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Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction

Ward

North east Lambeth. About 15,857 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.1 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
16,150
570th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
92.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.4%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Herne Hill & Loughborough JunctionMiddle
Population25 wards, Lambeth · 2021
Population: every ward in Lambeth25 areas from 8,856 to 17,661. The middle area is 11,387. Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction is 16,150.
16,1505th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares25 wards, Lambeth · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Lambeth25 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage25 wards, Lambeth · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Lambeth25 areas from 86.9% to 96.1%. The middle area is 92.7%. Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction is 92.0%.
92.0%10th lowest
Claimant rate25 wards, Lambeth · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Lambeth25 areas from 3.3% to 9.4%. The middle area is 6.5%. Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction is 5.4%.
5.4%9th lowest

Is Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction at a rate of 153.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 155.3 per 1,000 people across Lambeth.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 212 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (741), other crime (534) and anti-social behaviour (335).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Lambeth

These figures are published for the whole of Lambeth, not for each ward, so they describe all of Lambeth and not Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction alone. See Lambeth

Average house price
£540,198
Down 6.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£49,034
19th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
11.0×
Joint 34th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
23.0
Joint 104th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction in brief

Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction had 16,150 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction, 92.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction, 5.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.