Renting in Lewisham, in numbers.
Here's what the Lewisham market says about what a home costs, how that changes with a bedroom, and what you get for the money.
Median rent
£1,950
a month, 22% below the London median
Typical two-bed
£2,000
the most common home here
Typical size
629 sq ft
where floor area is given
What a bedroom costs in Lewisham.
Median asking rent, with the middle half of the market shown as a bar. Only sizes with enough listings to be worth a number appear.
Middle half of the marketMedian
What a budget reaches here
A median says what a size costs. This says how much of Lewisham a figure actually reaches, measured against the same listings.
What Lewisham asked, month by month.
Each listing counts once, in the month we first saw it, at the price it first asked. The latest month runs to 5 October 2026.
All sizesTwo-bed
| Month | Median rent, all sizes | Median rent, two-bed | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | £1,950 | £1,950 | 150 |
| July 2026 | £1,900 | £1,975 | 207 |
| August 2026 | £1,900 | £2,125 | 129 |
| September 2026 | £1,900 | £2,000 | 197 |
| October 2026 | £2,000 | £2,100 | 212 |
Between 129 and 212 listings a month, inside the same price band as every other figure here.
When the price moves, it usually moves down.
Of the price changes we've recorded in Lewisham, 81% were reductions. Asking rents here soften after listing more often than they firm up, which is worth remembering before you treat the number in the ad as final.
When one does fall in Lewisham, it typically drops 4.3%, or about £100 a month, usually within 30 days of us first seeing the listing. Across London the typical fall is 5.7% and takes about 31 days, so Lewisham runs shallower than the London typical. Based on 101 reductions of 1% or more.
Lewisham rents around these neighbourhoods.
The neighbourhoods around the stations that come up most often as the nearest one to a Lewisham listing.
- Lewisham
Also known as Elverson Road and Lewisham Central. Postcode SE13.
- Catford
Also known as Bellingham, Beckenham Hill, Catford Bridge, Lower Sydenham, Catford South and Rushey Green. Postcode SE6.
- Forest Hill
Also known as Perry Vale. Postcodes SE23 and SE26.
- Deptford
Also known as Evelyn. Postcodes SE8 and SE14.
- New Cross
Also known as New Cross Gate and Telegraph Hill. Postcodes SE14 and SE4.
- Brockley
Also known as Crofton Park, Honor Oak Park, St Johns and Telegraph Hill. Postcode SE4.
These numbers come from Roost's own pipeline: Lewisham listings gathered from estate agents across London between 8 March to 5 October 2026. Snapshot taken 5 October 2026.
It's what agents are marketing, not a census. It skews toward flats and toward the agents whose sites we watch, so it describes the market you'd actually meet while searching, not every home in Lewisham. Medians throughout, because a handful of prime listings pull an average upward and tell you nothing about your search.
Rents below £500 or above £15,000 a month are set aside as data errors or ultra-prime outliers. Where a figure would rest on too few listings to trust, we leave it blank rather than guess.
Closest to Lewisham.
The boroughs whose listings sit nearest Lewisham, closest first. Worth a look if your search is really about somewhere rather than exactly here.
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