SE16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Rotherhithe, Bermondsey and Tavern Quay, in Southwark.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SE16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 43% of people in SE16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SE16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SE16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SE16 at a rate of 113.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 133.0 per 1,000 people across the SE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 623 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SE16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,469), anti-social behaviour (1,233) and other crime (1,046).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SE16 was 111.1 per 1,000 people.
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.
Deprivation in SE16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SE16 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 12 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SE16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewisham 001B | 1,993 | 77.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.4% |
| Southwark 001A | 1,996 | 65.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.7% |
| Southwark 001B | 1,498 | 93.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.1% |
| Southwark 001C | 1,872 | 72.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.9% |
| Southwark 001D | 1,530 | 109.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.1% |
| Southwark 001E | 1,331 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Southwark 004A | 1,780 | 126.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Southwark 004D | 1,649 | 349.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.6% |
| Southwark 004F | 1,468 | 144.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.2% |
| Southwark 004H | 1,512 | 159.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.5% |
| Southwark 007A | 1,489 | 114.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.3% |
| Southwark 007B | 2,600 | 252.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.8% |
| Southwark 007C | 2,416 | 157.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.6% |
| Southwark 007D | 1,600 | 72.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.3% |
| Southwark 007E | 2,114 | 125.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.3% |
| Southwark 008A | 2,317 | 76.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.2% |
| Southwark 008B | 2,240 | 75.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 72.1% |
| Southwark 008C | 1,693 | 76.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| Southwark 008D | 2,070 | 65.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.2% |
| Southwark 008E | 1,969 | 102.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.3% |
| Southwark 010A | 1,872 | 73.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.5% |
| Southwark 010B | 2,025 | 78.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.9% |
| Southwark 010D | 1,957 | 199.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.2% |
| Southwark 011A | 1,588 | 145.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 83.7% |
| Southwark 011B | 1,839 | 67.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.7% |
| Southwark 011C | 1,968 | 98.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 76.3% |
| Southwark 011D | 1,426 | 132.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.5% |
MPs for SE16
- Neil CoyleLabourMP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark90% of SE16’s postcodes
- Miatta FahnbullehLabour (Co-op)MP for Peckham5.3% of SE16’s postcodes
- Vicky FoxcroftLabourMP for Lewisham North5.0% of SE16’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in SE166
Postcode sectors in SE167
Council1
Towns in SE162
Postcode districts next to SE164
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SE postcode area2
SE16 in brief
SE16 is a postcode district covering Rotherhithe, Bermondsey and Tavern Quay, in Southwark.
About 54,149 people lived in SE16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £480,000 in 2025 across 476 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 113.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SE16 was £480,000 in 2025.
SE16 had 53,260 usual residents at the census.
About 43% of people in SE16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SE16, 92.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.