Southwark house prices
How the London Borough of Southwark property market looks across its postcode districts — sold prices, the busiest areas, and where value varies, drawn from official Land Registry records.
Sold prices across Southwark
Based on 8,921 sales recorded across 8 postcode districts in the last three years.
Districts are mapped to Southwark for guidance and may extend slightly beyond the local-authority boundary. The borough figure is a sales-weighted blend of district medians.
Living in Southwark: is it a nice area?
What the official deprivation statistics say about quality of life here, relative to the rest of England.
On the official English Indices of Deprivation, the 154 neighbourhoods that make up Southwark average 4.6 out of 10 (1 = most deprived in England, 10 = least) — around the middle of the English range. 29% of its neighbourhoods sit in the least-deprived half of the country, while 8% are in the most-deprived fifth. On the index's crime domain it averages 4.5/10, pointing to higher recorded-crime pressure relative to England as a whole. Averages hide street-level variation — the map below shows how each neighbourhood differs.
Mean decile across 154 Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs): 1 = among the most deprived 10% in England, 10 = the least. Source: English Indices of Deprivation (MHCLG).
From the borough to the doorstep
Area figures show the market. A Housometer report tells you about a specific home in Southwark.
An evidence-based estimate with a confidence range, every sale since 1995, and the nearest comparables.
EPC rating, floor area, heating type and what the home costs to run.
The exact band for this property and what it costs you each year.
River, sea and surface-water flood risk, with the nearest watercourse.
Subsidence and ground stability, radon potential and coal-mining legacy.
Recent crime in the immediate area, by type and trend, plus road safety.
Southwark house prices — FAQs
What is the average house price in Southwark?
The typical (sales-weighted median) sold price across Southwark over the last three years is £567,566, from 8,921 HM Land Registry sales across 8 postcode districts.
What's the cheapest part of Southwark to buy in?
Of the postcode districts we track, SE16 has the lowest median sold price (£483,500) and SE21 the highest (£731,000) — a spread worth exploring street by street, since averages hide a lot inside a borough.
Is Southwark a nice area to live?
"Nice" is personal, but the official data gives a baseline: neighbourhoods in Southwark average 4.6/10 on the English Indices of Deprivation (10 = least deprived), with 29% in the least-deprived half of England. Deprivation, income, education, health and crime all vary street by street — check the specific address, not just the area.
Is Southwark safe?
On the crime domain of the English Indices of Deprivation, the area around Southwark averages 4.5/10 (10 = lowest recorded-crime deprivation in England). That's an area-wide average from official data — a Housometer report maps 24 months of street-level recorded crime around any specific address.
How do I check a specific property in Southwark?
Borough figures set the scene, but every home differs. A Housometer report scores an individual Southwark address across value, energy, flood & ground risk, crime, schools, transport, noise and more — search any address to see it.
Sold-price figures derived from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (© Crown copyright), under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full reports also draw on HM Land Registry, Ordnance Survey, Environment Agency, VOA, Ofsted, Police.uk, DEFRA, ONS and more.