SW12 9SH postcode in Wandsworth, England

SW12 9SH is a postcode in Wandsworth, in the South Balham ward. It is in the Tooting parliamentary constituency and the Metropolitan Police area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 90% of homes and businesses at SW12 9SH can get it Across Wandsworth: 90% Typical price £650,000 Homes sold in SW12 9, last 12 months. ▲ 3.8% on the year before Nearest station Balham 100 m in a straight line

Where SW12 9SH is, and what is near it

Map of SW12 9SH and what is near it Map of SW12 9SH: its centre point, with the 185 other postcodes in the SW12 9 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 1 Underground, metro or tram station, 3 GP practices, 9 bus stops and 2 EV charging points (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 100 m. SW12 9AR: also in SW12 9SW12 9AS: also in SW12 9SW12 9AU: also in SW12 9SW12 9AY: also in SW12 9SW12 9AZ: also in SW12 9SW12 9BA: also in SW12 9SW12 9BE: also in SW12 9SW12 9BF: also in SW12 9SW12 9BN: also in SW12 9SW12 9BP: also in SW12 9SW12 9BS: also in SW12 9SW12 9BW: also in SW12 9SW12 9DS: also in SW12 9SW12 9ET: also in SW12 9SW12 9EX: also in SW12 9SW12 9EY: also in SW12 9SW12 9EZ: also in SW12 9SW12 9HA: also in SW12 9SW12 9HD: also in SW12 9SW12 9HE: also in SW12 9SW12 9HR: also in SW12 9SW12 9HS: also in SW12 9SW12 9HW: also in SW12 9SW12 9HY: also in SW12 9SW12 9HZ: also in SW12 9SW12 9JE: also in SW12 9SW12 9JF: also in SW12 9SW12 9JG: also in SW12 9SW12 9JJ: also in SW12 9SW12 9JN: also in SW12 9SW12 9JP: also in SW12 9SW12 9JR: also in SW12 9SW12 9JS: also in SW12 9SW12 9JW: also in SW12 9SW12 9QF: also in SW12 9SW12 9QG: also in SW12 9SW12 9QH: also in SW12 9SW12 9QJ: also in SW12 9SW12 9QL: also in SW12 9SW12 9QN: also in SW12 9SW12 9QP: also in SW12 9SW12 9QQ: also in SW12 9SW12 9QR: also in SW12 9SW12 9QS: also in SW12 9SW12 9QT: also in SW12 9SW12 9QU: also in SW12 9SW12 9QW: also in SW12 9SW12 9QX: also in SW12 9SW12 9RG: also in SW12 9SW12 9RJ: also in SW12 9SW12 9RN: also in SW12 9SW12 9RQ: also in SW12 9SW12 9RR: also in SW12 9SW12 9RS: also in SW12 9SW12 9RT: also in SW12 9SW12 9RU: also in SW12 9SW12 9RY: also in SW12 9SW12 9RZ: also in SW12 9SW12 9SG: also in SW12 9SW12 9SJ: also in SW12 9SW12 9SL: also in SW12 9SW12 9SN: also in SW12 9SW12 9SS: also in SW12 9SW12 9ST: also in SW12 9SW12 9SU: also in SW12 9SW12 9SX: also in SW12 9SW12 9SY: also in SW12 9 Oak Lodge School 800 mSSE Green 800 mWandsworth Common station 900 mBalham SW12 9SH Map of SW12 9SH and what is near it Map of SW12 9SH: its centre point, with the 185 other postcodes in the SW12 9 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 1 Underground, metro or tram station, 3 GP practices, 9 bus stops and 2 EV charging points (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 200 m. SSE Green 800 mBalham SW12 9SH
  • SW12 9SH
  • Other postcodes in SW12 9: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 1 Underground, metro or tram station
  • 3 GP practices
  • 9 bus stops
  • 2 EV charging points
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 51.4423, longitude -0.1524)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; charging points: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after SW12 9SH?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at SW12 9SH?

