# SW2 3JG: area report for a postcode in Lambeth

SW2 3JG is a postcode in Lambeth.

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 Lambeth. Open the map at SW2 3JG for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Lambeth](https://openindex.co.uk/lambeth) › [SW2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sw2) › [SW2 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sw2-3)

## Around this postcode

- **83 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 30% on July. Lambeth 027D: 71 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.1133,51.4384,SW23JG
- **Tulse Hill, 590 m**: About 7 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.1133,51.4384,SW23JG
- **7 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 250 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.1133,51.4384,SW23JG
- **No property in SW2 3JG 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=-0.1133,51.4384,SW23JG
- **England’s most deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Lambeth 027D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.1133,51.4384,SW23JG
- **£536,623 average price**: For the whole of Lambeth, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.1133,51.4384,SW23JG
- **5 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 510 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.1133,51.4384,SW23JG
- **11 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 500 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.1133,51.4384,SW23JG
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at SW2 3JG**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.1133,51.4384,SW23JG
- **Low road and rail noise at SW2 3JG**: Road 49 dB, rail 51 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.1133,51.4384,SW23JG
- **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=-0.1133,51.4384,SW23JG
- **13.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.1133,51.4384,SW23JG

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Streatham Wells Primary](https://openindex.co.uk/school/streatham-wells-primary-e149556) | Primary | 250 m (3 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), January 2024 | 93% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Hitherfield Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hitherfield-primary-school-e131824) | Primary | 280 m (4 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Fenstanton Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fenstanton-primary-school-e100595) | Primary | 430 m (5 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [City Heights E-ACT Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/city-heights-e-act-academy-e137954) | Secondary | 430 m (5 minutes on foot) | Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 37.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [The Elmgreen School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-elmgreen-school-e144309) | Secondary | 650 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2022 | Attainment 8 of 44.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [The Livity School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-livity-school-e133440) | Special | 730 m (9 minutes on foot) | Improved significantly, May 2025 | – |
| [Dunraven School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dunraven-school-e137093) | All-through | 750 m (9 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2023 | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Maypole School (Leigham Court)](https://openindex.co.uk/school/maypole-school-leigham-court-e149917) | Special | 820 m (10 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| August 2025 | £750,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| August 2026 | £780,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| February 2025 | £1,200,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| May 2025 | £230,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| September 2024 | £325,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| May 2026 | £1,315,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |
| June 2026 | £295,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 120 m |
| August 2025 | £600,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 140 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Tulse Hill (590 m, 7 minutes on foot); Streatham Hill (960 m, 12 minutes on foot); West Norwood (990 m, 12 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: THE DEERBROOK SURGERY (510 m); PALACE ROAD SURGERY (790 m); EDITH CAVELL PRACTICE (840 m); THE STREATHAM HILL GROUP PRACTICE (920 m); KNIGHTS HILL SURGERY SUITE 1 (940 m)
- Pharmacies: ELMCOURT PHARMACY (510 m); DEEJAY CHEMIST (540 m); ADARSHI PHARMACY (700 m); DAY LEWIS PHARMACY (790 m); SUPERDRUG PHARMACY (790 m)
- Dental practices: ELMCOURT HEALTH CENTRE (510 m); NORWOOD ROAD DENTAL CLINIC (510 m); NORWOOD ROAD (DENTAL SURGERY) (540 m); ARKH-VIEW DENTAL CENTRE (550 m); DENTAL SURGERY (560 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Tulse Hill (500 m, The Co-operative Group); Tesco Tulse Hill Express (560 m, Tesco); Budgens MFG Streatham (690 m, Budgens); Iceland West Norwood (770 m, Iceland); Sainsburys West Norwood Local (800 m, Sainsburys)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £536,623** (July 2026). Lambeth’s average house price was £536,623 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 6.3% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £49,034** (2025). Full-time workers living in Lambeth earned a median of £49,034 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 19th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 10.9×** (2025). A home in Lambeth costs 10.9 times local full-time pay. Joint 35th 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: 23.0** (2025). Lambeth has a deprivation score of 23.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 104th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Lambeth 027D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 19.2** (2025). Lambeth 027D has a deprivation score of 19.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 15,310th most 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 Lambeth 027D 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: 1,597** (2021). Lambeth 027D had 1,597 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 18,268th 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: 99.8%** (January 2026). In Lambeth 027D, 99.8% 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.

## SW2 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £535,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SW2 was £535,000 in 2025. Joint 224th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 56,810** (2021). SW2 had 56,810 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 119th 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 SW2 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: 93.4%** (January 2026). In SW2, 93.4% 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: [Lambeth](https://openindex.co.uk/lambeth)
- Centre: 51.4384, -0.1133

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

## Your MP

- [Streatham and Croydon North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/streatham-and-croydon-north): Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op)), 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=-0.1133,51.4384,SW23JG

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