Bermondsey East

Southwark · London · population 11,699 · 7 LSOAs

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

32Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,659 of 6,856 in England
  • #620 of 1,002 in London
  • #19 of 34 in Southwark
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,898
Median age (est.)33
Density17,339per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above54%
No car or van67%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 12%25–44 43%45–64 21%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 7%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 45%Private rent: 27%
Own outright 7%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 45%Private rent 27%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 13%Lone parent: 16%Other: 18%
One person 35%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 13%Lone parent 16%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Associate professional 17% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Associate professional17%
Managers & directors14%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure7%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service6%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 56%Asian: 9%Black: 22%Mixed: 7%Other: 6%
White 56%Asian 9%Black 22%Mixed 7%Other 6%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 33% · Muslim 10%

Born outside the UK: 42%

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

Bermondsey East is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,659 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 34 in Southwark. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (69) and lowest on Crime (22). Typical homes here sold for about £436,000 over the past year, down 7% across five years (from 88 sales), 19% below the wider Southwark median of £540,000. Typical household take-home income is around £50,393 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 116 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 25 · #5,167
Employment 33 · #4,577
Education 69 · #2,130
Health 34 · #4,522
Crime 22 · #5,379
Housing & access 30 · #4,769
Living environment 23 · #5,256

House prices ?

£436,000median (12m) · -12.8% yr · n=88
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£436,00088-12.8%-6.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Flat£422,50082-4.7%-4.0%
This area£436,000
Southwark£540,000
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)£50,393±£7,277 · #1,006 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,690
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 ?

23Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

116 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,354 offences
Southwark125
London102
England83

Rank #5,354 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences410
Theft464
Burglary78
Vehicle crime84
Criminal damage & arson67
Public order & weapons94
Drugs51
Robbery83
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 431 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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