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Melon Road

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7 recorded sales · median £165,000 · Southwark

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Southwark Council · Green / Liberal Democrat coalition 34/63 seats · 54% · OCD 2026

Overview Cost Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

68/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£165k

median price

13.7

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£165k

median sold price

10.8 yrs

of local pay to buy

5 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar school

120

schools total

13.7

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

953

ASB — most

22.8

NO₂ · WHO 10

69.2%

in a flood zone

518

green spaces

PM2.5 · WHO 5

1,285

eat & drink

279

shops

81.9%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

Not enough history to chart yet.

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Southwark, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-05

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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Could Melon Road be a good investment? Yields & returns →

What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £165,000. That's about 10.8× local earnings — around the 12.3× five-year average.

Sold price history

Not enough history to chart yet.

Median sold price · median of all 7 sales£165,000

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay10.8× · five-year average 12.3×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership29%

Owned outright

11%

With a mortgage

18%

Private rented

29%

Social rented

40%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£1,967

Your band:

London Borough of Southwark£1,457

Greater London Authority£511

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,312

Band B£1,530

Band C£1,749

Band D (baseline)£1,967

Band E£2,404

Band F£2,842

Band G£3,279

Band H£3,935

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Southwark how Melon Road compares · from Southwark

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Browning Estate +233.9%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Browning Estate	£463,112	+233.9%	166
Old Kent Road	£490,000	+41%	33
Kennington	£541,000	+21%	36
St James Estate	£450,000	+18.4%	348
Southwark	£887,500	+16.8%	88
Cossall Estate	£495,000	+15.9%	179
St John's Estate	£525,000	+8.5%	82
The Borough	£650,000	+7.8%	166
Aylesbury Estate	£386,250	+6.7%	68
Dulwich Village	£967,500	+4.8%	120
Pepys Estate	£385,000	+3.5%	78
East Dulwich	£735,000	+3.1%	751
Borough Market	£597,500	+3.1%	48
Crystal Palace	£475,000	+2.8%	96
Cooper's Estate	£360,000	+1.6%	61
Rotherhithe	£520,000	+1.5%	314
Camberwell	£450,000	+0%	325
Dulwich	£485,000	-0.9%	116
Peckham	£575,750	-1.4%	328
Nunhead	£514,000	-2%	176
Bermondsey Spa	£470,000	-2%	123
Elephant and Castle	£585,000	-2.4%	219
Tappesfield Estate	£525,000	-4.8%	184
Walworth	£400,000	-7.6%	103
Longfield Estate	£387,500	-8.8%	65
Elmington Estate	£385,000	-8.8%	184
Clifton Estate	£500,000	-10.1%	104
Herne Hill	£810,250	-13.5%	105
Bermondsey	£403,500	-15.2%	163
Butler's Wharf	£740,000	-17.2%	113
St Olave's Estate	£580,000	-22.6%	75
Purbrook Estate	£535,000	-23.6%	138
Lynton Estate	£398,000	-23.7%	62
Pullens Estate	£445,000	-24.2%	136

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Melon Road — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
Flat 3 Frank House 1, Melon Road	Flat	—	—	£370,000	Dec 2020
Flat 4 Frank House 1, Melon Road	Flat	—	—	£315,000	Jul 2017
Flat 4 Frank House 1, Melon Road	Flat	—	—	£241,000	Nov 2014
Flat 1 Frank House 1, Melon Road	Flat	—	—	£105,000	Aug 2009
Flat 4 Frank House 1, Melon Road	Flat	—	—	£151,000	Mar 2007
Flat 3 Frank House 1, Melon Road	Flat	—	—	£169,000	Mar 2007
Flat 2 Frank House 1 Melon Road	Flat	—	—	£161,000	Mar 2007

Show all sales ↓

7 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Southwark

Crime runs at 13.7 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month13.7

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Southwark

Anti-social behaviour

953

Violence & sexual offences

896

Theft from the person

564

Other theft

443

Shoplifting

306

Vehicle crime

224

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Southwark district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from Southwark

Population307,637

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 4/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 35% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 4/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 4/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 35% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 4 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

4.2/10

Employment

4.9/10

Education & skills

7.0/10

Health & disability

4.7/10

Crime

4.2/10

Housing & services

3.6/10

Living environment

2.6/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Southwark — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+65%

Unemployment · economically active residents7.9%

Degree-level (Level 4+)55%

Good or very good health86%

Own their home29%

Median age33.6

Born outside the UK41%

See the full Southwark report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 3 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

