New Cross Gate

Lewisham · London · population 10,229 · 5 LSOAs

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

33Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,618 of 6,856 in England
  • #606 of 1,002 in London
  • #20 of 37 in Lewisham
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,282
Median age (est.)32
Density10,509per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above47%
No car or van59%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 16%25–44 40%45–64 21%65+ 6%

Tenure

Own outright: 8%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 34%Private rent: 36%
Own outright 8%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 34%Private rent 36%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 16%Lone parent: 16%Other: 21%
One person 31%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 16%Lone parent 16%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Associate professional 18% · Elementary 14%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Associate professional18%
Elementary14%
Managers & directors10%
Caring & leisure9%
Skilled trades7%
Sales & customer service7%
Administrative7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 41%Asian: 9%Black: 34%Mixed: 9%Other: 7%
White 41%Asian 9%Black 34%Mixed 9%Other 7%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 35% · Muslim 10%

Born outside the UK: 44%

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 Gate is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,618 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #20 of 37 in Lewisham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (61) and lowest on Housing & access (10). Typical homes here sold for about £462,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 87 sales), in line with the wider Lewisham median of £472,500. Typical household take-home income is around £47,808 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 89 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 31 · #4,707
Employment 44 · #3,864
Education 61 · #2,644
Health 37 · #4,317
Crime 31 · #4,755
Housing & access 10 · #6,140
Living environment 21 · #5,400

House prices ?

£462,500median (12m) · +35.3% yr · n=87
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£462,50087+35.3%+7.1%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£705,00034+11.0%+2.9%
Flat£298,50051+18.6%-27.4%
This area£462,500
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)£47,808±£6,852 · #1,479 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,136
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 ?

20Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

89 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 909 offences
Lewisham98
London102
England83

Rank #4,502 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences346
Theft166
Burglary93
Vehicle crime56
Criminal damage & arson63
Public order & weapons72
Drugs42
Robbery65
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 277 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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