SE4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Brockley, St John's and Ladywell, in Lewisham.
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 SE4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 60% of people in SE4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SE4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SE4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SE4 at a rate of 91.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 133.0 per 1,000 people across the SE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 205 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SE4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (760), anti-social behaviour (537) and other crime (374).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SE4 was 91.9 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 SE4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SE4 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SE4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewisham 005C | 1,774 | 148.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.4% |
| Lewisham 005D | 2,011 | 90.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.5% |
| Lewisham 008B | 1,556 | 97.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.2% |
| Lewisham 008C | 1,963 | 111.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.4% |
| Lewisham 008D | 1,780 | 144.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.2% |
| Lewisham 010A | 1,532 | 117.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.6% |
| Lewisham 010B | 1,433 | 121.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.0% |
| Lewisham 010C | 1,696 | 52.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.8% |
| Lewisham 010D | 1,674 | 61.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Lewisham 010E | 1,960 | 97.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.6% |
| Lewisham 011B | 1,674 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Lewisham 014A | 1,994 | 82.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.8% |
| Lewisham 014C | 1,698 | 83.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 80.5% |
| Lewisham 014D | 1,907 | 92.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.7% |
| Lewisham 015A | 1,594 | 68.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.7% |
| Lewisham 015B | 1,551 | 136.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.6% |
| Lewisham 015C | 1,706 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.1% |
| Lewisham 015D | 1,837 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
MPs for SE4
- Vicky FoxcroftLabourMP for Lewisham North82% of SE4’s postcodes
- Ellie ReevesLabourMP for Lewisham West and East Dulwich17% of SE4’s postcodes
- Miatta FahnbullehLabour (Co-op)MP for Peckham0.6% of SE4’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 SE44
Postcode sectors in SE43
Council1
Towns in SE41
Postcode districts next to SE46
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SE postcode area2
SE4 in brief
SE4 is a postcode district covering Brockley, St John's and Ladywell, in Lewisham.
About 27,425 people lived in SE4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £557,500 in 2025 across 349 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 91.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SE4 was £557,500 in 2025.
SE4 had 28,134 usual residents at the census.
About 60% of people in SE4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SE4, 94.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.