Honor Oak

Lewisham · London · population 8,557 · 5 LSOAs

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

47Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,618 of 6,856 in England
  • #412 of 1,002 in London
  • #8 of 37 in Lewisham
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,744
Median age (est.)36
Density8,790per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above58%
No car or van44%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 8%25–44 39%45–64 24%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 27%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 20%Private rent 27%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 14%Other: 15%
One person 29%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 14%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 31% · Associate professional 20% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional31%
Associate professional20%
Managers & directors15%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Skilled trades6%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 63%Asian: 6%Black: 19%Mixed: 8%Other: 4%
White 63%Asian 6%Black 19%Mixed 8%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 49% · Christian 37% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 28%

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

Honor Oak sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,618 of 6,856 in England, and #8 of 37 in Lewisham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (86) but weak on Living environment (15). Typical homes here sold for about £560,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 122 sales), 19% above the wider Lewisham median of £472,500. Typical household take-home income is around £52,023 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 80 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 45 · #3,775
Employment 45 · #3,755
Education 86 · #971
Health 51 · #3,343
Crime 37 · #4,296
Housing & access 44 · #3,864
Living environment 15 · #5,797

House prices ?

£560,000median (12m) · +13.7% yr · n=122
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£560,000122+13.7%+12.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£875,00019+11.1%+11.1%
Terraced£783,81242+3.9%+5.8%
Flat£440,00061+0.2%+7.3%
This area£560,000
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)£52,023±£7,535 · #784 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,545
Price-to-income ?10.8×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 ?

15Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

80 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 682 offences
Lewisham98
London102
England83

Rank #4,068 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences213
Theft210
Burglary27
Vehicle crime73
Criminal damage & arson61
Public order & weapons45
Drugs20
Robbery18
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 171 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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