# SM6

Postcode district covering Wallington, Bandonhill and Roundshaw, in Sutton.

SM6 is a postcode district covering Wallington, Bandonhill and Roundshaw, in Sutton. Median sale price £415,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 79.7 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code SM6. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [SM](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sm)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SM6 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £415,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SM6 was £415,000 in 2025. Joint 544th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sm6#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 40,150** (2021). SM6 had 40,150 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 450th 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sm6#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 95%** (2022). About 95% of people in SM6 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sm6#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 86.7%** (January 2026). In SM6, 86.7% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sm6#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SM6) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 95% of people in SM6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=SM6) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 424 homes were sold in SM6 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=SM6) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SM6.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SM6) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SM6 had 40,150 usual residents at the census.

## How SM6 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | SM6 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £415,000 | 2nd cheapest | 7 postcode districts, SM · 2025 |
| Population | 40,150 | 4th most populated | 7 postcode districts, SM · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 95% | 3rd most people in radon Affected Areas | 7 postcode districts, SM · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 86.7% | lowest | 7 postcode districts, SM · Jan 2026 |

## Is SM6 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SM6 at a rate of 79.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 75.1 per 1,000 people across the SM postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 305 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SM6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,087), anti-social behaviour (630) and other crime (484).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SM6 was 82.1 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

## Deprivation in SM6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SM6 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in SM6

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Sutton 004F](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01034153) | 1,402 | 96.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 73.6% |
| [Sutton 004G](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01034154) | 1,538 | 47.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.3% |
| [Sutton 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01004171) | 1,609 | 49.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.4% |
| [Sutton 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01004172) | 1,941 | 68.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.0% |
| [Sutton 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01004173) | 1,365 | 50.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.0% |
| [Sutton 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01004175) | 1,737 | 55.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% |
| [Sutton 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01004076) | 1,630 | 190.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.9% |
| [Sutton 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01004079) | 1,392 | 43.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| [Sutton 011F](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01004081) | 1,643 | 51.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.2% |
| [Sutton 011G](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01004082) | 1,389 | 41.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.4% |
| [Sutton 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01004087) | 1,565 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [Sutton 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01004170) | 2,207 | 117.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 85.0% |
| [Sutton 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01004174) | 1,573 | 65.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.7% |
| [Sutton 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01004178) | 2,368 | 194.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 85.6% |
| [Sutton 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01004179) | 1,617 | 42.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.6% |
| [Sutton 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01004083) | 1,502 | 81.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 72.5% |
| [Sutton 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01004086) | 2,015 | 80.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.2% |
| [Sutton 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01004088) | 1,939 | 152.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 66.5% |
| [Sutton 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01004089) | 1,345 | 206.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 32.6% |
| [Sutton 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01004182) | 1,767 | 55.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| [Sutton 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01004177) | 1,804 | 95.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 72.6% |
| [Sutton 020E](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01004181) | 1,732 | 36.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.7% |
| [Sutton 024A](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01004084) | 1,449 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.4% |
| [Sutton 024B](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/neighbourhood/e01004085) | 1,609 | 51.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.3% |

## Your MP

- [Carshalton and Wallington](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/carshalton-and-wallington): Bobby Dean (Liberal Democrat), 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.

## Middle areas in SM6

[Beddington](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/beddington), [Orchard Hill, Woodcote Green & Clockhouse](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/orchard-hill-woodcote-green-and-clockhouse), [Roundshaw](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/roundshaw), [Wallington North](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/wallington-north), [Wallington South](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton/wallington-south)

## Postcode sectors in SM6

[SM6 0 (166 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sm6-0), [SM6 6 (7 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sm6-6), [SM6 7 (168 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sm6-7), [SM6 8 (208 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sm6-8), [SM6 9 (207 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sm6-9)

## Council

[Sutton](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton)

## Towns in SM6

[Sutton](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton)

## Postcode districts next to SM6

[CR0](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cr0), [CR2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cr2), [CR4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cr4), [CR8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cr8), [SM5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sm5)

## Nearest rail stations

[Wallington (800 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.1508,51.3604), [Carshalton Beeches (2.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.1698,51.3574), [Waddon (2.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.1173,51.3674), [Carshalton (2.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.1664,51.3685)

## More in the SM postcode area

[All SM postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sm), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## SM6 in brief

SM6 is a postcode district covering Wallington, Bandonhill and Roundshaw, in Sutton.
About 41,667 people lived in SM6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £415,000 in 2025 across 424 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 79.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SM6 was £415,000 in 2025.
SM6 had 40,150 usual residents at the census.
About 95% of people in SM6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SM6, 86.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: SM6
- Postcode area: [SM](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sm)
- Constituency: [Carshalton and Wallington †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/carshalton-and-wallington)
- Council: [Sutton †](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton)
- Area: 7.42 km²
- People, mid-2024: 41,667*
- Neighbourhoods: 24
- Output areas: 124

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[CR0](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cr0), [SM5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sm5), [CR8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cr8), [CR4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cr4), [CR2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cr2)

## Latest updates for SM6

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/SM6

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sm6, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sm6#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sm6