SW9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Brixton, Kennington and Union Mews, 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 SW9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SW9, 92.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SW9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SW9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SW9 at a rate of 191.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.0 per 1,000 people across SW.
In August 2026 alone, 835 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SW9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,245), anti-social behaviour (2,052) and other crime (1,475).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SW9 was 181.6 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 SW9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SW9 has no single figure. Of its 28 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SW9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambeth 005C | 2,014 | 58.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.9% |
| Lambeth 005D | 1,600 | 110.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.3% |
| Lambeth 005E | 1,604 | 134.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.7% |
| Lambeth 007A | 1,522 | 85.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 72.1% |
| Lambeth 007B | 1,422 | 75.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Lambeth 007C | 1,931 | 67.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.4% |
| Lambeth 007D | 2,440 | 164.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.3% |
| Lambeth 007E | 2,317 | 108.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 79.6% |
| Lambeth 009A | 1,680 | 101.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Lambeth 009B | 1,918 | 175.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Lambeth 009E | 1,266 | 82.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 84.9% |
| Lambeth 010A | 1,588 | 126.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Lambeth 010B | 2,297 | 154.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.9% |
| Lambeth 010C | 1,482 | 72.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.8% |
| Lambeth 010D | 2,095 | 173.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.2% |
| Lambeth 010E | 2,092 | 70.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Lambeth 011A | 1,990 | 81.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.0% |
| Lambeth 011B | 1,789 | 1,368.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 82.1% |
| Lambeth 011C | 1,768 | 49.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Lambeth 011D | 2,213 | 111.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.1% |
| Lambeth 011E | 1,696 | 126.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Lambeth 011F | 1,329 | 385.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.3% |
| Lambeth 012D | 2,387 | 183.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.3% |
| Lambeth 015B | 1,674 | 195.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.0% |
| Lambeth 016C | 2,226 | 207.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.3% |
| Lambeth 016D | 1,600 | 541.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.6% |
| Lambeth 018B | 1,411 | 77.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.7% |
| Lambeth 018C | 2,099 | 190.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.5% |
MPs for SW9
- Florence EshalomiLabour (Co-op)MP for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green37% of SW9’s postcodes
- Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourMP for Clapham and Brixton Hill35% of SW9’s postcodes
- Helen HayesLabourMP for Dulwich and West Norwood28% of SW9’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 SW95
Postcode sectors in SW96
Council1
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Postcode districts next to SW96
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SW postcode area2
SW9 in brief
SW9 is a postcode district covering Brixton, Kennington and Union Mews, in Lambeth.
About 47,335 people lived in SW9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £510,000 in 2025 across 418 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 191.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SW9 was £510,000 in 2025.
SW9 had 47,360 usual residents at the census.
In SW9, 92.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SW9, 6.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.