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Family Area Report

SE8 Deptford — Family Area Report

Deptford · Lewisham

Council Tax Band D · 2025/26Lewisham£2,272/yr
Family densityVery high · Over 35%37.2% of households have dependent children
36
Family Score

Ranked against every London postcode we cover.

SE8 is the London postcode area covering Deptford in the London Borough of Lewisham. It scores 36/100 on our family-life index. It's strongest on safety (100/100) and weakest on schools (0/100). 25 schools sit within a mile, the Met recorded 0 incidents in 2026-05, and there are 0 parks within walking distance. The nearest central London hub is Canary Wharf in 29 min on the morning rush. 37.2% of households here have dependent children — very high.

Schools0
Safety100
Amenities0
Green space0
Family density80
Commute70

Schools

25 within 1 mile

  • Grinling Gibbons Primary School

    Primary · 208 pupils

    Good (pre-2024)
    107m

  • Clyde Nursery School.

    Nursery · 72 pupils

    Good (pre-2024)
    447m

  • Rachel McMillan Nursery School and Children's Centre

    Nursery · 123 pupils

    Not judged (pre-2024)
    449m

  • St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

    Primary · 122 pupils

    Good (pre-2024)
    526m

  • Deptford Green School

    Secondary · 888 pupils

    Good (pre-2024)
    602m

  • Tidemill Academy

    Primary · 427 pupils

    Good (pre-2024)
    662m

  • Trinity Laban

    Higher education institutions

    722m

  • Childeric Primary School

    Primary · 334 pupils

    808m

Source: DfE GIAS + Ofsted latest inspections · updated Jul 2026

Safety

0 incidents in May 2026

    Counts cover a single calendar month (May 2026) — the latest released by data.police.uk.

    Family life

    Within 1km

    Parks
    0
    GP surgeries
    7
    Libraries
    0
    Supermarkets
    8

    Sources: NHS ODS (GPs) · FSA (supermarkets) · OpenStreetMap (parks, libraries)

    Commute

    6 central London hubs · Morning rush

    Good · 25–35 min
    Waterloo
    35 min
    via Thameslink & Jubilee
    King's Cross
    49 min
    via Windrush & Elizabeth line & Metropolitan + 1 bus
    Liverpool Street
    36 min
    via Thameslink + 1 bus
    Canary WharfFastest
    29 min
    via DLR + 1 bus
    Paddington
    52 min
    via Southeastern & Jubilee & Bakerloo
    Victoria
    46 min
    via Southeastern & Jubilee & Circle

    Door-to-door, arriving by 08:15 on a weekday. Source: TfL Journey Planner. Nearest hub: Canary Wharf in 29 min.

    How this is built.

    Scores are percentiles within our London cohort: your score is relative to other London areas, not absolute. Schools come from the DfE GIAS register (open schools only). Crime is from data.police.uk, latest available month. Ofsted single-word judgements were withdrawn in Sept 2024. We'll add the new report-card grades as they roll out from late 2025.

    Family density is drawn from ONS Census 2021 household composition data at LSOA level. We map each postcode to its representative LSOA and rank it against the 32 London postcodes in our cohort.

    Commute times are pre-calculated via the TfL Journey Planner API for a weekday arrival at 08:15, from the centre of each postcode to Waterloo, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Canary Wharf, Paddington and Victoria.

    • No GIAS schools matched outcode SE8. Rebuild src/data/london-schools.json if this outcode should be covered.

    SE8 — frequently asked questions

    The things families ask us most about Deptford, answered from the same data behind the scores above.

    Is SE8 a good area for families?
    SE8 (Deptford, Lewisham) scores 36/100 on our family-life index, making it a tougher sell among the London postcodes we cover. Schools score 0/100, safety 100/100, amenities 0/100, green space 0/100 and commute 70/100.
    What are the schools like in SE8?
    There are 25 schools within a mile of SE8, sourced from the DfE GIAS register with the latest Ofsted inspection attached. SE8 scores 0/100 on schools, ranked against every other London postcode in our cohort.
    How safe is SE8?
    The Metropolitan Police recorded 0 crime incidents in SE8 in May 2026 (the latest month released by data.police.uk). On our cohort-relative scale, SE8 scores 100/100 for safety.
    How long is the commute from SE8 to central London?
    Using the TfL Journey Planner for a weekday 08:15 arrival, the fastest of our six central London hubs from SE8 is Canary Wharf in about 29 minutes. We benchmark commute times to Waterloo, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, Canary Wharf, Paddington and Victoria.
    Do many families live in SE8?
    37.2% of households in SE8's representative LSOA have dependent children (ONS Census 2021), which we band as very high (Over 35%) versus the rest of London.

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