# SW8 3HL: area report for a postcode in Wandsworth

SW8 3HL is a postcode in Wandsworth.

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 Wandsworth. Open the map at SW8 3HL for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Wandsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/wandsworth) › [SW8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sw8) › [SW8 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sw8-3)

## Around this postcode

- **125 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 6% on July. Wandsworth 039D: 113 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.1482,51.4729,SW83HL
- **Queenstown Road (Battersea), 250 m**: About 3 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.1482,51.4729,SW83HL
- **9 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 460 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.1482,51.4729,SW83HL
- **4 of 4 properties in SW8 3HL at very low risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 3. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.1482,51.4729,SW83HL
- **England’s most deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Wandsworth 039D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.1482,51.4729,SW83HL
- **£686,076 average price**: For the whole of Wandsworth, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.1482,51.4729,SW83HL
- **3 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 470 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.1482,51.4729,SW83HL
- **10 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 350 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.1482,51.4729,SW83HL
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at SW8 3HL**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.1482,51.4729,SW83HL
- **Loud road and rail noise at SW8 3HL**: Road 70 dB, rail 64 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.1482,51.4729,SW83HL
- **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=-0.1482,51.4729,SW83HL
- **17.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.1482,51.4729,SW83HL

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St Mary's RC Voluntary Aided Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-rc-voluntary-aided-primary-school-e101048) | Primary | 460 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2023 | 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Heathbrook Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/heathbrook-primary-school-e100566) | Primary | 470 m (6 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, June 2025 | 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Newton Preparatory School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/newton-preparatory-school-e101082) | Independent | 490 m (6 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [John Burns Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/john-burns-primary-school-e101014) | Primary | 490 m (6 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2023 | 90% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Chesterton Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chesterton-primary-school-e145280) | Primary | 600 m (8 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), December 2022 | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Griffin Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/griffin-primary-school-e145060) | Primary | 690 m (9 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), November 2023 | 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St George's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-georges-cofe-primary-school-e101044) | Primary | 760 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2024 | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Harris Academy Battersea](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harris-academy-battersea-e140985) | Secondary | 780 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, October 2023 | Attainment 8 of 45.3 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| May 2026 | £555,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 20 m |
| July 2025 | £555,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| December 2025 | £396,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| June 2023 | £525,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| March 2024 | £600,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 110 m |
| May 2023 | £717,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 110 m |
| November 2024 | £367,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 120 m |
| June 2026 | £460,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 160 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Queenstown Road (Battersea) (250 m, 3 minutes on foot); Battersea Park (450 m, 6 minutes on foot); Wandsworth Road (730 m, 9 minutes on foot); Battersea Power Station (890 m, 11 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: BATTERSEA FIELDS PRACTICE (470 m); QUEENSTOWN ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE (680 m); LAVENDER HILL GROUP PRACTICE (970 m)
- Pharmacies: WELLCARE PHARMACY (390 m); QUEENS PHARMACY (680 m); FAIRLEE PHARMACY (680 m)
- Dental practices: DODDINGTON HEALTH CLINIC (490 m); QUEENSTOWN DENTAL PRACTICE (530 m); BATTERSEA DENTAL PRACTICE (610 m); 25 LAVENDER HILL [DENTAL SURGERY] (800 m); LONDON DENTAL IMPLANT (860 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Battersea Park Express (350 m, Tesco); Sainsburys Battersea Park Station Local (390 m, Sainsburys); Budgens Battersea Park (560 m, Budgens); Asda Clapham Express Petrol (580 m, Asda); Little Waitrose Battersea (610 m, Waitrose)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £686,076** (July 2026). Wandsworth’s average house price was £686,076 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 5.5% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £54,584** (2025). Full-time workers living in Wandsworth earned a median of £54,584 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 3rd highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 12.6×** (2025). A home in Wandsworth costs 12.6 times local full-time pay. Joint 15th 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: 15.2** (2025). Wandsworth has a deprivation score of 15.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 99th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Wandsworth 039D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 18.7** (2025). Wandsworth 039D has a deprivation score of 18.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 15,722nd most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £642,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Wandsworth 039D was £642,500 in 2025. Joint 2,108th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,874** (2021). Wandsworth 039D had 1,874 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 7,817th 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: 98.5%** (January 2026). In Wandsworth 039D, 98.5% 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.

## SW8 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £590,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SW8 was £590,000 in 2025. Joint 159th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 38,525** (2021). SW8 had 38,525 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 507th 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 SW8 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: 92.0%** (January 2026). In SW8, 92.0% 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: [Wandsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/wandsworth)
- Centre: 51.4729, -0.1482

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

## Your MP

- [Battersea](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/battersea): Marsha De Cordova (Labour), 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=-0.1482,51.4729,SW83HL

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