# SW12 8HQ: area report for a postcode in Wandsworth

SW12 8HQ is a postcode in Wandsworth.

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 Wandsworth. Open the map at SW12 8HQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Wandsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/wandsworth) › [SW12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sw12) › [SW12 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sw12-8)

## Around this postcode

- **37 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 31% on July. Wandsworth 027C: 40 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.1605,51.4417,SW128HQ
- **Wandsworth Common, 540 m**: About 7 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.1605,51.4417,SW128HQ
- **14 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 370 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.1605,51.4417,SW128HQ
- **No property in SW12 8HQ 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=-0.1605,51.4417,SW128HQ
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Wandsworth 027C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.1605,51.4417,SW128HQ
- **£686,076 average price**: For the whole of Wandsworth, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.1605,51.4417,SW128HQ
- **5 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 360 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.1605,51.4417,SW128HQ
- **11 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 370 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.1605,51.4417,SW128HQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at SW12 8HQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.1605,51.4417,SW128HQ
- **Low road and rail noise at SW12 8HQ**: Road 54 dB, rail 46 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.1605,51.4417,SW128HQ
- **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=-0.1605,51.4417,SW128HQ
- **14.5 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.1605,51.4417,SW128HQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Trinity St Mary's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/trinity-st-marys-cofe-primary-school-e101047) | Primary | 370 m (5 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2024 | 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Finton House School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/finton-house-school-e101076) | Independent | 370 m (5 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Eveline Day School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/eveline-day-school-e101080) | Independent | 420 m (5 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Hornsby House School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hornsby-house-school-e101078) | Independent | 440 m (5 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Rutherford House School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rutherford-house-school-e139775) | Primary | 470 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), July 2022 | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Chestnut Grove Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chestnut-grove-academy-e136883) | Secondary | 480 m (6 minutes on foot) | School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, March 2024 | Attainment 8 of 57.1 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Ravenstone Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ravenstone-primary-school-e147327) | Primary | 480 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), September 2023 | 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Fircroft Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fircroft-primary-school-e151527) | Primary | 580 m (7 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade, before the school changed | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2026 | £610,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| May 2025 | £694,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| November 2024 | £725,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| August 2025 | £1,300,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| October 2025 | £1,607,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| November 2024 | £1,336,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| August 2024 | £775,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| August 2025 | £545,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 110 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Wandsworth Common (540 m, 7 minutes on foot); Balham (550 m, 7 minutes on foot); Balham (580 m, 7 minutes on foot); Tooting Bec (670 m, 8 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: BALHAM PARK SURGERY (360 m); OPEN DOOR SURGERY (380 m); TOOTING BEC SURGERY (640 m); BEDFORD HILL FAMILY PRACTICE (800 m); NIGHTINGALE PRACTICE (850 m)
- Pharmacies: DAY LEWIS PHARMACY (360 m); HEALTHCHEM PHARMACY (490 m); TRINITY PHARMACY (510 m); BELLEVUE PHARMACY (570 m); BOOTS (640 m)
- Dental practices: TRINITY DENTAL & IMPLANT CENTRE (340 m); BALHAM GATEWAY DENTAL (490 m); BALHAM LODGE PRACTICE (520 m); TEN DENTAL (710 m); THE DENTIST (760 m)
- Supermarkets: Budgens Balham (370 m, Budgens); Co-op London - Balham High Road (450 m, The Co-operative Group); Tesco Tooting Balham High Rd Esso Express (450 m, Tesco); M&S Trinity Rd Wandsworth BP (500 m, Marks and Spencer); Sainsburys Wandsworth Common Bellevue Road Local (550 m, Sainsburys)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £686,076** (July 2026). Wandsworth’s average house price was £686,076 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 5.5% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £54,584** (2025). Full-time workers living in Wandsworth earned a median of £54,584 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 3rd highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 12.6×** (2025). A home in Wandsworth costs 12.6 times local full-time pay. Joint 15th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 15.2** (2025). Wandsworth has a deprivation score of 15.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 99th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Wandsworth 027C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 5.9** (2025). Wandsworth 027C has a deprivation score of 5.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 3,841st least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £680,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Wandsworth 027C was £680,000 in 2025. Joint 1,719th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,500** (2021). Wandsworth 027C had 1,500 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 23,238th least 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: 100.0%** (January 2026). In Wandsworth 027C, 100.0% 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.

## SW12 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £725,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SW12 was £725,000 in 2025. 65th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 31,606** (2021). SW12 had 31,606 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 832nd 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 SW12 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: 94.0%** (January 2026). In SW12, 94.0% 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: [Wandsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/wandsworth)
- Centre: 51.4417, -0.1605

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

## Your MP

- [Tooting](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/tooting): Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (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), July 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=-0.1605,51.4417,SW128HQ

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