Park Central West offers excellent communal areas including a gym, games room with pool table, entertaining and co-working spaces. The well-laid-out, spacious flats have good balconies and bathrooms, though more bedroom storage would help. Building management and concierge are friendly and helpful.
the gardens around is beautiful
Used to rent here· 3y ago
Good layouts and furniture style, with beautiful surrounding gardens and plenty of supermarkets and restaurants for daily needs. A 24-hour reception and security make the apartment a very safe place to live.
Context for SE17 — each tile answers a question renters actually ask.
Is it safe?
Higher crime
2315 reports within a mile last month · mostly theft from the person
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Every crime reported to police within about a mile of here in the most recent published month. We show the total and the most common type.
Livedata.police.uk · last month
Getting around
Excellent transport
Elephant & Castle rail · under 0.1 mi away
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Your nearest National Rail or tube/metro/tram station, as the crow flies. Closer means easier life without a car (a real walk is a little further).
OfficialNaPTAN · 2026
Who rents here
29% are renters
A mix of owners & renters
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The share of households that rent privately (rather than own or rent socially), from the 2021 Census. Higher means more of your neighbours rent too.
OfficialCensus 2021 · 2021
Deprivation
Most deprived
Decile 1 of 10 · 1 = most deprived
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Where this neighbourhood sits on the government’s Index of Multiple Deprivation. Decile 1 is England’s most-deprived 10%; decile 10 the least. It blends income, employment, health, crime, housing and more.
LiveIoD 2019 · 2019
Will WFH work?
Yes — full-fibre
Gigabit broadband available
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Whether fast home broadband for working from home is available here. Superfast is ≥30 Mbps; full-fibre/gigabit is much faster.
EstimateOfcom 2025 · illustrative · 2025
Council tax
£1,967/yr
Band D total · Southwark
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The total yearly Band D council tax a resident pays here — the council’s own charge plus county, GLA, police and fire precepts. Your actual bill depends on your property’s valuation band.
Officialgov.uk · 2026/27
To buy here
£572k avg
Average sold price · Southwark
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The average price homes have recently sold for across the local authority (HM Land Registry House Price Index) — a feel for how pricey the area is.
LiveHM Land Registry · recent
Flood risk
Low
Rivers, sea & surface water
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The area’s long-term risk of flooding from rivers, the sea and surface water, per Environment Agency mapping.
EstimateEnvironment Agency · illustrative · 2025
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