Is SE14 5LR a good place to live?
Lewisham (SE14 5LR), London, England
View SE14 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 76 primary schools and 17 secondary schools, including 17 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
SE14 5LR has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 93 nearby (17 Outstanding)
- Transport links: excellent — nearest station 0.3 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 76 primary schools and 17 secondary schools, including 17 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
SE14 5LR is a UK postcode in SE14 with a low crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 76 primary schools and 17 secondary schools, including 17 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Nunhead, 0.3 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around SE14 5LR include 5 supermarkets, 5 parks and 5 gyms. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.3 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 4 incidents were reported in SE14 5LR. It ranks in the top 25% for safety within SE14.
Overall score
Excellent overall profile, averaged across five dimensions.
Each dimension is scored from 0 to 100 based on the underlying data for this postcode. Safety is scaled from the 0-5 rating used elsewhere on the page.
Per-dimension breakdown
- Safety
- 5/5 — Excellent
- Schools
- 73/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 100/100 — Excellent
- Transport
- 100/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
SE14 5LR is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 4 incidents were reported in SE14 5LR.
The most common categories are Anti-social behaviour (50%), Violent crime (25%), Other crime (25%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within SE14, this postcode ranks 57 of 433 for safety.
Compared to nearby areas
- SE14 district average
- 473 crimes per 1,000 people
- London average
- 100 per 1,000
- UK average
- 85 per 1,000
Schools near SE14 5LR
93 schools near SE14 5LR, including 17 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 76 primary schools (11 Outstanding, 57 Good and 3 Requires Improvement) and 17 secondary schools (6 Outstanding and 11 Good) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
SE14 5LR is well served by everyday amenities, with 20 places within reach.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 5 supermarkets, 5 parks or green spaces, 5 gyms or fitness studios and 5 EV charging points.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Sainsbury's, 0.6 miles away.
St Mary Frobisher Park is just 0.2 miles away for daily green space.
- 5 EV charging points within reach
Supermarkets
- Sainsbury's0.6 mi
- Spar0.6 mi
- Lidl0.8 mi
- The Food Warehouse0.8 mi
- Khan's Bargain0.8 mi
Parks & green space
- St Mary Frobisher Park0.2 mi
- Telegraph Hill Lower Park0.2 mi
- Telegraph Hill Upper Park0.3 mi
- Hatcham Gardens0.3 mi
- Eckington Gardens0.5 mi
Transportation
Nunhead is the closest station, about 0.3 miles from SE14 5LR - a very short walk.
Other nearby stations include Queens Road Peckham (0.4 mi), New Cross Gate (0.5 mi), Brockley (0.7 mi).
In total there are 5 rail stations within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Nunhead0.3 mi
- Queens Road Peckham0.4 mi
- New Cross Gate0.5 mi
- Brockley0.7 mi
- New Cross0.8 mi
Connectivity
Full fibre broadband reaches almost every property in this postcode.
Reported availability: full fibre 100%, ultrafast 100%, superfast 100%.
Housing
We did not find enough recent housing transactions to summarise prices.
HM Land Registry data did not return transactions for this postcode in the search window. This usually means a very small number of homes, not that prices are unavailable overall.
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