SE17 postcode area guide — Southwark
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the SE17 postcode district in Southwark — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in SE17
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
95.4%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
80.1%
Gigabit-capable
80.1%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the SE17 postcode district (Southwark) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 648 postcodes Ofcom measures in SE17, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 95.4% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 80.1%.
Around 0% of premises in SE17 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in SE17
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| SE17 1AA | 100% | 100% |
| SE17 1AB | 100% | 100% |
| SE17 1AE | 100% | 0% |
| SE17 1AF | 100% | 100% |
| SE17 1AG | 100% | 100% |
| SE17 1AH | 100% | 100% |
| SE17 1AJ | 100% | 0% |
| SE17 1AL | 100% | 91.3% |
| SE17 1AQ | 100% | 100% |
| SE17 1AS | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Southwark
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Southwark district (156,749 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
100%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
100%
Voice indoors — all networks
100%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in SE17
Police recorded 1,904 incidents within about a mile of the centre of SE17 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 481 | 25.3% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 422 | 22.2% |
| Theft from the person | 238 | 12.5% |
| Other theft | 150 | 7.9% |
| Shoplifting | 145 | 7.6% |
| Public order | 93 | 4.9% |
| Burglary | 89 | 4.7% |
| Robbery | 89 | 4.7% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in SE17
Based on 173 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in SE17 is £452,500, down 7.7% on the previous year (£490,000).
Terraced
£740,000
25 sales
Flat / maisonette
£434,666
143 sales
Latest recorded sales in SE17
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 2026 | £227,270 | Flat | Alberta Estate | SE17 3QB |
| 8 May 2026 | £397,500 | Flat | Waleorde Road | SE17 1GG |
| 1 May 2026 | £700,000 | Flat | Larcom Street | SE17 1NJ |
| 29 Apr 2026 | £287,793 | Flat | Portland Street | SE17 2PE |
| 17 Apr 2026 | £485,000 | Flat | Sayer Street | SE17 1FH |
| 17 Apr 2026 | £465,000 | Flat | Browning Street | SE17 1DE |
| 15 Apr 2026 | £679,000 | Flat | Stead Street | SE17 1BS |
| 10 Apr 2026 | £390,000 | Flat | Fielding Street | SE17 3HD |
| 9 Apr 2026 | £710,000 | Terraced | Ambergate Street | SE17 3SA |
| 1 Apr 2026 | £938,500 | Terraced | Baytree Mews | SE17 1PU |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Southwark demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Southwark district (307,635 residents, 130,820 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16.7% |
| 15–29 | 36.4% |
| 30–44 | 22.2% |
| 45–64 | 16.3% |
| 65+ | 8.4% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 28.9% |
| Private rented | 29% |
| Social rented | 12.7% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around SE17
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surrey Square Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 444 | SE17 2JY |
| Michael Faraday School | Primary | 3–11 | 429 | SE17 2HR |
| South Bank University Academy | Secondary | 11–19 | 405 | SE17 2TP |
| Keyworth Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 313 | SE17 3TR |
| English Martyrs' Roman Catholic Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 299 | SE17 1RB |
| St Paul's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 207 | SE17 3DT |
| Crampton Primary | Primary | 4–11 | 201 | SE17 3LE |
| Robert Browning Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 185 | SE17 1DQ |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in SE17
261 rated food businesses operate in SE17. 138 hold the top rating of 5, 59 are rated 4, and 9 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 1st place at the elephant, A grocery ltd, Alhaji suya, Badiani, Bankside catering.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in SE17
From a sample of 303 Energy Performance Certificates across 9 SE17 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 42% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
2%
Band B
1%
Band C
39%
Band D
50%
Band E
7%
Band F
2%
Band G
0%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Southwark
Landlines around SE17 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.