Borough
Neighbourhood · 9,470 residents
52Fair
Fair · better than 2 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- 228 places to eat and drink
- 100% of schools are rated Good or better by Ofsted
- 6 GP practices within a short walk
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 96% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Prices are high for local incomes: affordability scores 21, where 60 is typical
- Road noise reaches 42% of the area
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Borough
Map outline: Approximate — electoral ward boundary, used as the nearest surveyed shape
Is Borough a good place to live?
Borough scores 52/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as fair — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for food & drink (99) and schools (77).
It scores lowest on safety (12) and affordability (21).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Borough in London, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Borough
Borough looks exactly like what it is: a wedge of narrow Victorian streets and converted warehouses squeezed between London Bridge station and the market, where the flats above street level outnumber almost anything else you could buy. Office workers, market-goers and a steady tide of visitors to Borough Market share the pavements, and the density shows — this is one of the more tightly packed corners of London, well above the capital's own average, let alone the national one.
The transport case for living here barely needs making. Borough Underground station sits in the area itself, and London Bridge, with its mainline and Underground concourse combined, is close enough to make this one of the best-connected postcodes for anyone commuting into the City or south of the river. Schools are the quiet surprise: the average Ofsted rating across local schools is strong, and The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overie holds an Outstanding rating, so families who stay do have a solid primary option even in a neighbourhood that reads as young-professional first — the median age here is 31, a decade younger than London as a whole. What you buy into, though, is almost always a flat: leasehold, one and two-bed, with freeholds making up a small fraction of sales. A median price around £750,000 sits a fifth above the Southwark borough average and comfortably in the top tier nationally, so the "For Sale" boards here are pitched at buyers trading space for location, not the other way round.