Borough & Southwark Street

Southwark · London · population 11,037 · 6 LSOAs

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

56Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,028 of 6,856 in England
  • #319 of 1,002 in London
  • #6 of 34 in Southwark
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,169
Median age (est.)30
Density9,669per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above60%
No car or van75%

Age

0–14 8%15–24 25%25–44 41%45–64 19%65+ 7%

Tenure

Own outright: 9%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 31%Private rent: 45%
Own outright 9%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 31%Private rent 45%

Households

One person: 43%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 8%Lone parent: 8%Other: 19%
One person 43%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 8%Lone parent 8%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 39% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 18%

All occupation groups
Professional39%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional18%
Administrative6%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service4%
Caring & leisure4%
Skilled trades3%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 57%Asian: 19%Black: 13%Mixed: 6%Other: 5%
White 57%Asian 19%Black 13%Mixed 6%Other 5%

Religion & identity

No religion 42% · Christian 35% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 50%

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

Borough & Southwark Street is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,028 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 34 in Southwark. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (89) but weak on Living environment (10). Typical homes here sold for about £685,000 over the past year, down 13% across five years (from 106 sales), 27% above the wider Southwark median of £540,000. Typical household take-home income is around £58,094 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 406 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 56 · #3,021
Employment 62 · #2,603
Education 89 · #752
Health 47 · #3,618
Crime 59 · #2,822
Housing & access 42 · #3,995
Living environment 10 · #6,161

House prices ?

£685,000median (12m) · -8.6% yr · n=106
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£685,000106-8.6%-13.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Terraced£895,0005
Flat£640,000101-14.6%-19.0%
This area£685,000
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)£58,094±£8,746 · #265 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£49,231
Price-to-income ?11.8×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 ?

7Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

406 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 4,475 offences
Southwark125
London102
England83

Rank #6,388 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences627
Theft2,862
Burglary241
Vehicle crime49
Criminal damage & arson124
Public order & weapons199
Drugs126
Robbery230
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 634 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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