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Telegraph Hill

WARD
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
16,902
Households
6,769
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 5.7 per 1k
6,769
Households
White Brit. · 37%
Ethnicity
No religion · 42%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 5.7 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£486,667
Median property price
256
Postcodes
6,769
Households
White Brit. · 37%
Ethnicity
No religion · 42%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 5.7 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£486,667
Median property price
256
Postcodes

Sold prices in Telegraph Hill

England & Wales
Property sales · Telegraph Hill
HM Land Registry · Telegraph Hill
Average price
£643,464
YoY: +8.9%
Median price: £462,260
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 3 sales · avg £804,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£809k£593k£377k
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 Telegraph Hill

England & Wales
Crime trends · Telegraph Hill

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
35
YoY +21%
352515
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
25
YoY -38%
402714
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
9
YoY —
1062
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
4
YoY —
950
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
0
YoY —
1050
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

1 of 5 key categories improving · violent crime rising

96
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Telegraph Hill

No high or medium flood zones in the sample

9 sampled points outside Zones 2 and 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

None of the sample points sit in published Zone 2 or Zone 3.

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 Lewisham.

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

Apply for a primary place via Lewisham

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 Telegraph Hill

GPs make up most of the mapped places

31 GPs · 14 Libraries · 3 Hospitals · 54 in all

  • GPs31
  • Libraries14
  • Hospitals3
  • Universities3
  • Museums2
  • Parks1

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

Overview of Telegraph Hill

Coordinates51.4668, -0.0448
Postcodes
256
Population (Census)
16,902
Households (Census)
6,769
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 5.7 per 1k

Demographics in Telegraph Hill

Ethnicity

Total residents: 16,899
White Brit.36.9%
African15.0%
Other White11.9%
Caribbean10.5%
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group4.5%
+ 9 other groups · 21.3%

Religion

Total residents: 16,922
No religion41.9%
Christian39.4%
Not answered8.0%
Muslim7.7%
Buddhist1.2%
+ other · 1.8%

Age groups

Total residents: 16,902
35–4923.0%
25–3422.4%
50–6417.6%
20–247.5%
10–156.6%
+ 5 other age groups · 23.0%

Households

Total households: 6,769
Other22.1%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over11.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children11.2%
Cohabiting couple family: No children9.9%
Lone parent family: With dependent children9.2%
+ 8 other households · 35.9%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Telegraph Hill

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 4.30 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 4.30 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Telegraph Hill