Queens Road Peckham

Southwark · London · population 10,855 · 5 LSOAs

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

24Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,242 of 6,856 in England
  • #759 of 1,002 in London
  • #26 of 34 in Southwark
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,925
Median age (est.)34
Density13,778per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above51%
No car or van59%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 41%45–64 23%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 9%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 48%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 9%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 48%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 14%Lone parent: 17%Other: 17%
One person 36%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 14%Lone parent 17%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Associate professional 19% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Associate professional19%
Managers & directors12%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service6%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 44%Asian: 8%Black: 35%Mixed: 8%Other: 5%
White 44%Asian 8%Black 35%Mixed 8%Other 5%

Religion & identity

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

Born outside the UK: 37%

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

Queens Road Peckham is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,242 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #26 of 34 in Southwark. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (63) and lowest on Living environment (13). Typical homes here sold for about £540,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 99 sales), in line with the wider Southwark median of £540,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,225 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 91 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 22 · #5,359
Employment 26 · #5,105
Education 63 · #2,528
Health 23 · #5,249
Crime 23 · #5,256
Housing & access 19 · #5,523
Living environment 13 · #5,935

House prices ?

£540,000median (12m) · +14.1% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£540,00099+14.1%+22.7%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Terraced£810,00037-3.9%+15.4%
Flat£412,50061-0.6%+5.8%
This area£540,000
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)£43,225±£6,214 · #2,519 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,841
Price-to-income ?12.5×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 ?

8Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

91 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 985 offences
Southwark125
London102
England83

Rank #4,574 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences324
Theft244
Burglary69
Vehicle crime98
Criminal damage & arson50
Public order & weapons71
Drugs65
Robbery47
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 236 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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