Crofton Park

Lewisham · London · population 6,666 · 4 LSOAs

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

66Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,349 of 6,856 in England
  • #244 of 1,002 in London
  • #1 of 37 in Lewisham
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,689
Median age (est.)37
Density9,193per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above58%
No car or van36%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 37%45–64 23%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 42%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 42%Social rent 11%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 12%Other: 19%
One person 23%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 12%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 33% · Associate professional 21% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional33%
Associate professional21%
Managers & directors15%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure6%
Skilled trades6%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 63%Asian: 7%Black: 19%Mixed: 8%Other: 3%
White 63%Asian 7%Black 19%Mixed 8%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 37% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 27%

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

Crofton Park is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,349 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 37 in Lewisham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (95) but weak on Living environment (8). Typical homes here sold for about £711,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+5%) (from 86 sales), 50% above the wider Lewisham median of £472,500. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,381 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £60,057 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 54 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 68 · #2,205
Employment 73 · #1,863
Education 95 · #368
Health 62 · #2,603
Crime 49 · #3,480
Housing & access 51 · #3,364
Living environment 8 · #6,284

House prices ?

£711,000median (12m) · -2.1% yr · n=86
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£711,00086-2.1%+5.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£686,0005-1.3%
Terraced£806,14351+4.2%+11.6%
Flat£475,00029+9.6%+3.1%
This area£711,000
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)£60,057±£8,724 · #185 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£56,502
Price-to-income ?11.8×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 ?

7Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 362 offences
Lewisham98
London102
England83

Rank #2,429 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences140
Theft59
Burglary23
Vehicle crime47
Criminal damage & arson22
Public order & weapons31
Drugs20
Robbery14
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 111 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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