# SM4 4AS: area report for a postcode in Merton

SM4 4AS is a postcode in Merton.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Merton. Open the map at SM4 4AS for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Merton](https://openindex.co.uk/merton) › [SM4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sm4) › [SM4 4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sm4-4)

## Around this postcode

- **10 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 9% on July. Merton 025C: 36 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.2330,51.3873,SM44AS
- **Motspur Park, 990 m**: About 12 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.2330,51.3873,SM44AS
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 210 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.2330,51.3873,SM44AS
- **No property in SM4 4AS listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.2330,51.3873,SM44AS
- **England’s least deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Merton 025C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.2330,51.3873,SM44AS
- **£623,791 average price**: For the whole of Merton, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.2330,51.3873,SM44AS
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.2 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.2330,51.3873,SM44AS
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 910 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.2330,51.3873,SM44AS
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at SM4 4AS**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.2330,51.3873,SM44AS
- **Low road and rail noise at SM4 4AS**: Road 44 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.2330,51.3873,SM44AS
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.2330,51.3873,SM44AS
- **11.3 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.2330,51.3873,SM44AS

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Green Lane Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/green-lane-primary-and-nursery-school-e146127) | Primary | 210 m (3 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2023 | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Dorchester Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dorchester-primary-school-e102982) | Primary | 770 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, February 2023 | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Aragon Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/aragon-primary-school-e144838) | Primary | 910 m (11 minutes on foot) | Improved significantly, May 2025 | 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St John Fisher RC Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-john-fisher-rc-primary-school-e151349) | Primary | 930 m (12 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2023 | – |
| [Blossom House School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/blossom-house-school-e102694) | Special | 960 m (12 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Hatfeild Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hatfeild-primary-school-e102632) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Cheam Common Infants' Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cheam-common-infants-academy-e145481) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met | – |
| [Coombe Boys' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/coombe-boys-school-e137859) | Secondary | 1.3 km (17 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, September 2023 | Attainment 8 of 53.2 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 2025 | £320,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 220 m |
| March 2026 | £378,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 250 m |
| December 2023 | £675,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 280 m |
| May 2023 | £258,750 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 290 m |
| August 2024 | £391,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 350 m |
| September 2025 | £360,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 350 m |
| October 2023 | £360,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 380 m |
| December 2025 | £950,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 380 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Motspur Park (990 m, 12 minutes on foot)
- Pharmacies: HILTON PHARMACY (880 m); GRIFFITHS PHARMACY (920 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Grand Drive (910 m, The Co-operative Group)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £623,791** (August 2026). Merton’s average house price was £623,791 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 0.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £50,844** (2025). Full-time workers living in Merton earned a median of £50,844 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 12th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 12.3×** (2025). A home in Merton costs 12.3 times local full-time pay. Joint 20th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 14.4** (2025). Merton has a deprivation score of 14.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 86th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Merton 025C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 11.8** (2025). Merton 025C has a deprivation score of 11.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 10,873rd least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £497,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Merton 025C was £497,500 in 2025. Joint 4,850th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,824** (2021). Merton 025C had 1,824 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 9,144th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.6%** (January 2026). In Merton 025C, 90.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## SM4 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £505,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SM4 was £505,000 in 2025. Joint 268th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 40,980** (2021). SM4 had 40,980 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 424th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in SM4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.7%** (January 2026). In SM4, 96.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Merton](https://openindex.co.uk/merton)
- Centre: 51.3873, -0.2330

Council: [Merton](https://openindex.co.uk/merton) (London borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Mitcham and Morden](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/mitcham-and-morden): Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), August 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.2330,51.3873,SM44AS

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