SE8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Deptford, Tavern Quay and St John's, in Lewisham and 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 SE8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 93% of people in SE8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SE8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SE8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SE8 at a rate of 134.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 133.0 per 1,000 people across the SE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 371 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SE8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,235), anti-social behaviour (849) and other crime (776).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SE8 was 140.4 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 SE8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SE8 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SE8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich 035B | 2,711 | 159.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.0% |
| Greenwich 035C | 1,763 | 46.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 77.9% |
| Lewisham 001A | 1,902 | 94.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.8% |
| Lewisham 001C | 2,103 | 151.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.5% |
| Lewisham 001D | 2,057 | 90.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.7% |
| Lewisham 001F | 1,604 | 133.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Lewisham 001G | 1,279 | 69.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Lewisham 001H | 1,668 | 89.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.2% |
| Lewisham 002A | 2,411 | 129.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.8% |
| Lewisham 002B | 1,641 | 136.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.8% |
| Lewisham 002C | 1,734 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.2% |
| Lewisham 002D | 1,579 | 100.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.0% |
| Lewisham 002E | 1,422 | 168.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.1% |
| Lewisham 005A | 2,333 | 156.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.6% |
| Lewisham 008E | 1,539 | 88.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| Lewisham 039D | 2,246 | 305.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 63.1% |
| Lewisham 039E | 2,157 | 152.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.9% |
| Lewisham 040A | 1,728 | 84.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 59.0% |
MPs for SE8
- Vicky FoxcroftLabourMP for Lewisham North82% of SE8’s postcodes
- Matthew PennycookLabourMP for Greenwich and Woolwich15% of SE8’s postcodes
- Neil CoyleLabourMP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark3.4% of SE8’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 SE82
Postcode sectors in SE84
Councils SE8 covers2
Towns in SE82
Postcode districts next to SE85
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SE postcode area2
SE8 in brief
SE8 is a postcode district covering Deptford, Tavern Quay and St John's, in Lewisham and Greenwich.
About 33,596 people lived in SE8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £406,500 in 2025 across 256 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 134.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SE8 was £406,500 in 2025.
SE8 had 33,364 usual residents at the census.
About 93% of people in SE8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SE8, 86.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.