SE5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Camberwell, in Southwark and Lambeth.
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 SE5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 30% of people in SE5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SE5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SE5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SE5 at a rate of 135.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 133.0 per 1,000 people across the SE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 653 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SE5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,938), anti-social behaviour (1,340) and other crime (1,123).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SE5 was 133.4 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 SE5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SE5 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SE5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambeth 009C | 1,716 | 27.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.4% |
| Lambeth 009D | 1,787 | 83.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.8% |
| Lambeth 014C | 2,701 | 353.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 85.1% |
| Lambeth 014D | 1,863 | 79.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| Lambeth 014E | 1,627 | 82.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.7% |
| Southwark 015H | 2,133 | 217.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 64.2% |
| Southwark 017A | 1,634 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 69.9% |
| Southwark 019A | 1,952 | 60.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Southwark 020A | 2,088 | 70.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.9% |
| Southwark 020B | 2,412 | 107.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.7% |
| Southwark 020C | 1,885 | 117.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 82.3% |
| Southwark 020D | 1,465 | 157.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.5% |
| Southwark 020E | 2,032 | 59.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.2% |
| Southwark 021A | 1,564 | 155.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.8% |
| Southwark 021B | 2,107 | 125.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.7% |
| Southwark 021C | 1,917 | 428.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.9% |
| Southwark 021D | 2,234 | 134.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.6% |
| Southwark 021E | 2,092 | 85.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.4% |
| Southwark 021F | 1,397 | 263.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.6% |
| Southwark 024A | 2,043 | 203.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.9% |
| Southwark 024B | 1,855 | 156.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 61.6% |
| Southwark 024C | 1,850 | 96.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Southwark 024D | 1,389 | 68.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 71.9% |
| Southwark 024E | 1,747 | 97.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.6% |
| Southwark 027B | 1,643 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.9% |
| Southwark 027E | 1,285 | 50.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.4% |
MPs for SE5
- Florence EshalomiLabour (Co-op)MP for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green41% of SE5’s postcodes
- Miatta FahnbullehLabour (Co-op)MP for Peckham34% of SE5’s postcodes
- Helen HayesLabourMP for Dulwich and West Norwood24% of SE5’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 SE54
Postcode sectors in SE55
Councils SE5 covers2
Towns in SE52
Postcode districts next to SE57
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SE postcode area2
SE5 in brief
SE5 is a postcode district covering Camberwell, in Southwark and Lambeth.
About 49,545 people lived in SE5 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 494 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 135.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SE5 was £480,000 in 2025.
SE5 had 49,307 usual residents at the census.
About 30% of people in SE5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SE5, 88.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.