SM5 1NL

St Helier West · Sutton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Carshalton
Local authority
Sutton
Postcode district
SM5
Postcode sector
SM5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SM5 1NJ 29 m
SM5 1PZ 48 m
SM5 1QU 65 m
SM5 1QF 100 m
SM5 1QE 114 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SM5 1NL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SM
Postcode district
SM5
Postcode sector
SM5 1
Latitude
51.381181
Longitude
-0.180521
British National Grid easting
526,717
British National Grid northing
166,252

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Sutton · E09000029
Parish or community
E43000219
Output area
E00020765
Lower layer super output area
Sutton 002A · E01004123
Middle layer super output area
Sutton 002 · E02000841

Postcode source versions

Explore SM5

34 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
45, Thornton Road, Carshalton, SM5 1NL 5 June 2023 £415,000
7, Thornton Road, Carshalton, SM5 1NL 30 June 2022 £275,000
15, Thornton Road, Carshalton, SM5 1NL 29 September 2021 £237,073

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
146
Primary
92
Secondary
23
  1. Tweeddale Primary School

    Academy converter

    320 m
  2. Carshalton Boys Sports College

    Academy converter

    555 m
  3. Greenshaw High School

    Academy converter

    559 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,376
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,647
  • Anti social behaviour 620
  • Vehicle crime 393
  • Public order 333
  • Shoplifting 302

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
124

64 female, 60 male

Postcode households
37
Residents per household
3.4
SM5 1 residents
13,854

Age bands in SM5 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.3%

2,972 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.8%

1,784 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.2%

3,940 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

3,795 residents

Age 65 and over
10.6%

1,479 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SM5 1 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

51

within 5 km

  • CIRCLE GP SURGERY

    411A GREEN WRYTHE LANE, CARSHALTON, SM5 1JL

    ODS code H85693

    620 m

  • CHESSER PRACTICE

    ELMHURST COURT, 121 WRYTHE LANE, CARSHALTON, SM5 2RT

    ODS code H85021

    725 m

  • BISHOPSFORD ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    191 BISHOPSFORD ROAD, MORDEN, SM4 6BH

    ODS code H85023

    853 m

  • WRYTHE GREEN SURGERY

    WRYTHE LANE, CARSHALTON, SM5 2RE

    ODS code H85025

    1.2 km

  • FACCINI HOUSE SURGERY

    64 MIDDLETON ROAD, MORDEN, SM4 6RT

    ODS code H85683

    1.3 km

  • HACKBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    8 SPINNING WHEEL WAY, HACKBRIDGE, WALLINGTON, SM6 7DS

    ODS code H85103

    1.7 km

  • BENHILL & BELMONT GP CENTRE

    54 BENHILL AVENUE, SUTTON, SM1 4EB

    ODS code H85031

    1.8 km

  • RAVENSBURY PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    RAVENSBURY LANE, MITCHAM, CR4 4DQ

    ODS code H85110

    1.9 km

  • CENTRAL MEDICAL CENTRE

    42-46 CENTRAL ROAD, MORDEN, SM4 5RT

    ODS code H85070

    2.0 km

  • SUTTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    181 CARSHALTON ROAD, SUTTON, SM1 4NG

    ODS code H85053

    2.0 km

  • OLD COURT HOUSE SURGERY

    THE OLD COURT HOUSE, THROWLEY WAY, SUTTON, SM1 4AF

    ODS code H85030

    2.1 km

  • STONECOT SURGERY

    115-117 EPSOM ROAD, SUTTON, SM3 9EY

    ODS code H85076

    2.1 km

  • JAMES O'RIORDAN MEDICAL CENTRE

    70 STONECOT HILL, SUTTON, SM3 9HE

    ODS code H85618

    2.3 km

  • ROBIN HOOD LANE HEALTH CENTRE

    ROBIN HOOD LANE, SUTTON, SM1 2RJ

    ODS code H85095

    2.3 km

  • BEECHES SURGERY

    9 HILL ROAD, CARSHALTON, SM5 3RB

    ODS code H85662

    2.6 km

  • CRICKET GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    75-79 MILES ROAD, MITCHAM, CR4 3DA

    ODS code H85038

    2.6 km

  • MORDEN HALL MEDICAL CENTRE

    256 MORDEN ROAD, LONDON, SW19 3DA

    ODS code H85037

    2.7 km

  • MULGRAVE ROAD SURGERY

    48 MULGRAVE ROAD, BELMONT, SUTTON, SM2 6LX

    ODS code H85018

    2.8 km

  • PARK ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    1A PARK ROAD, WALLINGTON, SM6 8AW

    ODS code H85022

    2.9 km

  • MALDON ROAD SURGERY

    35 MALDON ROAD, WALLINGTON, SM6 8BL

    ODS code H85113

    2.9 km

Showing 20 of 51 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

  • St Helier Hospital

    BCT · St Helier

    0.1 miles
  • Whitby Road / St Helier

    BCT · St Helier

    0.1 miles
  • St Helier Hospital

    BCT · St Helier

    0.1 miles
  • Waltham Road St Helier

    BCT · St Helier

    0.1 miles
  • Waltham Road St Helier

    BCT · St Helier

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sutton 002A, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,825 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
4 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
1
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 £275,000 from 3 recorded sales in SM5 1NL. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Sutton is £446,775 in June 2026, up 0.4% year on year.

Schools

146 open schools are in scope, including 92 primary and 23 secondary schools. Tweeddale Primary School is the nearest published school at 320 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,376 published events cover 12 months, averaging 364.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,647 events.

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