New Cross & Deptford South

Lewisham · London · population 8,911 · 5 LSOAs

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

20Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,503 of 6,856 in England
  • #828 of 1,002 in London
  • #27 of 37 in Lewisham
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,889
Median age (est.)33
Density10,835per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above51%
No car or van63%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 14%25–44 40%45–64 23%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 7%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 43%Private rent: 32%
Own outright 7%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 43%Private rent 32%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 13%Lone parent: 17%Other: 19%
One person 35%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 13%Lone parent 17%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Associate professional 19% · Elementary 13%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Associate professional19%
Elementary13%
Caring & leisure10%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative7%
Skilled trades7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 39%Asian: 13%Black: 34%Mixed: 7%Other: 7%
White 39%Asian 13%Black 34%Mixed 7%Other 7%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 34% · Muslim 9%

Born outside the UK: 45%

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

New Cross & Deptford South is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #5,503 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #27 of 37 in Lewisham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (62) and lowest on Crime (7). Typical homes here sold for about £377,500 over the past year, down 2% across five years (from 56 sales), 20% below the wider Lewisham median of £472,500. Typical household take-home income is around £43,207 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 175 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 18 · #5,619
Employment 26 · #5,043
Education 62 · #2,603
Health 26 · #5,071
Crime 7 · #6,353
Housing & access 12 · #6,051
Living environment 19 · #5,578

House prices ?

£377,500median (12m) · -0.1% yr · n=56
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£377,50056-0.1%-1.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£600,0008+8.0%+5.0%
Flat£358,40048+12.4%+4.8%
This area£377,500
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)£43,207±£6,200 · #2,525 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,874
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 ?

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Recorded crime ?

175 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,562 offences
Lewisham98
London102
England83

Rank #6,071 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences521
Theft403
Burglary91
Vehicle crime80
Criminal damage & arson90
Public order & weapons152
Drugs119
Robbery86
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 408 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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