Lambeth
Lambeth is covered by postcode districts SE11, SW2, SW4, SW8, SW9, SW16 and 10 more. It is in the Lambeth council area, England.
Every postcode in Lambeth, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 210
- In use before 2020: 5,892
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 6,102 postcodes in Lambeth that ONS places, 210 are new since 2020 and 5,892 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.4582, longitude -0.1196. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 29 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SW3 9HQ, is the newest of them.
- 17 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SW16 9RP, is the newest of them.
- 14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SE11 5BP, is the newest of them.
- 14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SW8 1GY, is the newest of them.
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SE1 7GZ, is the newest of them.
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SW4 8FX, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Lambeth?
Homes sold for a typical £530,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.6% on the 12 months before. At 4,812 of the 5,879 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 616 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 758 of its 6,102 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Brixton, 700 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Lambeth?
Homes in Lambeth sold for a typical £530,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,586 sales, down 3.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £1,350,000 17 sales
- Semi-detached £1,027,500 152 sales
- Terraced £850,000 543 sales
- Flat or maisonette £455,000 1,874 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole SW2 district, Lambeth's main postcode district: a typical £510,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Lambeth: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Lambeth?
210 of the 6,102 postcodes now in use in Lambeth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 190 of the 4,013 homes sold in Lambeth were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SW2 district, Under 1%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Lambeth | Across the SW2 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 19 of 2,586 (Under 1%) | 1 of 492 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 190 of 4,013 (5%) | 5 of 744 (Under 1%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Lambeth?
Ofcom reports on 5,879 of the 6,102 postcodes in Lambeth. At 4,812 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Lambeth at risk of flooding?
758 of the 6,102 postcodes in Lambeth have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 616 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Lambeth?
The open schools at the postcodes in Lambeth (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School250 m 404 pupils, 443 places
- Sudbourne Primary School600 m 296 pupils, 270 places
- Jubilee Primary School750 m 332 pupils, 405 places
- Iqra Primary School800 m 235 pupils, 250 places
- Stockwell Primary School900 m 358 pupils, 460 places
- Hill Mead Primary School950 m 228 pupils, 280 places
- St Jude's Church of England Primary School1.0 km 168 pupils, 210 places
- St Helen's Catholic Primary School1.1 km 247 pupils, 360 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Lambeth?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lambeth is Brixton Rail Station, 700 m away in a straight line.
- Brixton Rail Station Railway station 700 mWalk
- Clapham High Street Rail Station Railway station 1.2 kmCycle
- Herne Hill Rail Station Railway station 1.3 kmCycle
- Brixton Underground Station Underground, metro or tram 600 mWalk
- Clapham North Underground Station Underground, metro or tram 1.1 kmWalk
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Lambeth?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Lambeth, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Hetherington at the Pavilion Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2024 · Phone 020 7274 9252 450 mWalk
- Larc Clinic (La) Phone 020 3048 2999 450 mWalk
- Brixton Hill Group Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 020 8674 6376 650 mWalk
- Hetherington Group Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 020 7274 4220 700 mWalk
- Sandmere Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 020 7274 6366 750 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Lambeth safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 18,762 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Lambeth over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 1,576 September 2025
- 1,504 October 2025
- 1,422 November 2025
- 1,355 December 2025
- 1,423 January 2026
- 1,368 February 2026
- 1,566 March 2026
- 1,477 April 2026
- 1,734 May 2026
- 1,734 June 2026
- 1,886 July 2026
- 1,717 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: robbery 779, burglary 685, criminal damage and arson 572, bicycle theft 438, other crime 169, possession of weapons 159.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Lambeth?
- Council
- Lambeth
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Clapham and Brixton Hill (2,160), Vauxhall and Camberwell Green (1,614), Dulwich and West Norwood (1,336) and 1 other
- Police force area
- Metropolitan Police
- Region
- London
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Lambeth
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Lambeth about council tax Council tax, on lambeth.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Lambeth
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Lambeth postcodes
6,102 postcodes in use in Lambeth, by district:
Those districts are in the SW postcode area, SE postcode area and CR postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Lambeth
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Lambeth's £530,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Lambeth
- What is it like to live in Lambeth?
- Homes sold for a typical £530,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.6% on the 12 months before. At 4,812 of the 5,879 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 616 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 758 of its 6,102 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Brixton, 700 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Lambeth?
- Lambeth is covered by postcode districts SE11, SW2, SW4, SW8, SW9, SW16 and 10 more, across 6,102 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Lambeth in?
- Lambeth is in the Lambeth council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Lambeth?
- Homes in Lambeth sold for a typical £530,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 2,586 sales, down 3.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Lambeth?
- In Lambeth, primary schools at its postcodes include Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Sudbourne Primary School and Jubilee Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Trinity Academy, Lansdowne School and Harris Academy Clapham. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Lambeth have a railway station?
- Yes: Brixton is 700 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Lambeth, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Lambeth?
- Ofcom reports on 5,879 of the 6,102 postcodes in Lambeth. At 4,812 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Lambeth at risk of flooding?
- 758 of the 6,102 postcodes in Lambeth have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 616 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Lambeth?
- 210 of the 6,102 postcodes now in use in Lambeth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 190 of the 4,013 homes sold in Lambeth were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SW2 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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