SE5 9PL

Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction · Lambeth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Lambeth
Postcode district
SE5
Postcode sector
SE5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SE5 9NU 57 m
SE5 9NY 73 m
SE5 9NZ 81 m
SE5 9RJ 100 m
SE5 9PG 107 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SE5 9PL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SE
Postcode district
SE5
Postcode sector
SE5 9
Latitude
51.468117
Longitude
-0.097387
British National Grid easting
532,251
British National Grid northing
176,066

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
E00015506
Lower layer super output area
Lambeth 014C · E01003076
Middle layer super output area
Lambeth 014 · E02000631

Postcode source versions

Explore SE5

123 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
23, Flat B, Northlands Street, London, SE5 9PL 30 June 2026 £420,000
19, Ground Floor Flat, Northlands Street, London, SE5 9PL 16 June 2026 £542,000
25, Flat 2, Northlands Street, London, SE5 9PL 21 October 2025 £425,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
301
Primary
165
Secondary
39
  1. The Hospital and Home Tuition Sick Children's Service

    Miscellaneous

    356 m
  2. Crawford Primary School

    Community school

    460 m
  3. Maudsley and Bethlem Hospital School

    Academy special converter

    475 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
14,278
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,055
  • Anti social behaviour 1,687
  • Theft from the person 1,239
  • Shoplifting 1,216
  • Other theft 1,160

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
187

102 female, 85 male

Postcode households
84
Residents per household
2.2
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

This postcode contained 1.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SE5 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

104

within 5 km

  • THE CORNER SURGERY

    99 COLDHARBOUR LANE, LONDON, SE5 9NS

    ODS code G85127

    208 m

  • HERNE HILL ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85690

    357 m

  • CAMBERWELL GREEN SURGERY

    17 CAMBERWELL GREEN, LONDON, SE5 7AF

    ODS code G85013

    773 m

  • PARKSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    52 CAMBERWELL GREEN, LONDON, SE5 7AQ

    ODS code G85030

    920 m

  • AKERMAN MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85695

    1.0 km

  • FIVEWAYS PCN EA HUB

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

    ODS code Y05161

    1.0 km

  • LAMBETH WALK GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85054

    1.0 km

  • MINET GREEN HEALTH PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85135

    1.0 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

  • VASSALL MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G85073

    1.3 km

  • HERNE HILL GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85016

    1.4 km

  • STOCKWELL GROUP PRACTICE

    107 STOCKWELL ROAD, LONDON, SW9 9TJ

    ODS code G85028

    1.4 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

  • TESSA JOWELL GP SURGERY

    72H EAST DULWICH GROVE, LONDON, SE22 8EY

    ODS code G85132

    1.5 km

  • DMC CHADWICK ROAD

    60 CHADWICK ROAD, PECKHAM, LONDON, SE15 4PU

    ODS code G85031

    1.6 km

  • THE LISTER PRACTICE

    101 PECKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE15 5LJ

    ODS code G85715

    1.7 km

  • THE LISTER PRIMARY CARE CENTRE

    101 PECKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE15 5LJ

    ODS code G85134

    1.7 km

  • BECKETT HOUSE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85100

    1.8 km

Showing 20 of 104 matching practices.

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Lilford Road (SE5)

    BCT · Brixton

    0.0 miles
  • Lilford Road (SE5)

    BCT · Brixton

    0.1 miles
  • Caldecot Road

    BCT · Camberwell

    0.2 miles
  • Pomfret Road

    BCT · Camberwell

    0.2 miles
  • Caldecot Road

    BCT · Camberwell

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lambeth 014C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,247 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
7 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.

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
6
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

Property market

The five-year median is £452,500 from 14 recorded sales in SE5 9PL. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Lambeth is £548,034 in June 2026, down 3.3% year on year.

Schools

301 open schools are in scope, including 165 primary and 39 secondary schools. The Hospital and Home Tuition Sick Children's Service is the nearest published school at 356 m.

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

Recorded crime

14,278 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,189.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,055 events.

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