SE5 9HN

Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction · Lambeth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Lambeth
Postcode district
SE5
Postcode sector
SE5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SE5 9ED 54 m
SE5 9BQ 55 m
SE5 9EB 55 m
SE5 9DZ 57 m
SE5 9DG 62 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SE5 9HN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SE
Postcode district
SE5
Postcode sector
SE5 9
Latitude
51.470528
Longitude
-0.100786
British National Grid easting
532,008
British National Grid northing
176,328

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
E00015497
Lower layer super output area
Lambeth 009C · E01003075
Middle layer super output area
Lambeth 009 · E02000626

Postcode source versions

Explore SE5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
306
Primary
162
Secondary
42
  1. Loughborough Primary School

    Academy converter

    314 m
  2. Crawford Primary School

    Community school

    398 m
  3. Sacred Heart Catholic School

    Academy converter

    568 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
15,651
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,632
  • Anti social behaviour 1,842
  • Theft from the person 1,391
  • Other theft 1,274
  • Shoplifting 1,234

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SE5 9 residents
11,843

Age bands in SE5 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

1,897 residents

Age 15 to 24
15%

1,851 residents

Age 25 to 44
38.4%

4,725 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.7%

2,923 residents

Age 65 and over
7.5%

923 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

102

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE CORNER SURGERY

    99 COLDHARBOUR LANE, LONDON, SE5 9NS

    ODS code G85127

    364 m

  • HERNE HILL ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1-3 HERNE HILL ROAD, LONDON, SE24 0AU

    ODS code G85690

    554 m

  • AKERMAN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    AKERMAN HEALTH CENTRE, 60 PATMOS ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6AF

    ODS code G85695

    653 m

  • FIVEWAYS PCN EA HUB

    AKERMAN HEALTH CENTRE, 60 PATMOS ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6AF

    ODS code Y05161

    653 m

  • LAMBETH WALK GROUP PRACTICE

    AKERMAN HEALTH CENTRE, 60 PATMOS ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6AF

    ODS code G85054

    653 m

  • MINET GREEN HEALTH PRACTICE

    AKERMAN HEALTH CENTRE, 60 PATMOS ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6AF

    ODS code G85135

    653 m

  • CAMBERWELL GREEN SURGERY

    17 CAMBERWELL GREEN, LONDON, SE5 7AF

    ODS code G85013

    684 m

  • PARKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    52 CAMBERWELL GREEN, LONDON, SE5 7AQ

    ODS code G85030

    818 m

  • VASSALL MEDICAL CENTRE

    DOCTORS SURGERY, 89 VASSALL ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6NA

    ODS code G85073

    948 m

  • STOCKWELL GROUP PRACTICE

    107 STOCKWELL ROAD, LONDON, SW9 9TJ

    ODS code G85028

    1.2 km

  • BRUNSWICK PARK FAMILY PRACTICE

    40 ST. GILES ROAD, CAMBERWELL, LONDON, SE5 7RF

    ODS code G85726

    1.2 km

  • ST GILES SURGERY

    40 ST. GILES ROAD, CAMBERWELL, LONDON, SE5 7RF

    ODS code G85042

    1.2 km

  • HETHERINGTON AT THE PAVILION

    9 BRIGHTON TERRACE, LONDON, SW9 8DJ

    ODS code Y03063

    1.5 km

  • LARC CLINIC (LA)

    9 BRIGHTON TERRACE, BRIXTON, LONDON, SW9 8DJ

    ODS code Y05163

    1.5 km

  • BECKETT HOUSE PRACTICE

    BECKET HOUSE SURGERY, GRANTHAM ROAD, STOCKWELL, LONDON, SW9 9DL

    ODS code G85100

    1.6 km

  • BINFIELD ROAD SURGERY

    1 BINFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SW4 6TB

    ODS code G85123

    1.6 km

  • THE GRANTHAM PRACTICE

    275-277 CLAPHAM ROAD, STOCKWELL, LONDON, SW9 9BH

    ODS code Y00020

    1.6 km

  • HERNE HILL GROUP PRACTICE

    74 HERNE HILL, HERNE HILL, LONDON, SE24 9QP

    ODS code G85016

    1.6 km

  • THE SOUTH LAMBETH RD PRACTICE

    1 SELWAY HOUSE, 272 SOUTH LAMBETH ROAD, LONDON, SW8 1UL

    ODS code G85086

    1.7 km

  • THE LISTER PRACTICE

    101 PECKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE15 5LJ

    ODS code G85715

    1.8 km

Showing 20 of 102 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Lilford Road (SE5)

    BCT · Brixton

    0.2 miles
  • Lilford Road (SE5)

    BCT · Brixton

    0.2 miles
  • Caldecot Road

    BCT · Camberwell

    0.2 miles
  • Pomfret Road

    BCT · Camberwell

    0.3 miles
  • Loughborough Junction Station

    BCT · Brixton

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lambeth 009C, 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

4,285 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

306 open schools are in scope, including 162 primary and 42 secondary schools. Loughborough Primary School is the nearest published school at 314 m.

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

Recorded crime

15,651 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,304.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,632 events.

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