SW20
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Cottenham Park, Bushey Mead and Raynes Park, in Merton.
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 SW20 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SW20, 95.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SW20 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SW20 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SW20 at a rate of 50.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.0 per 1,000 people across SW.
In August 2026 alone, 144 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SW20.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (417), anti-social behaviour (325) and other crime (254).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SW20 was 47.9 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 SW20, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SW20 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SW20
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merton 002B | 1,419 | 23.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 76.0% |
| Merton 010A | 1,682 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.8% |
| Merton 010B | 1,630 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.6% |
| Merton 010C | 1,611 | 34.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.8% |
| Merton 010D | 1,808 | 46.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Merton 010E | 1,505 | 32.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.4% |
| Merton 011A | 1,746 | 32.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| Merton 011B | 1,783 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| Merton 011D | 1,406 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.8% |
| Merton 011E | 1,643 | 67.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.5% |
| Merton 015A | 1,672 | 28.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Merton 016A | 1,736 | 58.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.7% |
| Merton 016B | 1,572 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% |
| Merton 016C | 1,964 | 155.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.4% |
| Merton 016D | 1,608 | 96.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Merton 016E | 1,723 | 110.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.4% |
| Merton 020A | 1,711 | 37.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.6% |
| Merton 020B | 1,766 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
MPs for SW20
- Mr Paul KohlerLiberal DemocratMP for Wimbledon89% of SW20’s postcodes
- Dame Siobhain McDonaghLabourMP for Mitcham and Morden9.1% of SW20’s postcodes
- Sarah OlneyLiberal DemocratMP for Richmond Park1.6% of SW20’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 SW203
Postcode sectors in SW204
Council1
Towns in SW201
Postcode districts next to SW204
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SW postcode area2
SW20 in brief
SW20 is a postcode district covering Cottenham Park, Bushey Mead and Raynes Park, in Merton.
About 30,912 people lived in SW20 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £730,000 in 2025 across 397 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 50.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SW20 was £730,000 in 2025.
SW20 had 30,317 usual residents at the census.
In SW20, 95.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SW20, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.