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St Giles · Southwark

St Giles: your neighbourhood

St Giles electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

Homes rented privately: 26% here, compared with 29% across Southwark (2.8 percentage points lower).

A larger private-rented sector changes the mix of housing advice, enforcement and tenant support needed. It does not tell us whether individual homes are affordable or safe.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 13% here, compared with 13.9% across Southwark (0.9 percentage points lower).

Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People reporting bad or very bad health: 3.7% here, compared with 4.1% across Southwark (0.4 percentage points lower).

Residents described their own health. Differences in age matter, so this is a prompt to investigate needs, not a score for local health services.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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The ward in numbers

People aged 65 or over

8.2%

21 March 2021 · St Giles

Show the workings

Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

1,313 out of 15,947.

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People reporting bad or very bad health

3.7%

21 March 2021 · St Giles

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents; self-reported, not age-standardised

589 out of 15,946.

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People counted in the census

15,945

21 March 2021 · St Giles

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

15,945 out of 15,945.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

55%

21 March 2021 · St Giles

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

7,357 out of 13,368.

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Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

52.9%

21 March 2021 · St Giles

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

3,401 out of 6,431.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

19.4%

21 March 2021 · St Giles

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

1,247 out of 6,431.

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Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

29.1%

21 March 2021 · St Giles

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

3,891 out of 13,349.

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Residents aged 16+ in work

65.3%

21 March 2021 · St Giles

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

8,716 out of 13,349.

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Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability

3.6%

21 March 2021 · St Giles

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

475 out of 13,349.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

13%

21 March 2021 · St Giles

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

1,739 out of 13,368.

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Homes rented privately

26%

21 March 2021 · St Giles

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

1,662 out of 6,431.

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Residents aged 16+ retired

7.9%

21 March 2021 · St Giles

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,056 out of 13,349.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

40%

21 March 2021 · St Giles

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

2,574 out of 6,431.

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Residents aged 16+ unemployed

5.6%

21 March 2021 · St Giles

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

742 out of 13,349.

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Crime and safety

Police-recorded locations for St Giles ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.

1,632 mapped crimes

September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 1,514 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.

Mapped crime over time

September 2024 to August 2026

St Giles ward · mapped crimes

Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: 109 mapped crimes in September 2024; 158 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · St Giles
MonthMapped crimeAnti-social behaviour
September 202410934
October 202412723
November 202411814
December 202412821
January 202513443
February 202510237
March 202513023
April 202512721
May 202510245
June 202517348
July 202514732
August 202511736
September 202511638
October 202511433
November 202512335
December 202513834
January 202614137
February 202614523
March 202612920
April 202613529
May 202614630
June 202614733
July 202614049
August 202615848
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · St Giles
CategoryMapped crimes
violent crime629
other theft165
vehicle crime137
burglary128
theft from the person125
drugs108
public order107
criminal damage arson83
bicycle theft50
robbery49
shoplifting20
other crime17
possession of weapons14
What these numbers include

Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.

Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.

An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.

These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.

Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.

Police data and method →

What could improve local safety →

Projects and proposed responses

A nearby project is not proof of a benefit to the whole ward. Only source-supported ward links are attached here.

No project boundary has been verified against this ward. See projects and their stated locations →

Proposed responses across Southwark →