Deptford North

Lewisham · London · population 8,648 · 5 LSOAs

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

18Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,619 of 6,856 in England
  • #856 of 1,002 in London
  • #29 of 37 in Lewisham
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,790
Median age (est.)32
Density9,288per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above45%
No car or van60%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 14%25–44 38%45–64 23%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 5%Mortgage/shared: 17%Social rent: 53%Private rent: 24%
Own outright 5%Mortgage/shared 17%Social rent 53%Private rent 24%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 16%Lone parent: 22%Other: 17%
One person 32%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 16%Lone parent 22%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Associate professional 16% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Associate professional16%
Caring & leisure13%
Elementary13%
Managers & directors10%
Sales & customer service7%
Administrative7%
Skilled trades7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 35%Asian: 12%Black: 40%Mixed: 8%Other: 5%
White 35%Asian 12%Black 40%Mixed 8%Other 5%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 30% · Muslim 11%

Born outside the UK: 44%

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

Deptford North is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,619 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #29 of 37 in Lewisham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (60) and lowest on Housing & access (8). Typical homes here sold for about £368,750 over the past year, down 15% across five years (from 40 sales), 22% below the wider Lewisham median of £472,500. Typical household take-home income is around £42,310 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 100 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 14 · #5,928
Employment 21 · #5,400
Education 60 · #2,747
Health 24 · #5,235
Crime 23 · #5,270
Housing & access 8 · #6,305
Living environment 18 · #5,599

House prices ?

£368,750median (12m) · +4.2% yr · n=40
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£368,75040+4.2%-15.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Flat£362,50038+7.0%-16.1%
This area£368,750
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)£42,310±£6,035 · #2,760 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,192
Price-to-income ?8.7×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 ?

20Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

100 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 861 offences
Lewisham98
London102
England83

Rank #4,919 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences284
Theft213
Burglary64
Vehicle crime69
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons71
Drugs60
Robbery47
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 165 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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