Lee

Lewisham · London · population 6,789 · 4 LSOAs

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

54Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,117 of 6,856 in England
  • #336 of 1,002 in London
  • #2 of 37 in Lewisham
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,859
Median age (est.)38
Density6,798per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above55%
No car or van33%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 9%25–44 33%45–64 25%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 16%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 13%Other: 15%
One person 27%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 13%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Associate professional 19% · Managers & directors 17%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Associate professional19%
Managers & directors17%
Administrative8%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure6%
Skilled trades6%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 62%Asian: 10%Black: 15%Mixed: 8%Other: 4%
White 62%Asian 10%Black 15%Mixed 8%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 42% · No religion 39% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 29%

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

Lee sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,117 of 6,856 in England, and #2 of 37 in Lewisham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (87) but weak on Living environment (11). Typical homes here sold for about £575,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 75 sales), 22% above the wider Lewisham median of £472,500. Typical household take-home income is around £59,457 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 58 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 51 · #3,357
Employment 52 · #3,309
Education 87 · #903
Health 60 · #2,740
Crime 58 · #2,911
Housing & access 45 · #3,775
Living environment 11 · #6,085

House prices ?

£575,000median (12m) · +17.9% yr · n=75
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£575,00075+17.9%+9.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detached£850,00013+21.0%+12.6%
Terraced£672,50038+10.1%+9.3%
Flat£390,00024+6.5%+8.9%
This area£575,000
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)£59,457±£8,588 · #209 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£45,410
Price-to-income ?9.7×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 ?

15Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 396 offences
Lewisham98
London102
England83

Rank #2,733 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences132
Theft82
Burglary29
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons33
Drugs26
Robbery16
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 105 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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