# SW18 5LJ: area report for a postcode in Wandsworth

SW18 5LJ 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 SW18 5LJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Wandsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/wandsworth) › [SW18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sw18) › [SW18 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sw18-5)

## Around this postcode

- **47 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 27% on July. Wandsworth 025B: 42 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.1994,51.4458,SW185LJ
- **Southfields, 510 m**: About 6 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.1994,51.4458,SW185LJ
- **6 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 80 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.1994,51.4458,SW185LJ
- **No property in SW18 5LJ 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=-0.1994,51.4458,SW185LJ
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Wandsworth 025B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.1994,51.4458,SW185LJ
- **£686,076 average price**: For the whole of Wandsworth, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.1994,51.4458,SW185LJ
- **3 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 470 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.1994,51.4458,SW185LJ
- **11 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 110 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.1994,51.4458,SW185LJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at SW18 5LJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.1994,51.4458,SW185LJ
- **Moderate road and rail noise at SW18 5LJ**: Road 58 dB, rail 41 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.1994,51.4458,SW185LJ
- **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=-0.1994,51.4458,SW185LJ
- **14.9 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.1994,51.4458,SW185LJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Riversdale Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/riversdale-primary-school-e101018) | Primary | 80 m (1 minute on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Southfields Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/southfields-academy-e138682) | Secondary | 170 m (2 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, February 2023 | Attainment 8 of 49.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Sheringdale Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sheringdale-primary-school-e101026) | Primary | 340 m (4 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | 95% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Michael's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-michaels-cofe-primary-school-e101049) | Primary | 610 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2022 | 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Saint Cecilia's Church of England School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/saint-cecilias-church-of-england-school-e141808) | Secondary | 650 m (8 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2023 | Attainment 8 of 54.1 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Floreat Wandsworth Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/floreat-wandsworth-primary-school-e140423) | Primary | 750 m (9 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Wimbledon Park Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wimbledon-park-primary-school-e102648) | Primary | 900 m (11 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, September 2022 | 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Linden Lodge School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/linden-lodge-school-e145709) | Special | 980 m (12 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, January 2023 | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2025 | £720,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| October 2024 | £950,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 30 m |
| November 2025 | £560,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| September 2025 | £500,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| December 2024 | £450,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| July 2026 | £750,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| March 2026 | £730,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| October 2025 | £632,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 130 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Southfields (510 m, 6 minutes on foot); Earlsfield (900 m, 11 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: SOUTHFIELDS GROUP PRACTICE (470 m); ELBOROUGH STREET SURGERY (540 m); BROCKLEBANK HEALTH CENTRE (780 m)
- Pharmacies: BOOTS (400 m); WELLBEING PHARMACY (400 m); FAZAL PHARMACY (410 m); COOKS PHARMACY (450 m); REVELSTOKE PHARMACY (470 m)
- Dental practices: PREVENTIVE DENTAL PRACTICE (400 m); SOUTHFIELDS DENTAL CENTRE (550 m); REVELSTOKE ROAD (DENTAL SURGERY) (660 m); DOVE DENTAL & WELLBEING SPA (690 m); BROCKLEBANK HEALTH CENTRE (780 m)
- Supermarkets: Spar - Riverdale (110 m, Spar); Cook Southfields (400 m, Cook); Tesco Southfields Replingham Rd Express (410 m, Tesco); M&S Southfields Simply Food (430 m, Marks and Spencer); Sainsburys Wandsworth Southfields Station Local (560 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 025B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 6.8** (2025). Wandsworth 025B has a deprivation score of 6.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 4,854th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £750,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Wandsworth 025B was £750,000 in 2025. Joint 1,198th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,802** (2021). Wandsworth 025B had 1,802 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 9,796th 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: 95.2%** (January 2026). In Wandsworth 025B, 95.2% 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.

## SW18 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £638,845** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SW18 was £638,845 in 2025. 115th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 65,724** (2021). SW18 had 65,724 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 60th 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 SW18 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: 94.1%** (January 2026). In SW18, 94.1% 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: 51.4458, -0.1994

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

## Your MP

- [Putney](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/putney): Fleur Anderson (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=-0.1994,51.4458,SW185LJ

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