Lewisham
8 datasets are currently published for Lewisham. 2 more are on this site for other parts of the UK but not published here: tender awards (Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices — Scotland's public bodies largely use a separate procurement portal); the tender single-bid rate (same near-zero Scottish coverage as tender awards — Find a Tender / Contracts Finder carry almost no Scottish notices).
Each figure below comes from a different official publisher and was last confirmed on a different date — click through to any one for its own source and "as of" date.
How Lewisham compares with the other local authority districts
- Claimant count per 1,000 residents: ranked 7th of 361 (48.9 per 1,000 residents).
- Median sale price: ranked 58th of 318 (£430,500).
- Persistent pupil absence: ranked 105th of 132 (16.6%).
A rank is a position among the local authority districts on one measure, in the latest figures. It is not a verdict on how well an area is doing.
- Claimant count — Lewisham: 14,715, July 2026 (-1.4% year on year, from 14,930). (same figure, by: Claimant count by age) Source: Office for National Statistics, Claimant Count (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- House Price Index — Lewisham: 102.8, June 2026 (+0.6% year on year, from 102.2). Source: HM Land Registry, Office for National Statistics, Registers of Scotland and Land & Property Services Northern Ireland — UK House Price Index. Licence: licence terms.
- Median sale price — Lewisham: £430,500, Q2 2026 (+2.6% year on year, from £419,700). Source: HM Land Registry — Price Paid Data. Licence: licence terms.
- Persistent pupil absence — Lewisham: 16.6%, 2024/25 (-0.7 percentage points year on year, from 17.3%). Source: Department for Education — Explore Education Statistics. Licence: licence terms.
- Planning applications granting new dwellings — Lewisham: 16, Q1 2026 (-46.7% year on year, from 30). Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — Planning Application Statistics (PS2). Licence: licence terms.
- Population estimate — Lewisham: 301,037, 2025 (-0.5% year on year, from 302,432). Source: Office for National Statistics, Population Estimates (via Nomis). Licence: licence terms.
- Road collisions — Lewisham: 729, 2025 (-0.3% year on year, from 731). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19). Licence: licence terms.
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