SW18
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Wandsworth, The Mews and Earlsfield, in Wandsworth.
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 SW18 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SW18, 94.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SW18 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SW18 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SW18 at a rate of 87.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.0 per 1,000 people across SW.
In August 2026 alone, 550 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SW18.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,460), anti-social behaviour (1,220) and other crime (1,145).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SW18 was 84.4 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 SW18, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SW18 has no single figure. Of its 37 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 12 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SW18
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wandsworth 004I | 1,329 | 81.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Wandsworth 010H | 1,704 | 103.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.3% |
| Wandsworth 010I | 1,236 | 349.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| Wandsworth 010J | 1,686 | 50.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| Wandsworth 010K | 1,653 | 327.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.4% |
| Wandsworth 012B | 1,843 | 66.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.2% |
| Wandsworth 012C | 1,822 | 109.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| Wandsworth 015E | 1,357 | 60.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 85.5% |
| Wandsworth 018A | 1,785 | 153.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.3% |
| Wandsworth 018B | 1,931 | 155.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.4% |
| Wandsworth 018D | 2,464 | 70.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.0% |
| Wandsworth 018E | 1,799 | 96.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.7% |
| Wandsworth 018F | 1,345 | 339.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Wandsworth 019A | 1,947 | 75.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.3% |
| Wandsworth 019B | 1,454 | 56.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| Wandsworth 019C | 1,696 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Wandsworth 019D | 1,719 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.9% |
| Wandsworth 019E | 1,772 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Wandsworth 019F | 1,588 | 62.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Wandsworth 020B | 1,641 | 65.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.4% |
| Wandsworth 020C | 1,525 | 51.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| Wandsworth 020D | 1,701 | 117.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.9% |
| Wandsworth 020E | 1,617 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.4% |
| Wandsworth 020F | 1,592 | 77.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 76.0% |
| Wandsworth 022A | 2,340 | 61.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 58.5% |
| Wandsworth 024A | 1,585 | 97.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Wandsworth 024B | 1,930 | 126.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 72.8% |
| Wandsworth 024C | 1,498 | 36.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Wandsworth 024D | 1,848 | 157.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.0% |
| Wandsworth 024E | 1,574 | 51.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.9% |
| Wandsworth 025A | 1,936 | 58.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.2% |
| Wandsworth 025B | 1,802 | 41.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.2% |
| Wandsworth 025C | 1,891 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Wandsworth 025D | 2,146 | 27.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.6% |
| Wandsworth 025E | 1,566 | 27.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Wandsworth 027E | 1,315 | 29.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Wandsworth 031D | 1,687 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% |
MPs for SW18
- Fleur AndersonLabourMP for Putney59% of SW18’s postcodes
- Dr Rosena Allin-KhanLabourMP for Tooting34% of SW18’s postcodes
- Marsha De CordovaLabourMP for Battersea5.0% of SW18’s postcodes
- Mr Paul KohlerLiberal DemocratMP for Wimbledon1.5% of SW18’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 SW185
Postcode sectors in SW186
Council1
Towns in SW181
Postcode districts next to SW184
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SW postcode area2
SW18 in brief
SW18 is a postcode district covering Wandsworth, The Mews and Earlsfield, in Wandsworth.
About 67,265 people lived in SW18 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £638,845 in 2025 across 1,194 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 87.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SW18 was £638,845 in 2025.
SW18 had 65,724 usual residents at the census.
In SW18, 94.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SW18, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.