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144 recorded sales · median £249,995 · Greenwich
Greenwich Council · Labour-controlled 35/55 seats · 64% · OCD 2026
70/100
Good
AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£250k
median price
10.2
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£250k
median sold price
12 yrs
of local pay to buy
14 min
London — fastest
17
rail stations
0
grammar schools
107
schools total
10.2
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
1,014
Violence — most
17.8
NO₂ · WHO 10
27.2%
in a flood zone
4,138
green spaces
8.4
PM2.5 · WHO 5
581
eat & drink
196
shops
81.2%
gigabit
65
gyms & leisure
Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.
Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities
Sold price trend
£249,995 in 2005 → £255,000 in 2019
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Greenwich, clearly labelled.
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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-07-21
Affordability2025
Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)
Crime2026-06
Deprivation2025
Census2021
Schools2026
Health2026/2025
Transport2026
Broadband2024-07
Environment2023–24
Ground checks2022–25
Heritage & planning2026
Amenities2026
Companies2026-07-01
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What does it cost? This street
A typical home here sells for £249,995. That's about 12× local earnings — around the 12.8× five-year average.
Sold price history
2019 · 2 sales
Median sold price · median of all 144 sales£249,995
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay12× · five-year average 12.8×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Home ownership41%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,108
Royal Borough of Greenwich£1,597
Greater London Authority£511
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,405
Band B£1,639
Band C£1,874
Band D (baseline)£2,108
Band E£2,576
Band F£3,044
Band G£3,513
Band H£4,215
Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.
Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April
Neighbourhood prices in Greenwich how Defence Close compares · from Greenwich
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Middle Park +30.2%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Park | £382,500 | +30.2% | 36 |
| Thamesmead | £358,500 | +29.1% | 224 |
| Mottingham | £560,000 | +26.7% | 70 |
| Shooters Hill | £541,555 | +24.9% | 154 |
| Eltham | £440,000 | +24.9% | 172 |
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months
Homes in Defence Close — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 23 Bridge House Defence Close | Flat | — | — | £108,000 | Mar 2026 |
| Flat 77 Hill House Defence Close | Flat | — | — | £250,000 | Apr 2025 |
| Flat 36 Hill House Defence Close | Flat | — | — | £200,000 | Mar 2025 |
| Flat 39 Hill House Defence Close | Flat | — | — | £265,000 | Jan 2025 |
| Flat 28 Bridge House Defence Close | Flat | — | — | £215,000 | Mar 2023 |
| HILL HOUSE DEFENCE CLOSE | Flat | — | — | £260,000 | Oct 2019 |
| Flat 47 Hill House Defence Close | Flat | — | — | £250,000 | Jun 2019 |
| Flat 22 Bridge House Defence Close | Flat | — | — | £90,000 | Nov 2018 |
| Flat 43 Hill House Defence Close | Flat | — | — | £200,000 | Aug 2018 |
| Flat 22 Hill House Defence Close | Flat | — | — | £277,000 | May 2018 |
24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
How safe is it? from Greenwich
Crime runs at 10.2 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.
Crime rate
Per 1,000 / month10.2
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from Greenwich
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Greenwich district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office
Where crime clusters
police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.
Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk
Who lives here? from Greenwich
Population289,068
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 5/10 · improved since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 45% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 5/10
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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 5/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 45% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).
SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 4 in 2019 — has improved since.
The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.
Income
4.3/10
Employment
4.9/10
Education & skills
6.3/10
Health & disability
5.1/10
Crime
4.0/10
Housing & services
3.8/10
Living environment
4.0/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider Greenwich — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Employment rate · residents aged 16+62%
Unemployment · economically active residents7.9%
Degree-level (Level 4+)46%
Good or very good health85%
Own their home41%
Median age35.3
Born outside the UK38%
See the full Greenwich report →
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
86% of the 7 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
6 of 7 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 7 nearest inspected schools
of the 7 nearest inspected schools
GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"
Catchments
Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.
Council catchment polygons + GIAS
Nearest schools 25 nearest schools
AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery
| School | Phase | Ofsted | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery Primary School | Primary | Inspected '26 — see report | 0.6 km |
| Thames Reach Nursery and Pre-School | Nursery | Good ('25) | 0.6 km |
| Les Petits Rois Nurseries Ltd | Nursery | Good ('25) | 0.8 km |
| Heronsgate Primary School | Primary | Outstanding ('22) | 1.1 km |
| Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls | Secondary | Good ('23) | 1.2 km |
| The Alphabet House Nursery School | Nursery | — | 1.2 km |
| Triangle Day Nursery | Nursery | Good ('24) | 1.3 km |
| Woolwich Polytechnic School | Secondary | — | 1.4 km |
| The Anchor SENDfriendly Centre | Nursery | Good ('23) | 1.5 km |
| Hawksmoor School | Primary | Good ('23) | 1.6 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
25
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.6 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest dentists · nearest 0.8 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.6 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
10 of 11 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thamesmead Health Centre | GP | Good ('18) | 0.6 km |
| First Care Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 0.6 km |
| Hmp Belmarsh | Dentist | — | 0.8 km |
| Isis | Dentist | — | 0.9 km |
| Whinchat Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 1.1 km |
| Morrisons Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 1.1 km |
| Griffin Manor Way | Dentist | — | 1.1 km |
| Oasis Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 1.1 km |
Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)
Getting around from Greenwich
5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 21 min from Woolwich Arsenal Rail Station.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plumstead Rail Station | 1.0 mi | London Bridge | 24 min |
| Woolwich | 1.1 mi | — | no direct train |
| Woolwich Arsenal Rail Station | 1.3 mi | London Bridge | 21 min |
| Barking Riverside | 1.6 mi | — | no direct train |
| Abbey Wood | 1.7 mi | — | no direct train |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Woolwich Arsenal Rail Station (21 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging38 points
Per 10,000 residents1.3
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from Greenwich
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1002.1%
Flood zone27.2% of postcodes
Radonup to 1–3% of homes
Historic landfill74 sites within ~1 km
EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search
Transport noise (Defra)
Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".
Defra strategic noise mapping
Heritage & green space
Listed buildings538
Conservation areas14
Green belt0%
Green spaces4,138
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Greenwich
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 581 | 94% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 196 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 65 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 4,138 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from Greenwich
Figures for the wider Greenwich — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate7.9%
In work (employment rate)62.2%
Companies registered here24,841
New incorporations (12m)4,447
Property companies (SPVs)2,584
See the full Greenwich report →
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district