Wandsworth
Wandsworth is covered by postcode districts SW1A, SW1E, SW1H, SW1P, SW1V, SW1W and 12 more. It is mostly in the Wandsworth council area: 6,230 of its 6,251 postcodes. The others are in Lambeth and Richmond upon Thames.
Every postcode in Wandsworth, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 64
- At medium risk at worst: 103
- At low risk at worst: 300
- At very low risk only: 713
- Not on the at-risk list: 5,071
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 6,251 postcodes in Wandsworth that ONS places, 64 have a home or business at high risk, 103 are at medium risk at worst, 300 are at low risk at worst, 713 are at very low risk only and 5,071 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
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. 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 51.4553, longitude -0.1786. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk
64 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 95 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SW18 4QD, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 45 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SW18 4GB, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SW17 0BA, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Wandsworth?
Homes sold for a typical £625,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.8% on the 12 months before. At 4,428 of the 5,670 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3,455 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1,180 of its 6,251 postcodes. It has 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wandsworth Town, 900 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 Wandsworth?
Homes in Wandsworth sold for a typical £625,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 3,453 sales, down 3.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £650,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £625,000
▼ down 3.8% on the 12 months before
Across the whole SW11 district, Wandsworth's main postcode district: a typical £726,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Wandsworth: 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 Wandsworth?
454 of the 6,251 postcodes now in use in Wandsworth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 288 of the 5,216 homes sold in Wandsworth were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SW11 district, 12%.
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 Wandsworth | Across the SW11 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 49 of 3,453 (1%) | 30 of 829 (4%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 288 of 5,216 (6%) | 160 of 1,370 (12%) |
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 Wandsworth?
Ofcom reports on 5,670 of the 6,251 postcodes in Wandsworth. At 4,428 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 Wandsworth at risk of flooding?
1,180 of the 6,251 postcodes in Wandsworth 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 3,455 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 Wandsworth?
The open schools at the postcodes in Wandsworth (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
- Park House School400 m 54 pupils, 56 places
- Wandsworth Preparatory School400 m 80 pupils, 150 places
- Allfarthing Primary School550 m 397 pupils, 409 places
- Swaffield School650 m
- St Faith's CofE Primary School700 m 187 pupils, 201 places
- ARK John Archer Primary Academy800 m 195 pupils, 419 places
- Anglo Portuguese School of London900 m 159 pupils, 210 places
- Dolphin School (Incorporating Noahs Ark Nursery Schools)900 m 140 pupils, 311 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 Wandsworth?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wandsworth is Wandsworth Town Rail Station, 900 m away in a straight line.
- Wandsworth Town Rail Station Railway station 900 mWalk
- Clapham Junction Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
- Clapham Junction Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
- Clapham South Underground Station Underground, metro or tram 2.2 kmCycle
- Balham Underground Station Underground, metro or tram 2.2 kmCycle
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 Wandsworth?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Wandsworth, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Haider Practice550 m
- St Johns Hill Surgery550 m
- Bolingbroke Medical Centre750 m
- Wandsworth Medical Centre950 m
- Brocklebank Health Centre1.0 km
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Wandsworth safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 9,633 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Wandsworth 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
- 784 September 2025
- 922 October 2025
- 778 November 2025
- 675 December 2025
- 735 January 2026
- 722 February 2026
- 716 March 2026
- 828 April 2026
- 877 May 2026
- 802 June 2026
- 941 July 2026
- 853 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: criminal damage and arson 276, robbery 262, theft from the person 247, bicycle theft 227, other crime 143, possession of weapons 61.
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 Wandsworth?
- Councils
- Wandsworth (6,230), Lambeth (20) and Richmond upon Thames (1)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Battersea (2,450), Putney (2,093), Tooting (1,687) and 4 others
- 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 Wandsworth
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell the council about council tax Councils A to Z
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Wandsworth
- 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 Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Wandsworth postcodes
6,251 postcodes in use in Wandsworth, by district:
Those districts are all in the SW 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 Wandsworth
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Wandsworth's £625,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Wandsworth
- What is it like to live in Wandsworth?
- Homes sold for a typical £625,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.8% on the 12 months before. At 4,428 of the 5,670 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3,455 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1,180 of its 6,251 postcodes. It has 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wandsworth Town, 900 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 Wandsworth?
- Wandsworth is covered by postcode districts SW1A, SW1E, SW1H, SW1P, SW1V, SW1W and 12 more, across 6,251 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Wandsworth?
- Homes in Wandsworth sold for a typical £625,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 3,453 sales, down 3.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Wandsworth?
- In Wandsworth, primary schools at its postcodes include Park House School, Wandsworth Preparatory School and Allfarthing Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Emanuel School, Centre Academy London and Ark Bolingbroke Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Wandsworth have a railway station?
- Yes: Wandsworth Town is 900 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Wandsworth, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Wandsworth?
- Ofcom reports on 5,670 of the 6,251 postcodes in Wandsworth. At 4,428 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Wandsworth at risk of flooding?
- 1,180 of the 6,251 postcodes in Wandsworth 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 3,455 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 Wandsworth?
- 454 of the 6,251 postcodes now in use in Wandsworth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 288 of the 5,216 homes sold in Wandsworth were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SW11 district, 12%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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