Loading borough…
Neighbourhood profile
Deptford
Lewisham, London
PocketsNew Cross & Deptford South (Sanford Street · Pagnell Street · Fordham Park · Margaret McMillan Park · Sue Godfrey Nature Park)Deptford North (Folkestone Gardens · Evelyn Green · Church of St Paul)
Deptford sits on the south bank of the Thames between Greenwich and New Cross, a Lewisham ward whose entire footprint lies inside a conservation area and whose street layout still echoes the Royal Dockyard that Henry VIII founded here in 1513. The 24 listed buildings include the Grade I Church of St Paul, a Baroque Thomas Archer church of 1730 widely considered one of the finest outside the City, and the Grade II* early-Georgian terraces on Albury Street, built between 1705 and 1717 for sea captains and shipwrights and decorated with carved door hoods in the manner of the local Deptford woodcarving tradition that John Evelyn first spotted in Grinling Gibbons on a nearby Deptford lane. Transport is reasonable in several directions: the DLR at Deptford Bridge, the Overground at New Cross, and main-line trains at Deptford station feed into London Bridge and Canary Wharf. Housing is among the more affordable in inner south-east London, Deptford Market Yard and Douglas Way hold one of the longest-running street markets south of the river, and the food and independent retail offer has thickened considerably along Deptford High Street in the last decade. The trade-offs are real: crime figures are high, air quality is poor thanks to the A2 and heavy through-traffic on Evelyn Street, and green space within the ward itself is thin — residents walk to Fordham Park or across to Greenwich for anything larger.
- Strongest61Heritage
Dense with listed buildings and conservation-area coverage
- Also strong60Connectivity
Excellent public-transport access
- Watch out27Safety
Higher recorded crime, driven by specific categories
At a glance
- Good public-transport access
- 24 listed buildings
- 100% covered by a conservation area
- Largest green space: Fordham Park (3.7 hectares)
- 451 open venues (207 food and drink, 244 other)
8 pockets across 2 named areas · coloured by overall score.See on full map ↗
This is one of 684 London wards
Find the London that fits you
Deptford is one answer. The wizard scores all 684 wards against your budget, commute and priorities, then hands you a ranked shortlist of the areas that actually fit.
5 questions · about a minute · free
Browse listings
Christopher Marlowe, the Elizabethan playwright, was stabbed above the right eye and killed in Eleanor Bull's lodging house in Deptford Strand on 30 May 1593 during what the 1925-rediscovered coroner's report calls a quarrel over the bill; he was buried in an unmarked grave at St Nicholas's, Deptford, two days later.
How does Deptford compare?
Curated comparisons with the places people weigh up against it — nine data layers, an honest verdict, and who should pick which.
In 1698 Peter the Great of Russia spent three months at Sayes Court in Deptford learning shipbuilding at the Royal Dockyard; he was such a disruptive tenant — the tsar and his companions reportedly trundled one another through John Evelyn's prized holly hedge in a wheelbarrow while drunk — that Evelyn had to claim £350 from the Treasury for repairs after they left.
Deptford, layer by layer
Every layer’s score is free. Seven deep-dives — here and on every area, one pass — unlock with the Day Pass ↓
Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
52Better than 58% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability50
- Rent affordability80
- Price momentum (5yr)46
- Activity (turnover)36
Locked
Prices, rent & trends
£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and decades of sale-price history for this ward.
For Deptford: 76 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
27Better than 10% of London
- Personal safety18
- Property crime31
- Anti-social behaviour36
Locked
Safety deep-dive
Every recorded crime type — burglary, robbery, vehicle crime and more — grouped into personal, property and anti-social behaviour, with the monthly trend for this ward.
For Deptford: personal, property & anti-social breakdown24-mo trend to Jun 2026counts —
Connectivity
60Better than 75% of London
Median public-transport access is good (TfL PTAL 4.0 of 8 across this ward).
Locked
Connectivity deep-dive
Real TfL journey times to London's major hubs, plus this ward's transport access rank across London.
For Deptford: — min by TfL to 8 major hubsaccess rank —
Air & Quiet
38Better than 33% of London
- Air quality27
- Quietness55
Locked
Air & noise deep-dive
NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
51Better than 93% of London
- Nightlife21
- Dining57
- Arts & culture29
- Retail & shops43
- Sports & recreation14
- Independent scene100
- Vitality (openings, diversity)81
451 open venues nearby — 207 food & drink, 244 other.
