SE26
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Upper Sydenham, Lower Sydenham and Bell Green, in Lewisham 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 SE26 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in SE26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SE26 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SE26 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SE26 at a rate of 106.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 133.0 per 1,000 people across the SE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 346 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SE26.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (955), anti-social behaviour (821) and other crime (498).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SE26 was 108.5 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 SE26, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SE26 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SE26
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromley 004C | 1,609 | 73.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.1% |
| Bromley 005D | 1,883 | 64.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.2% |
| Lewisham 028A | 2,133 | 108.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 80.6% |
| Lewisham 028C | 1,547 | 35.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.2% |
| Lewisham 028D | 1,753 | 93.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.6% |
| Lewisham 033A | 1,641 | 95.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.9% |
| Lewisham 033B | 1,591 | 88.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.8% |
| Lewisham 033C | 1,522 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.0% |
| Lewisham 033D | 1,592 | 68.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.9% |
| Lewisham 033E | 1,785 | 299.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.1% |
| Lewisham 034B | 2,318 | 134.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 81.1% |
| Lewisham 035A | 1,814 | 96.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.2% |
| Lewisham 035B | 1,631 | 153.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.5% |
| Lewisham 035C | 1,773 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.5% |
| Lewisham 035D | 1,535 | 90.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.9% |
| Lewisham 035E | 1,514 | 100.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.8% |
| Southwark 033A | 1,733 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.6% |
MPs for SE26
- Ellie ReevesLabourMP for Lewisham West and East Dulwich70% of SE26’s postcodes
- Liam ConlonLabourMP for Beckenham and Penge21% of SE26’s postcodes
- Janet DabyLabourMP for Lewisham East6.0% of SE26’s postcodes
- Helen HayesLabourMP for Dulwich and West Norwood3.0% of SE26’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 SE263
Postcode sectors in SE264
Councils SE26 covers2
Towns in SE263
Postcode districts next to SE266
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SE postcode area2
SE26 in brief
SE26 is a postcode district covering Upper Sydenham, Lower Sydenham and Bell Green, in Lewisham and Bromley.
About 30,870 people lived in SE26 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £451,000 in 2025 across 393 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 106.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SE26 was £451,000 in 2025.
SE26 had 30,914 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SE26 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SE26, 92.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.