17). Typical homes here sold for about £390,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 52 sales), 17% below the wider Lewisham median of £472,500. Typical household take-home income is around £42,605 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 76 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 17 · #5,674
Employment 19 · #5,564
Education 45 · #3,789
Health 33 · #4,577
Crime 31 · #4,755
Housing & access 23 · #5,304
Living environment 39 · #4,207

House prices ?

£390,000median (12m) · +4.0% yr · n=52
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£390,00052+4.0%+19.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Semi-detached£522,5006+19.4%+21.5%
Terraced£420,00025+7.0%+10.7%
Flat£230,00017-16.4%-12.2%
This area£390,000
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)£42,605±£6,036 · #2,680 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,107
Price-to-income ?9.2×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 ?

24Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

76 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 515 offences
Lewisham98
London102
England83

Rank #3,852 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences205
Theft67
Burglary25
Vehicle crime78
Criminal damage & arson51
Public order & weapons42
Drugs26
Robbery11
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 152 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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