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Thamesmead Birchmere Park: house prices and how the area is changing
Official figures for the Thamesmead Birchmere Park neighbourhood of Greenwich, England (ONS area Greenwich 001). Headline figures assembled 11 October 2026. Additional local information checked 13 October 2026. Postcodes SE28. Figures that read a point use the neighbourhood's centre, near SE28 8BN.
A neighbourhood with below-average incomes, changing little against Greenwich
Thamesmead Birchmere Park is a neighbourhood with below-average incomes; it is changing little against Greenwich (signals are mixed: 5 rising and 2 falling of 21). Houses here typically resell for £365,000 (median resale price, 2023-2025). Recorded crime is lower than across Greenwich (0.9 times the borough's rate), schools nearby are improving faster than the council's and the nearest station, Abbey Wood, is about a 19-minute walk from the neighbourhood's centre.
The neighbourhood in brief, from the figures on this page. Summary updated 13 October 2026; source dates are shown below.
Typical house price
£365,000
Median resale price of houses in the neighbourhood, 2023-2025; +24% against 2017-2019.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Affluence today
Below average income
How well off the neighbourhood is now, from household income, home prices and deprivation.
Source: ONS, HM Land Registry, MHCLG Indices of Deprivation
Signs of gentrification
Mixed signs
Weighted balance +0.08; 5 of 21 signals up, 2 down, against the borough.
Source: Official statistics on prices, incomes, benefits, businesses, schools and more (a full report shows every signal)
Deprivation
Decile 2 of 10
English Indices of Deprivation 2025: 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods, 10 the least. At the neighbourhood's centre; its 4 small areas range from decile 2 to 3.
Source: MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Average household income
£63,000
ONS estimate for the neighbourhood (modelled, with a margin of error).
Source: Office for National Statistics
Recorded crime
0.9 times the borough's rate
Crimes recorded by the police over 12 months (not anti-social behaviour) per resident, against the borough. Crime per resident can overstate the risk in busy centres where many people work or visit.
Source: Police.uk
Schools getting better
Faster than the council's
Nearby state schools' latest Ofsted inspections and results, against the council's schools.
Source: Ofsted, Department for Education
Where Thamesmead Birchmere Park sits in Greenwich
- Typical house price: joint lowest of the 31 neighbourhoods in Greenwich with enough house sales for one
- Average household income: 6th lowest of 35 neighbourhoods in Greenwich
Ranked among the council's neighbourhoods by the figures on each one's own page, checked 13 October 2026: typical prices are HM Land Registry resale medians over the latest three-year window, household income the ONS's modelled estimate, with a margin of error, so neighbourhoods a place or two apart may not really differ.
Prices over time in Thamesmead Birchmere Park
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, held locally and checked 13 October 2026. Medians each year, not a valuation of any home.
How the area is changing, signal by signal
5 of 21 counted signals point towards rising affluence against Greenwich, 2 the other way and 14 in line. A reading of official statistics against the borough, not a prediction; a full report shows every signal's figures and weight. Where this reading sits among every neighbourhood in England and Wales: the gentrification league table.
Rising against the borough
- Single-person households under 65
- Anti-social behaviour
- Schools improving
- New stations nearby
- Borough against the region
Falling behind the borough
- Home improvement applications
- Benefit claims (DWP)
Stations and schools nearby
Nearest station
- Abbey Wood Railway station, about a 19-minute walk from the neighbourhood's centre (1.5 km in a straight line). About 9.5 trains an hour leave between 07:00 and 19:00 on a weekday: Elizabeth line to Heathrow Terminal 4 (about 64 min) and Reading (about 84 min).
Station locations: NaPTAN (Department for Transport). Trains: Network Rail's timetable for Tuesday 6 October 2026, with the timetabled minutes of direct trains; timetabled, not live running. Distances from the neighbourhood's centre in a straight line, walked at 4.8 km/h; the real route is longer.
Nearest state schools
- Nearest state primary school Windrush Thamesmead Primary School 140 m from the neighbourhood's centre. Ofsted: Outstanding (Jul 2024).
- Nearest state secondary school Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls 480 m from the neighbourhood's centre. Ofsted: Good (Jan 2023).
Schools: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (11 October 2026); inspections: Ofsted's management information as at 31 August 2026, in Ofsted's own words. Straight-line distances; not a catchment or admissions assessment.
Questions about Thamesmead Birchmere Park
What is the typical house price in Thamesmead Birchmere Park?
£365,000. Median resale price of houses in the neighbourhood, 2023-2025; +24% against 2017-2019.
How does Thamesmead Birchmere Park compare with the rest of Greenwich?
Typical house price: joint lowest of the 31 neighbourhoods in Greenwich with enough house sales for one. Average household income: 6th lowest of 35 neighbourhoods in Greenwich.
Is Thamesmead Birchmere Park an affluent area?
Below average income. How well off the neighbourhood is now, from household income, home prices and deprivation.
Is Thamesmead Birchmere Park gentrifying?
Mixed signs. Weighted balance +0.08; 5 of 21 signals up, 2 down, against the borough.
What is the nearest station to Thamesmead Birchmere Park?
Abbey Wood. Railway station, about a 19-minute walk from the neighbourhood's centre (1.5 km in a straight line). About 9.5 trains an hour leave between 07:00 and 19:00 on a weekday: Elizabeth line to Heathrow Terminal 4 (about 64 min) and Reading (about 84 min).
Which state schools are nearest to Thamesmead Birchmere Park?
Nearest state primary school. Windrush Thamesmead Primary School. 140 m from the neighbourhood's centre. Ofsted: Outstanding (Jul 2024). Nearest state secondary school. Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls. 480 m from the neighbourhood's centre. Ofsted: Good (Jan 2023).
Each answer repeats a figure shown above, with its source there.
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Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library, MSOA Names, Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains public sector information (MHCLG, Police.uk, Ofsted, Department for Education) licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Station locations from NaPTAN (Department for Transport), Open Government Licence v3.0. Trains: contains information of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures describe the area, not any home, and are not a valuation or a prediction.