Bermondsey North

Southwark · London · population 6,643 · 4 LSOAs

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

47Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,652 of 6,856 in England
  • #416 of 1,002 in London
  • #11 of 34 in Southwark
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,749
Median age (est.)32
Density17,104per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above66%
No car or van74%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 13%25–44 50%45–64 19%65+ 6%

Tenure

Own outright: 9%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 31%Private rent: 42%
Own outright 9%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 31%Private rent 42%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 10%Lone parent: 11%Other: 20%
One person 37%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 10%Lone parent 11%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 40% · Associate professional 17% · Managers & directors 17%

All occupation groups
Professional40%
Associate professional17%
Managers & directors17%
Administrative6%
Elementary5%
Caring & leisure5%
Sales & customer service4%
Skilled trades3%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 58%Asian: 11%Black: 17%Mixed: 8%Other: 6%
White 58%Asian 11%Black 17%Mixed 8%Other 6%

Religion & identity

No religion 40% · Christian 38% · Muslim 8%

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

Bermondsey North sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,652 of 6,856 in England, and #11 of 34 in Southwark. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (72) but weak on Living environment (16). Typical homes here sold for about £535,000 over the past year, down 14% across five years (from 64 sales), in line with the wider Southwark median of £540,000. Typical household take-home income is around £57,894 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 131 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 40 · #4,125
Employment 56 · #2,994
Education 72 · #1,890
Health 40 · #4,111
Crime 53 · #3,227
Housing & access 34 · #4,536
Living environment 16 · #5,729

House prices ?

£535,000median (12m) · -0.5% yr · n=64
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£535,00064-0.5%-14.4%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Flat£530,00061+1.0%-15.2%
This area£535,000
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)£57,894±£8,747 · #274 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£51,594
Price-to-income ?9.2×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 ?

17Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

131 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 872 offences
Southwark125
London102
England83

Rank #5,674 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences180
Theft401
Burglary93
Vehicle crime28
Criminal damage & arson33
Public order & weapons39
Drugs53
Robbery41
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 395 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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