SE7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Charlton, in Greenwich.
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 SE7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 51% of people in SE7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SE7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SE7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SE7 at a rate of 112.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 133.0 per 1,000 people across the SE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 198 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SE7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (807), anti-social behaviour (446) and other crime (428).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SE7 was 108.1 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 SE7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SE7 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SE7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich 005C | 1,697 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.6% |
| Greenwich 012A | 1,692 | 75.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 83.2% |
| Greenwich 012B | 1,853 | 141.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.4% |
| Greenwich 012C | 2,100 | 170.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 55.2% |
| Greenwich 012D | 2,222 | 57.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Greenwich 014A | 1,704 | 114.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.1% |
| Greenwich 014B | 1,933 | 46.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.0% |
| Greenwich 014D | 2,368 | 63.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 63.3% |
| Greenwich 019B | 1,834 | 78.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Greenwich 037D | 1,861 | 119.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 83.4% |
| Greenwich 041G | 1,984 | 193.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.9% |
MPs for SE7
- Matthew PennycookLabourMP for Greenwich and Woolwich90% of SE7’s postcodes
- Clive EffordLabourMP for Eltham and Chislehurst10.0% of SE7’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 SE72
Postcode sectors in SE73
Council1
Towns in SE71
Postcode districts next to SE73
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SE postcode area2
SE7 in brief
SE7 is a postcode district covering Charlton, in Greenwich.
About 23,477 people lived in SE7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £490,000 in 2025 across 164 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 112.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SE7 was £490,000 in 2025.
SE7 had 22,810 usual residents at the census.
About 51% of people in SE7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SE7, 84.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.