Grove Park & Lee South

Lewisham · London · population 8,422 · 5 LSOAs

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

46Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,707 of 6,856 in England
  • #425 of 1,002 in London
  • #10 of 37 in Lewisham
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,528
Median age (est.)39
Density5,949per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above45%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 32%45–64 25%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 19%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 16%Other: 16%
One person 28%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 16%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Associate professional 16% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Associate professional16%
Managers & directors14%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary9%
Skilled trades7%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 57%Asian: 10%Black: 20%Mixed: 8%Other: 4%
White 57%Asian 10%Black 20%Mixed 8%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 34% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 31%

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

Grove Park & Lee South sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,707 of 6,856 in England, and #10 of 37 in Lewisham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (75) and lowest on Living environment (20). Typical homes here sold for about £493,500 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 96 sales), in line with the wider Lewisham median of £472,500. Typical household take-home income is around £52,436 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 63 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 40 · #4,077
Employment 46 · #3,713
Education 75 · #1,726
Health 56 · #2,980
Crime 54 · #3,165
Housing & access 23 · #5,263
Living environment 20 · #5,489

House prices ?

£493,500median (12m) · -0.9% yr · n=96
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£493,50096-0.9%+15.4%
Detached£850,0005+18.1%
Semi-detached£587,00023+3.0%+4.8%
Terraced£504,00038-2.6%+15.9%
Flat£306,50030+1.3%+14.5%
This area£493,500
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)£52,436±£7,378 · #735 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,417
Price-to-income ?9.4×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 ?

22Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

63 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 532 offences
Lewisham98
London102
England83

Rank #3,075 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences206
Theft77
Burglary40
Vehicle crime83
Criminal damage & arson49
Public order & weapons30
Drugs23
Robbery10
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 150 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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