SE27 0SW

Knight's Hill · Lambeth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Lambeth
Postcode district
SE27
Postcode sector
SE27 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SE27 0LA 26 m
SE27 0QA 34 m
SE27 0QB 61 m
SE27 0QU 85 m
SE27 0SP 104 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SE27 0SW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 February 1990
Terminated
1 December 1990
Postcode area
SE
Postcode district
SE27
Postcode sector
SE27 0
Latitude
51.426289
Longitude
-0.105612
British National Grid easting
531,800
British National Grid northing
171,400

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Lambeth · E09000022
Parish or community
E43000212
Westminster constituency
Dulwich and West Norwood · E14001205
Output area
E00015538
Lower layer super output area
Lambeth 031C · E01003082
Middle layer super output area
Lambeth 031 · E02000648

Postcode source versions

Explore SE27

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
232
Primary
136
Secondary
29
  1. Crown Lane Primary School

    Community school

    390 m
  2. St Luke's Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    403 m
  3. Silburn Reid

    Miscellaneous

    535 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5,031
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,498
  • Anti social behaviour 849
  • Vehicle crime 568
  • Other theft 437
  • Shoplifting 319

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SE27 0 residents
12,262

Age bands in SE27 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.5%

2,228 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.1%

1,343 residents

Age 25 to 44
32.9%

3,972 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.1%

3,267 residents

Age 65 and over
10.4%

1,258 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

86

within 5 km straight-line

  • KNIGHTS HILL SURGERY SUITE 1

    SUITE 1, WEST NORWOOD HEALTH & LC, WEST NORWOOD, LONDON, SE27 0DF

    ODS code G85047

    615 m

  • NORTH WOOD GROUP PRACTICE

    CROWN DALE MEDICAL CENTRE, 61 CROWN DALE, UPPER NORWOOD, LONDON, SE19 3NY

    ODS code G85022

    635 m

  • VALLEY ROAD SURGERY

    139 VALLEY ROAD, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 2XT

    ODS code G85044

    993 m

  • THE DEERBROOK SURGERY

    216 NORWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE27 9AW

    ODS code G85129

    1.3 km

  • PAXTON GREEN GROUP PRACTICE

    PAXTON GREEN HEALTH CENTRE, 1 ALLEYN PARK, LONDON, SE21 8AU

    ODS code G85039

    1.4 km

  • THE OLD DAIRY HEALTH CENTRE

    19B CROXTED ROAD, WEST DULWICH, LONDON, SE21 8SZ

    ODS code G85706

    1.5 km

  • AT MEDICS STREATHAM PCN EA HUB

    STREATHAM HIGH PRACTICE, 2-8 GRACEFIELD GARDENS, LONDON, SW16 2ST

    ODS code Y05162

    1.6 km

  • STREATHAM HIGH PRACTICE

    2-8 GRACEFIELD GARDENS, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 2ST

    ODS code G85002

    1.6 km

  • THE EXCHANGE SURGERY

    2-8 GRACEFIELD GARDENS, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 2ST

    ODS code G85647

    1.6 km

  • STREATHAM COMMON PRACTICE

    293 STREATHAM HIGH ROAD, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 3NP

    ODS code G85014

    1.7 km

  • PRENTIS MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PRENTIS ROAD, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 1XU

    ODS code G85021

    1.8 km

  • THE STREATHAM HILL GROUP PRACTICE

    6 LEIGHAM COURT ROAD, LONDON, SW16 2PG

    ODS code G85662

    1.9 km

  • UPPER NORWOOD GROUP PRACTICE

    130 CHURCH ROAD, UPPER NORWOOD, LONDON, SE19 2NT

    ODS code H83005

    2.0 km

  • EDITH CAVELL PRACTICE

    41A-41C STREATHAM HILL, LONDON, SW2 4TP

    ODS code G85724

    2.1 km

  • FAIRVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    69 FAIRVIEW ROAD, NORBURY, LONDON, SW16 5PX

    ODS code H83624

    2.2 km

  • PALACE ROAD SURGERY

    1 PALACE ROAD, STREATHAM HILL, LONDON, SW2 3DY

    ODS code G85041

    2.2 km

  • THE VALE SURGERY

    STREATHAM VALE, LONDON, SW16 5SE

    ODS code G85096

    2.4 km

  • STREATHAM PARK SURGERY

    91 MITCHAM LANE, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 6LY

    ODS code H85052

    2.5 km

  • MERSHAM MEDICAL CENTRE

    30 NORBURY ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 8JN

    ODS code H83609

    2.5 km

  • BROCKWELL PARK SURGERY

    117 NORWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE24 9AE

    ODS code G85137

    2.5 km

Showing 20 of 86 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • West Norwood Fire Station

    BCT · West Norwood

    0.1 miles
  • West Norwood Fire Station

    BCT · West Norwood

    0.1 miles
  • Lakeview Road

    BCT · West Norwood

    0.1 miles
  • Furneaux Avenue

    BCT · West Norwood

    0.2 miles
  • Rothschild Street

    BCT · West Norwood

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lambeth 031C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,395 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
2 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

232 open schools are in scope, including 136 primary and 29 secondary schools. Crown Lane Primary School is the nearest published school at 390 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

5,031 published events cover 12 months, averaging 419.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,498 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.