Every home and business at SW12 9SH can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, and 90% can get gigabit, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

SW12 9SH 90% Wandsworth 90%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

SW12 9SH 100% Wandsworth 99%
Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at SW12 9SH?

BinDayBuddy reads bin days from councils' own collection systems. It may have the days for SW12 9SH.

Check the bin days for SW12 9SH on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is SW12 9SH at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include SW12 9SH.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Wandsworth

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for SW12 9SH: 9,241 properties in Wandsworth are at high risk (5.5% of all its properties). All the figures for Wandsworth

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of SW12 9SH is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near SW12 9SH?

Homes in SW12 9 sold for a typical £650,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 139 sales, up 3.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£650,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£626,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 3.8% on the 12 months before
  • Semi-detached £1,496,500 8 sales
  • Terraced £1,270,000 23 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £600,000 108 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole SW12 district: a typical £700,000 from 369 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in SW12 9SH

HM Land Registry records 6 standard sales of homes in SW12 9SH from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 2 April 2026. The middle price was £823,750, from £690,000 to £1,121,999. Across SW12 9, the typical price in the 12 months to August 2026 was £650,000. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near SW12 9SH?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 1,220 homes in the neighbourhood around SW12 9SH. The largest share of them, 35%, are in council tax band D. More were built from 1919 to 1939 than in any other period (45%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around SW12 9SH

Band D in Wandsworth for 2026‑27: £1,028. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £685 (band A) to £1,714 (band G); band D, the most common, is £1,028.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 210 (17%)£685
Band Babout 280 (23%)£800
Band Cabout 190 (16%)£914
Band Dabout 430 (35%)£1,028
Band Eabout 50 (4%)£1,257
Band Fabout 50 (4%)£1,485
Band Gabout 10 (1%)£1,714
Band Hfewer than 5£2,056

When the homes were built

  1. 33% Before 1900
  2. 1% 1900 to 1918
  3. 45% 1919 to 1939
  4. None 1945 to 1964
  5. 2% 1965 to 1982
  6. None 1983 to 1999
  7. 2% 2000 to 2009
  8. 10% 2010 to 2019
  9. 7% 2020 or later

1945 to 1964, 1983 to 1999: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Wandsworth before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of SW12 9SH is in (ONS area E01004545), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near SW12 9SH?

The nearest open schools to SW12 9SH, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near SW12 9SH, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to SW12 9SH?

The nearest railway station to the centre of SW12 9SH is Balham Rail Station, 100 metres away in a straight line.

  • Balham Rail Station Railway station 100 mWalk
  • Wandsworth Common Rail Station Railway station 900 mWalk
  • Balham Underground Station Underground, metro or tram 100 mWalk

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

9 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Balham Station, 103 m away.

More stations near SW12 9SH, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near SW12 9SH?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of SW12 9SH, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near SW12 9SH?

2 within 1 km 22 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of SW12 9SH, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • A charging point Charging point · No details mapped 400 mWalk
  • SSE Green Charging point · 3 chargers 800 mWalk
  • Source London Charging point · 3 chargers 1.9 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near SW12 9SH?

The nearest to the centre of SW12 9SH, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to SW12 9SH?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near SW12 9SH?

The nearest care homes to the centre of SW12 9SH, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near SW12 9SH?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of SW12 9SH, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near SW12 9SH?

The nearest vets to the centre of SW12 9SH on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is SW12 9SH in a conservation area?

The centre of SW12 9SH is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near SW12 9SH?

Police.uk records 559 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of SW12 9SH in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences139 reports
Vehicle crime118 reports
Anti-social behaviour105 reports
Other theft48 reports
Shoplifting41 reports
Public order25 reports

Also: burglary 23, theft from the person 22, bicycle theft 10, drugs 10, robbery 8, other crime 7, possession of weapons 2, criminal damage and arson 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for SW12 9SH

Ward
South Balham
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
London
Country
England
Built-up area
Wandsworth
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Where to check what we do not hold

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The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

SW12 9ST30 mSW12 9SJ40 mSW12 9SS70 mSW12 9AZ70 mSW12 9AY100 mSW12 9BA100 m
All of SW12

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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