UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/house-prices/lewisham
Council areaLondon, England
House prices in Lewisham
Homes in Lewisham sold for a median of £475,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 5,473 standard sales.
That makes it the eighth cheapest of the 32 London boroughs with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £525,000.
Prices by property type
| Type | Sales | Median price | Middle half | Per m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 78 | £920,000 | £738,000 to £1,338,000 | Too few |
| Semi-detached | 499 | £755,000 | £564,000 to £970,000 | Too few |
| Terraced | 1,921 | £650,000 | £500,000 to £815,000 | £6,569/m²from 59 sales |
| Flats and maisonettes | 2,975 | £382,500 | £310,000 to £465,000 | £6,471/m²from 75 sales |
Most homes sold in Lewisham were flats and maisonettes, at 54% of sales.
Semi-detached houses stand out against London as a whole: a median of £755,000 here, 21% more than the £625,000 across the region.
311 sales in Lewisham, or 6%, were for £1 million or more, against 3% across England and Wales.
Prices over time
The median rose 22%, from £385,500 in 2016 to £470,000 in 2025, close to the 20% rise across London as a whole.
Postcode districts in Lewisham
The dearest district was SE4 (Lewisham), at £575,000, and the cheapest was SE8 (Lewisham), at £414,000.
The next dearest were SE23 (Lewisham) and SE14 (Lewisham), and the next cheapest SE13 (Lewisham) and SE26 (Lewisham).
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- SE4Lewisham, 628 salesMedian price £575,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −4%
- SE23Lewisham, 857 salesMedian price £520,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +7%
- SE14Lewisham, 432 salesMedian price £464,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +3%
- SE12Lewisham, 492 salesMedian price £462,500Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 0%
- SE6Lewisham, 902 salesMedian price £461,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +6%
- SE26Lewisham, 702 salesMedian price £453,500Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −1%
- SE13Lewisham, 945 salesMedian price £440,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 +1%
- SE8Lewisham, 464 salesMedian price £414,000Change in the median from 2024 to 2025 −8%
1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.
From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in SE23 (Lewisham), up 7%, and fell most in SE8 (Lewisham), down 8%.
Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:
- Adenmore Road, London (SE6)67 sales
- Batik Road, London (SE26)57 sales
- Devonshire Road, London (SE23)50 sales
- Deals Gateway, London (SE13)35 sales
- Crystal Palace Park Road, London (SE26)34 sales
- Wickham Road, Brockley (SE4)33 sales
- Leahurst Road, London (SE13)31 sales
- Burnt Ash Hill, London (SE12)30 sales
Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Quentin Road, London (SE13, terraced houses, £1,125,000), Gellatly Road, London (SE14, £948,500) and Inchmery Road, London (SE6, £935,000).
The cheapest were Myers Lane, London (SE14, flats, £195,000), Molesworth Street, London (SE13, flats, £226,000) and John Williams Close, London (SE14, flats, £230,000).
Leasehold homes
56% of sales in Lewisham were leasehold, against 53% across London as a whole. Most of them are flats, so ask for the years left on the lease and the service charge, and read how long a lease should be and what to check about cladding.
Living in Lewisham
Crime
99 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026
Higher than 79 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 84. The middle half of council areas are between 59 and 95.
The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.
Gigabit broadband
90% of homes can get it
Near the middle of all council areas. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of council areas are between 84% and 95%.
Radon
38% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area
Near the middle of all council areas.
In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.
Council tax
Band D is £2,237 a year in Lewisham for 2026 to 2027
Lower than 88 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392. The middle half of council areas are between £2,323 and £2,526.
Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.
The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).
Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
London boroughs
Median sale price of the 32 London boroughs with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first. Lewisham and the 14 boroughs nearest it in the ranking are shown.
- Ealing£530,000
- Bromley£520,000
- Redbridge£507,000
- Hillingdon£505,000
- Tower Hamlets£500,000
- Hounslow£485,000
- Enfield£475,000
- Lewisham, this borough£475,000
- Greenwich£455,000
- Sutton£455,000
- Havering£450,000
- Newham£447,000
- Bexley£430,000
- Croydon£425,000
- Barking and Dagenham£380,000
About these figures
Lewisham's figures come from 5,473 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode (how we build council pages).
Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.