Chaucer Area Guide | £516k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Around average
Population
15,475
Households
6,415
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 10.7 per 1k
6,415
Households
White Brit. · 26%
Ethnicity
Christian · 39%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 10.7 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£516,333
Median property price
291
Postcodes
6,415
Households
White Brit. · 26%
Ethnicity
Christian · 39%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 10.7 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£516,333
Median property price
291
Postcodes

Sold prices in Chaucer

England & Wales
Property sales · Chaucer
HM Land Registry · Chaucer
Average price
£515,641
YoY: -3.4%
Median price: £493,000
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 4 sales · avg £492,500
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£807k£590k£373k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Chaucer

England & Wales
Crime trends · Chaucer

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
53
YoY +51%
533720
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
23
YoY -38%
453015
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
2
YoY —
641
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
5
YoY -50%
19112
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
0
YoY —
950
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

2 of 5 key categories improving · violent crime rising

165
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Chaucer

High flood risk in part of this area

4 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Tidal Models

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Southwark.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Apply for a primary place via Southwark

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Chaucer

GPs make up most of the mapped places

48 GPs · 17 Libraries · 12 Universities · 93 in all

  • GPs48
  • Libraries17
  • Universities12
  • Museums10
  • Hospitals6

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of Chaucer

Coordinates51.4980, -0.0910
Postcodes
291
Population (Census)
15,475
Households (Census)
6,415
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 10.7 per 1k

Demographics in Chaucer

Ethnicity

Total residents: 15,479
White Brit.25.6%
African16.4%
Other White15.9%
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group5.9%
Bangladeshi5.6%
+ 12 other groups · 30.6%

Religion

Total residents: 15,483
Christian38.6%
No religion32.1%
Muslim15.9%
Not answered8.8%
Hindu2.2%
+ other · 2.4%

Age groups

Total residents: 15,475
25–3425.3%
35–4920.6%
20–2414.1%
50–6413.9%
10–156.0%
+ 5 other age groups · 20.1%

Households

Total households: 6,415
Other28.5%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over17.5%
Cohabiting couple family: No children8.6%
Lone parent family: With dependent children8.3%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children7.7%
+ 8 other households · 29.3%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Chaucer

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 5.02 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.02 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Chaucer