Perry Vale

Lewisham · London · population 7,994 · 5 LSOAs

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

30Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,769 of 6,856 in England
  • #645 of 1,002 in London
  • #25 of 37 in Lewisham
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,132
Median age (est.)36
Density8,664per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above51%
No car or van44%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 10%25–44 36%45–64 24%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 29%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 29%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 16%Other: 15%
One person 32%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 16%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 29% · Associate professional 18% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional29%
Associate professional18%
Managers & directors14%
Administrative8%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure7%
Skilled trades6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 56%Asian: 7%Black: 25%Mixed: 8%Other: 4%
White 56%Asian 7%Black 25%Mixed 8%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 43% · No religion 40% · Muslim 6%

Born outside the UK: 30%

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

Perry Vale is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,769 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #25 of 37 in Lewisham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (73) and lowest on Living environment (21). Typical homes here sold for about £468,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 76 sales), in line with the wider Lewisham median of £472,500. Typical household take-home income is around £49,812 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 76 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 25 · #5,112
Employment 26 · #5,078
Education 73 · #1,835
Health 37 · #4,330
Crime 31 · #4,735
Housing & access 25 · #5,126
Living environment 21 · #5,393

House prices ?

£468,500median (12m) · +10.2% yr · n=76
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£468,50076+10.2%+3.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£675,0005-18.7%-18.7%
Terraced£605,00030-5.5%+16.9%
Flat£345,00039-1.4%+6.0%
This area£468,500
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)£49,812±£7,086 · #1,097 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,298
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 ?

18Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

76 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 605 offences
Lewisham98
London102
England83

Rank #3,865 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences269
Theft72
Burglary21
Vehicle crime90
Criminal damage & arson60
Public order & weapons31
Drugs33
Robbery22
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 154 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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