PENROSE STREET, SE17 3DY House Prices & Local Information

SE17 3DY is an up-and-coming urban area on Penrose Street, 0.6km from Grosvenor Park in Southwark. Administratively it sits within Newington ward and the Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, SE17 3DY is a diverse renting area with many ethnic minority families, mostly European-born. The daytime character shifts — higher status cosmopolitan professional services and self-employment. An average age of 33 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 32% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. The area has a notably diverse population — 57% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Southwark.

Safety: Crime rates are above average at 120 incidents per 1,000 residents — worth reviewing the crime breakdown below. Property: Prices average £425k, up 8.4% year-on-year.

Census 2021 statistics for SE17 3DY are sourced from Output Area E00020120 (shared with 8 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.