Forest Hill East
Lewisham · London · population 7,643 · 5 LSOAs
Part of Forest Hill · Postcode SE23 · SE6
Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.
- #3,522 of 6,856 in England
- #397 of 1,002 in London
- #5 of 37 in Lewisham
- Around the England average
People living here Census 2021
Age
Tenure
Households
Work (top occupations)
Professional 32% · Associate professional 20% · Managers & directors 16%
All occupation groups
| Professional | 32% |
| Associate professional | 20% |
| Managers & directors | 16% |
| Administrative | 7% |
| Caring & leisure | 7% |
| Skilled trades | 6% |
| Elementary | 6% |
| Sales & customer service | 4% |
| Process & plant | 3% |
Ethnic group
Religion & identity
No religion 45% · Christian 40% · Muslim 5%
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
Forest Hill East sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,522 of 6,856 in England, and #5 of 37 in Lewisham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (91) but weak on Living environment (9). Typical homes here sold for about £570,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 117 sales), 21% above the wider Lewisham median of £472,500. Typical household take-home income is around £54,936 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 55 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.
House prices ?
| Type | Median (12m) | Sales | 1yr | 5yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | £570,000 | 117 | +1.8% | +9.6% |
| Detached | Too few sales to report (n=1) | |||
| Semi-detached | £600,000 | 15 | -30.2% | -22.6% |
| Terraced | £750,000 | 47 | +7.1% | +9.5% |
| Flat | £425,210 | 54 | +3.6% | +7.0% |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Household income
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 ?
- #5,898 best value of 6,851 priced areas in England
- Combines this area's Area Score with how affordable its homes are nationally (geometric mean). Higher = a less-deprived area for less money.
Recorded crime ?
Rank #2,501 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).
| Category (12 months) | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 170 |
| Theft | 58 |
| Burglary | 32 |
| Vehicle crime | 68 |
| Criminal damage & arson | 29 |
| Public order & weapons | 26 |
| Drugs | 25 |
| Robbery | 7 |
| Other | 8 |
Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 123 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 →
Official sources
Nearby areas
The closest neighbourhoods on the map, whichever authority they fall in.
Other areas in Lewisham
Similar areas across England
Neighbourhoods with the closest Area Score elsewhere in the country, for comparison.
- Wandsworth SouthWandsworth49£435,000
- Chickerell & Chesil BankDorset49£335,000
- Dawlish NorthTeignbridge49£306,500
- Killingworth West & CamperdownNorth Tyneside49£160,000
- Norbiton EastKingston upon Thames48£547,500
- ShoreditchHackney48£640,000