Lewisham
Lewisham is covered by postcode districts BR1, BR3, SE3, SE4, SE6, SE8 and 9 more. It is mostly in the Lewisham council area: 4,916 of its 4,931 postcodes. The others are in Southwark and Greenwich.
Every postcode in Lewisham, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 158
- At medium risk at worst: 94
- At low risk at worst: 97
- At very low risk only: 371
- Not on the at-risk list: 4,211
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 4,931 postcodes in Lewisham that ONS places, 158 have a home or business at high risk, 94 are at medium risk at worst, 97 are at low risk at worst, 371 are at very low risk only and 4,211 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.4517, longitude -0.0241. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
158 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 83 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SE13 7NX, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 53 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SE13 5LS, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 22 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SE13 7UX, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 19 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SE8 3PH, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SE6 4PZ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 10 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SE13 7XG, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Lewisham?
Homes sold for a typical £470,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 3,674 of the 4,795 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 7,263 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 720 of its 4,931 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ladywell, 600 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Lewisham?
Homes in Lewisham sold for a typical £470,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,250 sales, down 1.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £475,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £470,000
▼ down 1.1% on the 12 months before
Across the whole SE6 district, Lewisham's main postcode district: a typical £450,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Lewisham: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Lewisham?
168 of the 4,931 postcodes now in use in Lewisham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 3,173 homes sold in Lewisham were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SE6 district, 0%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Lewisham | Across the SE6 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 2 of 2,250 (Under 1%) | 1 of 402 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 5 of 3,173 (Under 1%) | 0 of 500 (0%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Lewisham?
Ofcom reports on 4,795 of the 4,931 postcodes in Lewisham. At 3,674 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Lewisham at risk of flooding?
720 of the 4,931 postcodes in Lewisham have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 7,263 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Lewisham?
The open schools at the postcodes in Lewisham (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Prendergast Ladywell School400 m 1,280 pupils, 1,320 places
- Holbeach Primary School450 m 391 pupils, 459 places
- Gordonbrock Primary School450 m 626 pupils, 655 places
- St Mary's Lewisham Church of England Primary School700 m 231 pupils, 210 places
- St Dunstan's College950 m 1,234 pupils, 1,250 places
- Stillness Infant School1.1 km 284 pupils, 300 places
- Stillness Junior School1.1 km 276 pupils, 360 places
- Beecroft Garden Primary1.1 km 382 pupils, 420 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Lewisham?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lewisham is Ladywell Rail Station, 600 m away in a straight line.
- Ladywell Rail Station Railway station 600 mWalk
- Catford Bridge Rail Station Railway station 800 mWalk
- Catford Rail Station Railway station 850 mWalk
- Lewisham DLR Station Underground, metro or tram 1.6 kmCycle
- Elverson Road DLR Station Underground, metro or tram 2.0 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Lewisham?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Lewisham, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Novum Health Partnership500 m
- Triangle Group Practice Limited1.1 km
- Woodlands Health Centre1.3 km
- Parkview Surgery1.4 km
- One Care Lambeth1.5 km
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Lewisham safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 10,910 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Lewisham over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 906 September 2025
- 941 October 2025
- 873 November 2025
- 780 December 2025
- 814 January 2026
- 818 February 2026
- 898 March 2026
- 897 April 2026
- 1,015 May 2026
- 946 June 2026
- 1,069 July 2026
- 953 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: theft from the person 361, robbery 351, criminal damage and arson 336, other crime 129, bicycle theft 123, possession of weapons 110.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Lewisham?
- Councils
- Lewisham (4,916), Southwark (14) and Greenwich (1)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Lewisham North (1,991), Lewisham East (1,743), Lewisham West and East Dulwich (1,184) and 3 others
- Police force area
- Metropolitan Police
- Region
- London
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Lewisham
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell the council about council tax Councils A to Z
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Lewisham
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Lewisham postcodes
4,931 postcodes in use in Lewisham, by district:
Those districts are in the SE postcode area and BR postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Lewisham
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Lewisham's £470,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Lewisham
- What is it like to live in Lewisham?
- Homes sold for a typical £470,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 3,674 of the 4,795 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 7,263 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 720 of its 4,931 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ladywell, 600 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Lewisham?
- Lewisham is covered by postcode districts BR1, BR3, SE3, SE4, SE6, SE8 and 9 more, across 4,931 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Lewisham?
- Homes in Lewisham sold for a typical £470,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,250 sales, down 1.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Lewisham?
- In Lewisham, primary schools at its postcodes include Prendergast Ladywell School, Holbeach Primary School and Gordonbrock Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Prendergast Ladywell School, Prendergast School and St Dunstan's College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Lewisham have a railway station?
- Yes: Ladywell is 600 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Lewisham, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Lewisham?
- Ofcom reports on 4,795 of the 4,931 postcodes in Lewisham. At 3,674 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Lewisham at risk of flooding?
- 720 of the 4,931 postcodes in Lewisham have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 7,263 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Lewisham?
- 168 of the 4,931 postcodes now in use in Lewisham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 3,173 homes sold in Lewisham were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SE6 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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