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SE19

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Norwood New Town and Upper Norwood, in Croydon, Lambeth and Bromley.

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 SE19 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in SE19 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£445,000
Joint 444th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
28,848
986th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
89.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How SE19 compares

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

SE19Middle
Median sale price28 postcode districts, SE · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in SE28 areas from £355,000 to £724,000. The middle area is £478,950. SE19 is £445,000.
£445,0008th cheapest
Population29 postcode districts, SE · 2021
Population: every postcode district in SE29 areas from 211 to 85,333. The middle area is 30,914. SE19 is 28,848.
28,84812th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares29 postcode districts, SE · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in SE29 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 17.0%. SE19 is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage29 postcode districts, SE · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in SE29 areas from 43.8% to 96.6%. The middle area is 90.5%. SE19 is 89.6%.
89.6%12th lowest

Is SE19 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SE19 at a rate of 97.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 133.0 per 1,000 people across the SE postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 249 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SE19.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (826), anti-social behaviour (681) and other crime (436).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SE19 was 97.4 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 SE19, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SE19 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in SE19

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Bromley 005B1,81979.8 per 1,000597.0%
Bromley 005E2,021108.1 per 1,000688.4%
Croydon 001A2,13175.2 per 1,000685.9%
Croydon 001B1,51451.4 per 1,000593.1%
Croydon 001C1,77272.8 per 1,000489.4%
Croydon 001D1,81387.4 per 1,000496.6%
Croydon 001E1,981214.1 per 1,000481.6%
Croydon 002B1,85252.5 per 1,000599.7%
Croydon 002C1,94456.6 per 1,000771.5%
Croydon 002E1,97530.6 per 1,000697.7%
Croydon 005E1,53456.3 per 1,000584.0%
Croydon 007C1,63067.0 per 1,000584.1%
Lambeth 033A1,834125.9 per 1,000486.7%
Lambeth 033B1,361153.1 per 1,000398.3%
Lambeth 033D1,36880.7 per 1,000399.8%
Lambeth 033E1,54798.0 per 1,000399.6%
Southwark 033D1,75174.7 per 1,000691.8%

MPs for SE19

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 SE193

Postcode sectors in SE194

Councils SE19 covers3

Towns in SE194

Postcode districts next to SE197

Nearest rail stations4

More in the SE postcode area2

SE19 in brief

SE19 is a postcode district covering Norwood New Town and Upper Norwood, in Croydon, Lambeth and Bromley.

About 29,365 people lived in SE19 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £445,000 in 2025 across 445 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 97.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in SE19 was £445,000 in 2025.

SE19 had 28,848 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in SE19 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In SE19, 89.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.