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Old James Street

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8 recorded sales · median £213,500 · Southwark

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

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

68/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£214k

median price

14.2

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£214k

median sold price

10.8 yrs

of local pay to buy

8 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar school

121

schools total

14.2

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

994

Violence — most

22.8

NO₂ · WHO 10

69.2%

in a flood zone

518

green spaces

PM2.5 · WHO 5

1,286

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

£74,000 in 1998 → £213,500 in 2004

⌄ 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)

Crime2026-06

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £213,500. That's about 10.8× local earnings — around the 12.3× five-year average.

Sold price history

2004 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 8 sales£213,500

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 Old James Street 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 Old James Street — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
14 OLD JAMES STREET	Terraced	—	—	£426,000	Jul 2014
2 OLD JAMES STREET	Terraced	—	—	£250,000	Oct 2009
2 OLD JAMES STREET	Semi-detached	—	—	£225,500	Sep 2005
14 OLD JAMES STREET	Terraced	—	—	£210,000	Oct 2004
16, Old James Street	Terraced	—	—	£217,000	Jul 2004
10 Old James Street	Terraced	—	—	£89,000	Mar 1999
8 OLD JAMES STREET	Terraced	—	—	£77,500	Sep 1998
22, Old James Street	Terraced	—	—	£70,500	May 1998

Show all sales ↓

8 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 14.2 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 / month14.2

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

By category, 12 months from Southwark

Violence & sexual offences

994

Anti-social behaviour

801

Theft from the person

679

Other theft

389

Shoplifting

338

Public order

215

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

Ofsted

5 of 5 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 5 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
Rye Oak Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	0.1 km
Sparkling Minds Nursery & Pre-school	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.2 km
Bellenden Primary School	Primary	Good ('24)	0.3 km
Rye Garden Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('21)	0.4 km
Bright Horizons Peckham Rye Day Nursery and Preschool	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.4 km
Purple Jay Nursery Peckham Rye	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.4 km
Sunhill Early Learning Peckham	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.4 km
Tots Rye Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.4 km
Banana Moon Nunhead 2	Nursery	Good ('23)	0.5 km
Goslings Day Nursery	Nursery	Outstanding ('25)	0.5 km
Thomas Calton Creche	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.5 km
Little Jungle School of Early Childhood	Nursery	Outstanding ('23)	0.5 km
Little Jungle School of Early Childhood	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	0.6 km
St John's and St Clement's Church of England Primary School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	0.7 km
Stagecoach Dulwich	Nursery	—	0.7 km
Hollydale Primary School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	0.8 km
The Belham Primary School	Primary	—	0.8 km
The St Thomas the Apostle College	Secondary	—	0.9 km
Banana Moon Day Nursery - Nunhead	Nursery	—	0.9 km
Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich	Secondary	Outstanding ('23)	0.9 km
My Favourite Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.9 km
John Donne Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	0.9 km
Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich	Secondary	Outstanding ('23)	0.9 km
Little Winners Montessori Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.0 km
Stepping Stones Montessori Nursery Ltd	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 0.2 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

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

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Linden Grove Dental Care	Dentist	—	0.2 km
Sheel Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.3 km
The Nunhead Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	0.3 km
Kristal Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.4 km
Sternhall Lane Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	0.4 km
The Gardens Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	0.5 km
Ropharm Chemist	Pharmacy	—	0.6 km
The Gardens Dental Centre	Dentist	—	0.6 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	0.8 km
Pharmtrack Limited	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
Dmc Chadwick Road	GP	Requires improvement ('23)	0.9 km
Vale Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Morrisons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.0 km
Dulwich Dental Office	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Ph Dental Care	Dentist	—	1.1 km
The Acorn & Gaumont House Surgery	GP	—	1.1 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Colosseum Dental (Peckham)	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Queens Road Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	1.2 km
Dulwich Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Sogim Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
The Dulwich Medical Centre	GP	Requires improvement ('23)	1.2 km
Forest Hill Group Practice	GP	Good ('21)	1.2 km
East Dulwich Dental Care	Dentist	—	1.2 km
East Dulwich Dental Care	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Wellcare Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Peckham Hill Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Tessa Jowell Gp Surgery	GP	—	1.4 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
The Lister Practice	GP	—	1.4 km
The Lister Primary Care Centre	GP	Good ('19)	1.4 km
Lister Primary Care Centre	Dentist	Good ('19)	1.4 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Dulwich Oaks Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.5 km
The Qrp Surgery	GP	—	1.5 km
Hatcham Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Ve Lettsom Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Vesta Road Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	1.6 km
Cheltenham Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Dental Care Centre	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Dental Beauty Dulwich Ltd	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Colosseum Dental (Honor Oak)	Dentist	—	1.7 km
The Three Zero Six Medical Centre	GP	—	1.8 km
Colegrove Dental Care	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Brunswick Park Family Practice	GP	—	1.9 km
St Giles Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	1.9 km
The Lordship Lane Surgery	GP	Requires improvement ('23)	1.9 km
Sadlers Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
Davis Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Denmark Hill (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Bentleys Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Amin Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
L Ziman & Associates Ltd	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Crofton Park Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.1 km
The Lacey Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Medibank Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Rumsey Chemists	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Kings Dental Institute	Dentist	—	2.2 km
The Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Kings College Hospital	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Mobile Dental Unit	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Butterfly Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Superdrug Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Fourways Chemists	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
The Corner Surgery	GP	Good ('23)	2.4 km
Silverlock Medical Centre	GP	Good ('23)	2.4 km
Camberwell Green Surgery	GP	—	2.4 km
Parkside Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	2.4 km
Trafalgar Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	2.5 km
Amersham Vale Training Practice	GP	—	2.5 km
New Cross Centre (Hurley Group)	GP	—	2.5 km
Clifton Rise Family Practice	GP	—	2.5 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
Nunhead Rail Station	0.5 mi	London Blackfriars	16 min
Peckham Rye Rail Station	0.5 mi	London Bridge	10 min
Queens Road Peckham Rail Station	0.7 mi	London Bridge	8 min
East Dulwich Rail Station	0.8 mi	London Bridge	13 min
Brockley Rail Station	1.1 mi	London Bridge	12 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 landfill57 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	1,286	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