North Walworth
WardNorth west Southwark. About 17,421 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 93% of people in North Walworth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How North Walworth compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is North Walworth safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in North Walworth at a rate of 220.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 157.8 per 1,000 people across Southwark.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 233 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in North Walworth.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (646), theft from the person (608) and violence and sexual offences (565).
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.
Figures for the whole of Southwark
These figures are published for the whole of Southwark, not for each ward, so they describe all of Southwark and not North Walworth alone. See Southwark
North Walworth in brief
North Walworth had 15,845 usual residents at the census.
About 93% of people in North Walworth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In North Walworth, 85.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In North Walworth, 4.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.