SW4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Clapham, Poynders Parade and Stockwell, in Lambeth.
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 SW4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SW4, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SW4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SW4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SW4 at a rate of 165.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.0 per 1,000 people across SW.
In August 2026 alone, 601 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SW4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,300), anti-social behaviour (1,296) and other crime (1,125).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SW4 was 149.9 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 SW4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SW4 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SW4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambeth 008D | 1,666 | 118.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.4% |
| Lambeth 008E | 1,641 | 250.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.9% |
| Lambeth 012A | 1,642 | 87.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 88.0% |
| Lambeth 012B | 1,687 | 591.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 83.4% |
| Lambeth 012C | 1,759 | 61.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.4% |
| Lambeth 012E | 1,642 | 87.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Lambeth 013B | 1,702 | 70.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.3% |
| Lambeth 013C | 2,042 | 270.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.3% |
| Lambeth 013D | 1,245 | 71.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.1% |
| Lambeth 013E | 1,107 | 77.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 69.8% |
| Lambeth 015C | 2,191 | 221.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.5% |
| Lambeth 015D | 1,707 | 73.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Lambeth 017A | 1,827 | 108.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.1% |
| Lambeth 017B | 1,721 | 305.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.6% |
| Lambeth 017C | 1,520 | 403.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.3% |
| Lambeth 017D | 1,705 | 107.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.8% |
| Lambeth 019A | 1,501 | 164.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.4% |
| Lambeth 019B | 1,394 | 45.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Lambeth 019C | 1,482 | 65.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Lambeth 019D | 1,722 | 110.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.6% |
| Lambeth 019E | 1,618 | 85.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.8% |
| Lambeth 022C | 1,774 | 112.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.8% |
| Lambeth 022D | 1,449 | 98.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.8% |
| Lambeth 023A | 1,574 | 71.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.8% |
MPs for SW4
- Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourMP for Clapham and Brixton Hill91% of SW4’s postcodes
- Florence EshalomiLabour (Co-op)MP for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green4.8% of SW4’s postcodes
- Marsha De CordovaLabourMP for Battersea4.5% of SW4’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 SW44
Postcode sectors in SW46
Council1
Towns in SW41
Postcode districts next to SW45
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SW postcode area2
SW4 in brief
SW4 is a postcode district covering Clapham, Poynders Parade and Stockwell, in Lambeth.
About 40,520 people lived in SW4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £627,000 in 2025 across 533 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 165.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SW4 was £627,000 in 2025.
SW4 had 40,856 usual residents at the census.
In SW4, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SW4, 4.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.