SE23 area data: Forest Hill, London
SE23 (Forest Hill, London): median sold price £508,000, 407/mo recorded crimes, flood Zone 1, indicative gross yield 4.3%. Each figure is fused from official UK government data; open the deep page for the full breakdown, sources and the per-address checks.
Forest Hill, a leafy commuter market on the Overground.
Everything about SE23, in one place
A summary of each metric for SE23, fused from official UK data. Follow any card through to the full breakdown, sources and the per-address checks.
Median sold price £508,000 from 55 recent HM Land Registry sales. Prices across Lewisham are -0.8% year-on-year.
See SE23 sold prices407 recorded crimes in the latest month. Most common: violence and sexual offences. The 6-month trend is falling.
See SE23 crimeOutside the mapped higher-risk flood zones (Zone 1), with no recorded flooding nearby.
See SE23 flood zoneIndicative gross rental yield 4.3% — ONS mean rent £1,816/mo against the £508,000 median price. Indicative, not address-level.
See SE23 rental yieldGo from the area to one exact SE23 address
This page is the area picture. To see all of this — sold-price history, crime, flood and ground risk, EPC and a current valuation — for one exact property, search the address. The full breakdown is in the £24.99 Complete report.
Frequently asked questions
What is the data for SE23?
SE23 (Forest Hill, London): median sold price £508,000, 407/mo recorded crimes, flood Zone 1, indicative gross yield 4.3%. Each figure is fused from official UK government data; open the deep page for the full breakdown, sources and the per-address checks.
What is the average house price in SE23?
Median sold price £508,000 from 55 recent HM Land Registry sales. Prices across Lewisham are -0.8% year-on-year. See the SE23 sold-prices page for the full recent-sales table, price-by-type breakdown and the local price trend.
Is SE23 a safe area / is it in a flood zone?
407 recorded crimes in the latest month. Most common: violence and sexual offences. The 6-month trend is falling. Outside the mapped higher-risk flood zones (Zone 1), with no recorded flooding nearby. Both are area-level screens at the representative point — risk varies street by street, so check the exact address with the HouseCheckup tools.
What rental yield does SE23 achieve?
Indicative gross rental yield 4.3% — ONS mean rent £1,816/mo against the £508,000 median price. Indicative, not address-level. See the SE23 rental-yield page for the by-bedroom rent breakdown and the insurability flag.
Area data for nearby areas
South-bank Southwark and Bermondsey, a riverside market of converted warehouses and new towers.
Peckham, a fast-gentrifying inner south-east London market.
Prime central London around Westminster and St James's, one of the UK's most expensive markets.
Prime central Chelsea, period townhouses and mansion flats commanding premium prices.
Battersea and Clapham Junction, a high-turnover riverside market popular with families and professionals.
Wandsworth and Earlsfield, a busy commuter-belt market inside Zone 2/3.
Sources
- Price Paid Data & UKHPI — HM Land Registry
- Price Index of Private Rents — Office for National Statistics
- Street-level crime — data.police.uk
- Flood-risk layers — Environment Agency / planning.data.gov.uk
- Outcode geocoding — postcodes.io
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Rent data: ONS Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR), April 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Flood data © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026 (OGL v3.0). Flood Re eligibility based on floodre.co.uk criteria — indicative only; insurers make final decisions. Contains Mining Remediation Authority data © Mining Remediation Authority, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026 (GeoClimate UKCP18 Open). Indicative Atlas of Radon — © Crown copyright UKHSA; contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI. Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information from data.police.uk licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Street-level crimes are snapped to anonymised map points, not exact addresses.