Locked
Culture deep-dive
What's open nearby — the venue mix, share of independents, and recent openings.
For Deptford: the mix behind 451 open venues—% independent
Education
50Better than 33% of London
- Primary schools52
- Secondary schools48
Locked
School inspection history
Every school in this ward with its current Ofsted rating and multi-year trend.
For Deptford: 3 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
61Better than 81% of London
24 listed buildings · 100% under a conservation area
- Church of St PaulGrade I
- 43, Albury StreetGrade II*
- 17, Albury Street Se8Grade II*
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
47Better than 13% of London
- Green spaces50
- Waterways55
Largest green space: Fordham Park (4 ha). ~12 ha of green space in total.
Area development
33Better than 98% of London
Locked
Planning pipeline
Named recent approvals with homes and floorspace, the local homes pipeline, and the affordable share.
Unlock the full details
Unlock the full details for Deptford — and every other London area
Day Pass or WAYB+ — either one unlocks your full shortlist and every area profile on the site, not just this page.
- Prices — £ per square foot, an estimated rent, and the ward’s full price history
- Safety — crime by type with its monthly trend
- Getting around — real TfL journey times to the big hubs
- Schools, air & noise — every school’s inspection record, air & noise against WHO limits
- What's next — the venue mix, what’s been approved to build nearby, and cheaper areas that score like Deptford
For Deptford: 76 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price history £—24-mo crime trend to Jun 2026TfL times to 8 hubs — min3 schools' inspection records451 venues mapped
What unlocked sections look like · example ward, not this one
WAYB+ · month to month
- Everything in the Day Pass — kept on for your whole search
- “What’s changing” on every ward: new approvals, openings and closures, score shifts
- Cancel anytime
Day Pass · 24 hours
A day of full access — every area, your whole shortlist.
- Your full wizard shortlist, revealed
- Every area deep-dive: prices, crime by type, schools, air, commute
- The planning pipeline and cheaper lookalike areas
- Unlimited saves and shareable links
Already bought? Don't pay again — open the confirmation email from where are you based? and tap Restore access to sign back in on this device.
Make it personal
Deptford might not even be your best match — run the wizard with your own budget and commute. About 90 seconds.
What's changing in Deptford
Locked
What's changing (WAYB+)
The last 90 days here: new approvals, venue openings and closures, school inspections, score shifts. Subscription only.
Already bought? Don't pay again — open the confirmation email from where are you based? and tap Restore access to sign back in on this device.
Deptford, quick answers
- Is Deptford safe?
- Deptford scores 27 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — recording more crime than most London wards. The score weighs personal safety, property crime and anti-social behaviour separately rather than ranking on one raw total, so the mix of crime matters as well as the volume.
- Is Deptford a good place to live?
- Deptford scores 47 overall when all nine data layers are weighted equally. The London comparison beside the score shows how that number ranks against every ward. Its strongest suits are heritage (61) and connectivity (60); its weakest is safety (27). Whether it suits you depends on what you weight — the same data re-ranked around your own priorities can read very differently.
- How well connected is Deptford?
- Good public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Deptford 4 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 60 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Deptford expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Deptford is mid-priced by London standards: its purchase-affordability score is 10/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Deptford?
- Deptford scores 50 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools.
Where else to look
Wards with a similar profile
- Northumberland Park · Haringey
- Harlesden & Kensal Green · Brent
- Edmonton Green · Enfield
- Brockley · Lewisham
Locked
Neighbourhood matches
Find areas that score like this one, with the price difference for each.
Nearby wards
- Greenwich Creekside · Greenwich
- Greenwich Park · Greenwich
- Evelyn · Lewisham
- New Cross Gate · Lewisham
- Telegraph Hill · Lewisham
More affordable, similar areas
- Abbey · Barking and DagenhamMore affordable
Like Deptford?
Find a London like this
See the London wards that score most like Deptford — especially its Heritage and Connectivity.
One quick thing
Is this page accurate?
Got something we missed or got wrong about Deptford? Let us know.