SE6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Catford, Southend and Hither Green, 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 SE6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in SE6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SE6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SE6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SE6 at a rate of 135.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 133.0 per 1,000 people across the SE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 642 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SE6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,543), anti-social behaviour (1,594) and other crime (1,209).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SE6 was 131.3 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 SE6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SE6 has no single figure. Of its 33 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SE6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewisham 018A | 1,794 | 163.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 84.0% |
| Lewisham 018B | 1,586 | 187.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.4% |
| Lewisham 018C | 1,510 | 88.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Lewisham 018D | 1,816 | 100.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.3% |
| Lewisham 020B | 2,075 | 622.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.0% |
| Lewisham 020C | 1,748 | 99.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.0% |
| Lewisham 020D | 1,631 | 94.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| Lewisham 020E | 1,688 | 301.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.5% |
| Lewisham 020F | 1,503 | 98.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Lewisham 020G | 1,625 | 86.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.8% |
| Lewisham 022A | 1,930 | 53.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.3% |
| Lewisham 022B | 1,551 | 63.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Lewisham 022C | 1,668 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.8% |
| Lewisham 022D | 1,573 | 62.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.1% |
| Lewisham 022E | 1,732 | 97.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.1% |
| Lewisham 025A | 1,672 | 104.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.7% |
| Lewisham 025B | 1,723 | 88.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Lewisham 025C | 2,161 | 127.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.2% |
| Lewisham 025D | 1,653 | 129.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.8% |
| Lewisham 026D | 2,057 | 70.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.3% |
| Lewisham 029A | 1,799 | 233.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 82.4% |
| Lewisham 029B | 1,767 | 135.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 80.0% |
| Lewisham 029C | 1,486 | 43.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.7% |
| Lewisham 029D | 1,763 | 278.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.3% |
| Lewisham 029E | 1,658 | 150.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% |
| Lewisham 030A | 1,750 | 135.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.4% |
| Lewisham 030B | 1,788 | 27.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.9% |
| Lewisham 030C | 1,321 | 134.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.9% |
| Lewisham 030D | 2,288 | 91.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 66.2% |
| Lewisham 034A | 1,767 | 100.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.6% |
| Lewisham 034C | 1,662 | 77.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 78.1% |
| Lewisham 034D | 1,789 | 158.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 41.4% |
| Lewisham 038C | 1,591 | 115.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 52.9% |
MPs for SE6
- Janet DabyLabourMP for Lewisham East92% of SE6’s postcodes
- Ellie ReevesLabourMP for Lewisham West and East Dulwich7.6% of SE6’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 SE67
Postcode sectors in SE65
Council1
Towns in SE61
Postcode districts next to SE67
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SE postcode area2
SE6 in brief
SE6 is a postcode district covering Catford, Southend and Hither Green, in Lewisham.
About 57,567 people lived in SE6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £470,500 in 2025 across 520 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 135.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SE6 was £470,500 in 2025.
SE6 had 57,080 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SE6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SE6, 90.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.