Crap Towns / Southwark / Road condition
How bad are the roads in Southwark?
In 2025-26, 9% of Southwark council's A roads, 10% of its B and C roads and 6% of its unclassified roads should have been considered for maintenance. Across England the figures were 4%, 6% and 16%. Ten years earlier, in 2015-16, the figures were 9%, 4% and 6%.
| Year | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 9% | 4% | 6% |
| 2016-17 | 7% | 4% | 3% |
| 2017-18 | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| 2018-19 | 7% | 4% | – |
| 2019-20 | 11% | 8% | 4% |
| 2020-21 | 11% | 6% | 4% |
| 2021-22 | 4% | 6% | 3% |
| 2022-23 | 8% | 11% | 5% |
| 2023-24 | 7% | 9% | 6% |
| 2024-25 | 9% | 10% | 6% |
| 2025-26 | 9% | 10% | 6% |
| Council | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of London | 7% | 56% | 20% |
| Hackney | 11% | – | 19% |
| Greenwich | 8% | 4% | 14% |
| Tower Hamlets | 8% | 12% | 11% |
| Lambeth | 8% | – | 9% |
| Wandsworth | 9% | – | – |
| Lewisham | 7% | 8% | 6% |
| Southwark | 9% | 10% | 6% |
| Westminster | 6% | 12% | 5% |
| Islington | 10% | – | 3% |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 4% | 1% | 2% |
| Across England | 4% | 6% | 16% |