3 of 3 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 3 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School	Primary	—	0.2 km
Harris Academy Peckham	Secondary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.2 km
Bright Sojourner Day Nursery	Nursery	—	0.2 km
1st Choice Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.4 km
Little Rabbit Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.4 km
Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park	Primary	—	0.5 km
The Villa	Primary	—	0.5 km
K & O Childcare Ltd	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.5 km
Oliver Goldsmith Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	0.7 km
Fountain Children Centre	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.7 km
Thomas Calton Creche	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.7 km
John Donne Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	0.7 km
Little Angels Day Nursery & Child Care Services Limited	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.7 km
Tots Rye Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.8 km
Sunhill Early Learning Peckham	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.8 km
Burgess Park Community Nursery	Nursery	Outstanding ('23)	0.8 km
St Francis RC Primary School	Primary	—	0.8 km
Big N All Preschool and Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.8 km
Sunshine Fruits Nursery Camberwell	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.8 km
Angel Oak Academy	Primary	—	0.9 km
The Belham Primary School	Primary	—	0.9 km
ABC Studio Childcare	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.9 km
Bird In Bush School	Primary	Good ('24)	0.9 km
Nicki Day Nursery Ltd	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.0 km
Smart Kids Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.0 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.1 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.1 km
NHS ODS

14 of 16 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Colosseum Dental (Peckham)	Dentist	—	0.1 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.1 km
Morrisons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.2 km
Ph Dental Care	Dentist	—	0.2 km
Peckham Hill Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.2 km
The Lister Practice	GP	—	0.3 km
The Lister Primary Care Centre	GP	Good ('19)	0.3 km
Lister Primary Care Centre	Dentist	Good ('19)	0.3 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.3 km
The Acorn & Gaumont House Surgery	GP	—	0.3 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.3 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.4 km
Queens Road Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	0.5 km
Ropharm Chemist	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
Pharmtrack Limited	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
Dmc Chadwick Road	GP	Requires improvement ('23)	0.7 km
Colegrove Dental Care	Dentist	—	0.7 km
Sternhall Lane Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	0.8 km
Ve Lettsom Chemist	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Brunswick Park Family Practice	GP	—	0.9 km
St Giles Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	0.9 km
The Lacey Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Sheel Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Medibank Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Kristal Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Trafalgar Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	1.4 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Dulwich Oaks Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.4 km
The Nunhead Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	1.4 km
Camberwell Dental Care	Dentist	—	1.4 km
Linden Grove Dental Care	Dentist	—	1.4 km
The Gardens Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	1.5 km
Vale Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Silverlock Medical Centre	GP	Good ('23)	1.5 km
Butterfly Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Superdrug Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Parkside Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	1.5 km
The Gardens Dental Centre	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Bonamy Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Fourways Chemists	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Camberwell Green Surgery	GP	—	1.6 km
Kembers And Lawrence	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Kings Dental Institute	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.6 km
The Qrp Surgery	GP	—	1.6 km
Hatcham Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Kings College Hospital	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Mobile Dental Unit	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Dental Care Centre	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Tessa Jowell Gp Surgery	GP	—	1.7 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
The Corner Surgery	GP	Good ('23)	1.8 km
Dulwich Dental Office	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Dulwich Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Sogim Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Old Kent Road Dental Studio	Dentist	—	1.8 km
One Dental	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Peace Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Lings Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
Denmark Hill (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	1.9 km
The Villa Street Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	1.9 km
Taplow Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
East Street	GP	—	1.9 km
Old Kent Road Surgery	GP	—	2.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.0 km
The Dulwich Medical Centre	GP	Requires improvement ('23)	2.0 km
The Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Vesta Road Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	2.2 km
Woolwich Dental Centre	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Herne Hill Road Medical Practice	GP	—	2.2 km
Forest Hill Group Practice	GP	Good ('21)	2.3 km
Akerman Medical Practice	GP	—	2.4 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Southwark

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 8 min from Queens Road Peckham Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Peckham Rye Rail Station	0.3 mi	London Bridge	10 min
Queens Road Peckham Rail Station	0.6 mi	London Bridge	8 min
Denmark Hill Rail Station	0.9 mi	London Victoria	10 min
East Dulwich Rail Station	0.9 mi	London Bridge	13 min
Nunhead Rail Station	0.9 mi	London Victoria	16 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Queens Road Peckham Rail Station (8 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Work from home

48%

Public transport

27%

Walk or cycle

14%

Drive

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging24 points

Per 10,000 residents0.8

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Southwark

Air quality

NO₂

22.8

— WHO guide

PM2.5

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1001.8%

Flood zone69.2% of postcodes

Radonup to 1–3% of homes

Historic landfill38 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings906

Conservation areas53

Green belt0%

Green spaces518

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Southwark

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	1,285	90% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	279	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	83	—
Green spaces & parks	518	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

81.9%

Superfast

93.8%

Ultrafast

82.1%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Southwark

Figures for the wider Southwark — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate7.9%

In work (employment rate)65.2%

Companies registered here33,169

New incorporations (12m)3,977

Property companies (SPVs)3,103

See the full Southwark report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district