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Southfields

Ward

South west Wandsworth. About 12,497 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.1 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Southfields live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
12,657
1,392nd most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
96.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Southfields compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

SouthfieldsMiddle
Population22 wards, Wandsworth · 2021
Population: every ward in Wandsworth22 areas from 5,395 to 19,184. The middle area is 16,655. Southfields is 12,657.
12,6576th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares22 wards, Wandsworth · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Wandsworth22 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Southfields is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage22 wards, Wandsworth · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Wandsworth22 areas from 71.7% to 99.1%. The middle area is 92.4%. Southfields is 96.7%.
96.7%4th highest
Claimant rate22 wards, Wandsworth · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Wandsworth22 areas from 1.2% to 8.2%. The middle area is 3.6%. Southfields is 2.0%.
2.0%2nd lowest

Is Southfields safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Southfields at a rate of 51.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 97.7 per 1,000 people across Wandsworth.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 71 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Southfields.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were vehicle crime (154), violence and sexual offences (130) and other crime (116).

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.

Figures for the whole of Wandsworth

These figures are published for the whole of Wandsworth, not for each ward, so they describe all of Wandsworth and not Southfields alone. See Wandsworth

Average house price
£686,076
Down 5.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£54,584
3rd highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
12.6×
Joint 15th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
15.2
Joint 99th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Southfields in brief

Southfields had 12,657 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Southfields live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Southfields, 96.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Southfields, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.