SW12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Balham, Clapham Common and Poynders Parade, in Wandsworth and Lambeth.
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 SW12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SW12, 94.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SW12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SW12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SW12 at a rate of 95.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.0 per 1,000 people across SW.
In August 2026 alone, 233 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SW12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (563), anti-social behaviour (555) and other crime (532).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SW12 was 97.7 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 SW12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SW12 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SW12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambeth 023B | 1,597 | 32.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Lambeth 023C | 1,582 | 82.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.1% |
| Lambeth 023D | 1,624 | 66.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| Lambeth 023E | 1,317 | 78.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.1% |
| Lambeth 023F | 1,599 | 61.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.5% |
| Wandsworth 017A | 1,657 | 92.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| Wandsworth 017C | 1,512 | 48.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.9% |
| Wandsworth 017D | 1,361 | 70.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Wandsworth 021A | 1,782 | 110.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.4% |
| Wandsworth 021B | 2,017 | 453.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.6% |
| Wandsworth 021C | 1,812 | 191.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.6% |
| Wandsworth 021D | 1,572 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% |
| Wandsworth 021E | 1,537 | 57.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% |
| Wandsworth 026A | 1,773 | 52.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Wandsworth 026B | 1,510 | 56.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Wandsworth 026C | 1,721 | 25.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.8% |
| Wandsworth 026E | 1,498 | 48.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 78.2% |
| Wandsworth 026F | 1,425 | 37.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.8% |
| Wandsworth 027A | 1,743 | 98.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.9% |
| Wandsworth 027B | 1,937 | 74.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.7% |
MPs for SW12
- Marsha De CordovaLabourMP for Battersea43% of SW12’s postcodes
- Dr Rosena Allin-KhanLabourMP for Tooting31% of SW12’s postcodes
- Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourMP for Clapham and Brixton Hill26% of SW12’s postcodes
- Steve ReedLabour (Co-op)MP for Streatham and Croydon North0.2% of SW12’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in SW124
Postcode sectors in SW124
Councils SW12 covers2
Towns in SW122
Postcode districts next to SW125
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SW postcode area2
SW12 in brief
SW12 is a postcode district covering Balham, Clapham Common and Poynders Parade, in Wandsworth and Lambeth.
About 30,893 people lived in SW12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £725,000 in 2025 across 564 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 95.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SW12 was £725,000 in 2025.
SW12 had 31,606 usual residents at the census.
In SW12, 94.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SW12, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.