SM5 1QU

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 49 m
SM5 1NL 65 m
SM5 1QT 93 m
SM5 1QQ 108 m
SM5 1QF 111 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SM5 1QU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SM
Postcode district
SM5
Postcode sector
SM5 1
Latitude
51.380597
Longitude
-0.180516
British National Grid easting
526,719
British National Grid northing
166,187

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Sutton · E09000029
Parish or community
E43000219
Output area
E00020756
Lower layer super output area
Sutton 002C · E01004126
Middle layer super output area
Sutton 002 · E02000841

Postcode source versions

Explore SM5

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
58, Whitland Road, Carshalton, SM5 1QU 26 February 2024 £410,000
64, Whitland Road, Carshalton, SM5 1QU 17 March 2022 £450,000
89, Whitland Road, Carshalton, SM5 1QU 28 August 2020 £375,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
144
Primary
90
Secondary
23
  1. Tweeddale Primary School

    Academy converter

    384 m
  2. Greenshaw High School

    Academy converter

    498 m
  3. Carshalton Boys Sports College

    Academy converter

    511 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,520
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,711
  • Anti social behaviour 643
  • Vehicle crime 405
  • Public order 347
  • Shoplifting 301

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
42

23 female, 19 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
3.0
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 0.3% 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

49

within 5 km

  • CHESSER PRACTICE

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

    ODS code H85021

    664 m

  • CIRCLE GP SURGERY

    411A GREEN WRYTHE LANE, CARSHALTON, SM5 1JL

    ODS code H85693

    676 m

  • BISHOPSFORD ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    191 BISHOPSFORD ROAD, MORDEN, SM4 6BH

    ODS code H85023

    918 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

  • BENHILL & BELMONT GP CENTRE

    54 BENHILL AVENUE, SUTTON, SM1 4EB

    ODS code H85031

    1.7 km

  • HACKBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code H85103

    1.7 km

  • SUTTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    181 CARSHALTON ROAD, SUTTON, SM1 4NG

    ODS code H85053

    1.9 km

  • RAVENSBURY PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    RAVENSBURY LANE, MITCHAM, CR4 4DQ

    ODS code H85110

    2.0 km

  • OLD COURT HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code H85030

    2.0 km

  • CENTRAL MEDICAL CENTRE

    42-46 CENTRAL ROAD, MORDEN, SM4 5RT

    ODS code H85070

    2.0 km

  • STONECOT SURGERY

    115-117 EPSOM ROAD, SUTTON, SM3 9EY

    ODS code H85076

    2.2 km

  • ROBIN HOOD LANE HEALTH CENTRE

    ROBIN HOOD LANE, SUTTON, SM1 2RJ

    ODS code H85095

    2.3 km

  • JAMES O'RIORDAN MEDICAL CENTRE

    70 STONECOT HILL, SUTTON, SM3 9HE

    ODS code H85618

    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

    2.7 km

  • MULGRAVE ROAD SURGERY

    48 MULGRAVE ROAD, BELMONT, SUTTON, SM2 6LX

    ODS code H85018

    2.7 km

  • PARK ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    1A PARK ROAD, WALLINGTON, SM6 8AW

    ODS code H85022

    2.8 km

  • MORDEN HALL MEDICAL CENTRE

    256 MORDEN ROAD, LONDON, SW19 3DA

    ODS code H85037

    2.8 km

  • MALDON ROAD SURGERY

    35 MALDON ROAD, WALLINGTON, SM6 8BL

    ODS code H85113

    2.9 km

Showing 20 of 49 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
  • Welbeck 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 002C, 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

10,042 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
7 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

Property market

The five-year median is £430,000 from 2 recorded sales in SM5 1QU. 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

144 open schools are in scope, including 90 primary and 23 secondary schools. Tweeddale Primary School is the nearest published school at 384 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,520 published events cover 12 months, averaging 376.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,711 events.

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