# SW19 8LZ: area report for a postcode in Merton

SW19 8LZ is a postcode in Merton.

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 Merton. Open the map at SW19 8LZ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Merton](https://openindex.co.uk/merton) › [SW19](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sw19) › [SW19 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sw19-8)

## Around this postcode

- **43 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 19% on July. Merton 003E: 74 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.1916,51.4259,SW198LZ
- **Haydons Road, 200 m**: About 2 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.1916,51.4259,SW198LZ
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 170 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.1916,51.4259,SW198LZ
- **No property in SW19 8LZ 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=-0.1916,51.4259,SW198LZ
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Merton 003E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.1916,51.4259,SW198LZ
- **£615,890 average price**: For the whole of Merton, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.1916,51.4259,SW198LZ
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 790 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.1916,51.4259,SW198LZ
- **8 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 100 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.1916,51.4259,SW198LZ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at SW19 8LZ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.1916,51.4259,SW198LZ
- **Moderate road and rail noise at SW19 8LZ**: Road 46 dB, rail 58 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.1916,51.4259,SW198LZ
- **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=-0.1916,51.4259,SW198LZ
- **13.5 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.1916,51.4259,SW198LZ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [The Priory CofE School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-priory-cofe-school-e102672) | Primary | 170 m (2 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2023 | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Holy Trinity CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-trinity-cofe-primary-school-e102665) | Primary | 470 m (6 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), July 2024 | 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Garfield Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/garfield-primary-school-e102629) | Primary | 570 m (7 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, November 2024 | 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Willington School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/willington-school-e101069) | Independent | 950 m (12 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [All Saints' CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/all-saints-cofe-primary-school-e102663) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade | 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Smallwood Primary School and Language Unit](https://openindex.co.uk/school/smallwood-primary-school-and-language-unit-e101021) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2022 | 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Ricards Lodge High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ricards-lodge-high-school-e102673) | Secondary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, September 2023 | Attainment 8 of 57.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [RR6](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rr6-e136509) | Sixth form and further education | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2026 | £295,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| August 2025 | £720,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| August 2026 | £542,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| April 2024 | £562,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| April 2025 | £305,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 140 m |
| November 2025 | £405,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 150 m |
| March 2025 | £1,650,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 160 m |
| June 2026 | £490,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 190 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Haydons Road (200 m, 2 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: RIVERHOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE (790 m); VINEYARD HILL ROAD SURGERY (940 m)
- Pharmacies: HAYDONS PHARMACY (620 m); CHEMCO PHARMACY (770 m)
- Dental practices: MCLAREN DENTAL PRACTICE (670 m); HAYDONS ROAD DENTAL PRACTICE (690 m); THE WIMBLEDON DENTIST (750 m); HAYDONS ROAD DENTAL SURGERY (850 m); SOUTH WEST LONDON IC (970 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Wimbledon - Haydons Road (100 m, The Co-operative Group); Morrisons Dailly Durnsford Road (370 m, Morrisons); Lidl Summerstown London (680 m, Lidl); Sainsburys London Haydons Road Local (700 m, Sainsburys); Waitrose Wimbledon (710 m, Waitrose)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £615,890** (July 2026). Merton’s average house price was £615,890 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 0.9% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £50,844** (2025). Full-time workers living in Merton earned a median of £50,844 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 12th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 12.1×** (2025). A home in Merton costs 12.1 times local full-time pay. Joint 20th 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: 14.4** (2025). Merton has a deprivation score of 14.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 86th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Merton 003E (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 7.3** (2025). Merton 003E has a deprivation score of 7.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 5,409th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £839,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Merton 003E was £839,500 in 2025. 838th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,596** (2021). Merton 003E had 1,596 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 18,319th 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: 99.5%** (January 2026). In Merton 003E, 99.5% 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.

## SW19 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £625,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SW19 was £625,000 in 2025. Joint 130th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 80,212** (2021). SW19 had 80,212 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 23rd 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 SW19 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: 90.2%** (January 2026). In SW19, 90.2% 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Merton](https://openindex.co.uk/merton)
- Centre: 51.4259, -0.1916

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

## Your MP

- [Wimbledon](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/wimbledon): Mr Paul Kohler (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.

## 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=-0.1916,51.4259,SW198LZ

## How to cite

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