SW8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering South Lambeth, Nine Elms and Union Mews, in Lambeth and Wandsworth.
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 SW8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SW8, 92.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SW8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SW8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SW8 at a rate of 151.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.0 per 1,000 people across SW.
In August 2026 alone, 474 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SW8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (1,175), violence and sexual offences (1,150) and other crime (1,028).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SW8 was 147.3 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 SW8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SW8 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SW8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambeth 004A | 1,705 | 593.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.1% |
| Lambeth 004C | 1,733 | 55.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.6% |
| Lambeth 004D | 1,904 | 186.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.1% |
| Lambeth 004E | 1,798 | 327.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.4% |
| Lambeth 004G | 1,709 | 241.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Lambeth 004H | 1,032 | 80.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.1% |
| Lambeth 004I | 1,520 | 199.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.7% |
| Lambeth 004J | 1,120 | 227.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% |
| Lambeth 005A | 1,485 | 101.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.7% |
| Lambeth 006A | 1,558 | 95.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 73.6% |
| Lambeth 006B | 1,569 | 74.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Lambeth 006C | 1,597 | 87.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 79.5% |
| Lambeth 006D | 1,353 | 109.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Lambeth 006E | 1,782 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.5% |
| Lambeth 008A | 1,935 | 162.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 80.4% |
| Lambeth 008B | 1,711 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.3% |
| Lambeth 008C | 2,351 | 94.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.7% |
| Lambeth 013A | 1,442 | 218.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.1% |
| Wandsworth 005A | 1,663 | 83.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.0% |
| Wandsworth 039A | 2,365 | 116.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.7% |
| Wandsworth 039B | 1,869 | 159.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.9% |
| Wandsworth 039C | 1,604 | 88.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 83.0% |
| Wandsworth 039D | 1,874 | 113.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.5% |
MPs for SW8
- Florence EshalomiLabour (Co-op)MP for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green53% of SW8’s postcodes
- Marsha De CordovaLabourMP for Battersea29% of SW8’s postcodes
- Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourMP for Clapham and Brixton Hill18% of SW8’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 SW84
Postcode sectors in SW86
Councils SW8 covers2
Towns in SW82
Postcode districts next to SW85
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SW postcode area2
SW8 in brief
SW8 is a postcode district covering South Lambeth, Nine Elms and Union Mews, in Lambeth and Wandsworth.
About 40,141 people lived in SW8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £590,000 in 2025 across 466 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 151.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SW8 was £590,000 in 2025.
SW8 had 38,525 usual residents at the census.
In SW8, 92.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SW8, 5.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.