SW12 0LY

Streatham Hill West & Thornton · Lambeth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Lambeth
Postcode district
SW12
Postcode sector
SW12 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SW12 0JR 15 m
SW12 0NE 37 m
SW12 0JA 50 m
SW12 0NB 64 m
SW12 0JE 65 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW12 0LY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 November 2006
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW12
Postcode sector
SW12 0
Latitude
51.445125
Longitude
-0.142393
British National Grid easting
529,190
British National Grid northing
173,429

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Lambeth · E09000022
Parish or community
E43000212
Westminster constituency
Clapham and Brixton Hill · E14001175
Output area
E00015972
Lower layer super output area
Lambeth 023C · E01003157
Middle layer super output area
Lambeth 023 · E02000640

Postcode source versions

Explore SW12

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
265
Primary
146
Secondary
37
  1. Henry Cavendish Primary School

    Community school

    50 m
  2. La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School

    Voluntary aided school

    291 m
  3. Telferscot Primary School

    Community school

    467 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7,438
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,829
  • Anti social behaviour 1,040
  • Vehicle crime 910
  • Shoplifting 702
  • Other theft 692

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SW12 0 residents
8,471

Age bands in SW12 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.2%

1,294 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.1%

891 residents

Age 25 to 44
45.1%

3,608 residents

Age 45 to 64
18.8%

1,502 residents

Age 65 and over
8.7%

697 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

93

within 5 km straight-line

  • BEDFORD HILL FAMILY PRACTICE

    120-124 BEDFORD HILL, BALHAM, LONDON, SW12 9HS

    ODS code H85009

    666 m

  • CLAPHAM PARK GROUP PRACTICE

    72 CLARENCE AVENUE, LONDON, SW4 8JP

    ODS code G85109

    905 m

  • OPEN DOOR SURGERY

    47 BOUNDARIES ROAD, BALHAM, LONDON, SW12 8EU

    ODS code H85087

    942 m

  • BALHAM PARK SURGERY

    236 BALHAM HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SW17 7AW

    ODS code H85066

    1.1 km

  • THURLEIGH ROAD PRACTICE

    88A THURLEIGH ROAD, BALHAM, LONDON, SW12 8TT

    ODS code H85114

    1.2 km

  • NIGHTINGALE PRACTICE

    105 NIGHTINGALE LANE, BALHAM, LONDON, SW12 8NB

    ODS code H85691

    1.3 km

  • EDITH CAVELL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85724

    1.3 km

  • THE STREATHAM HILL GROUP PRACTICE

    6 LEIGHAM COURT ROAD, LONDON, SW16 2PG

    ODS code G85662

    1.4 km

  • TOOTING BEC SURGERY

    313 BALHAM HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SW17 7BA

    ODS code H85664

    1.5 km

  • PALACE ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code G85041

    1.5 km

  • BRIXTON HILL GROUP PRACTICE

    SURGERY, 22 RALEIGH GARDENS, BRIXTON, LONDON, SW2 1AE

    ODS code G85025

    1.7 km

  • AT MEDICS STREATHAM PCN EA HUB

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

    ODS code Y05162

    1.8 km

  • STREATHAM HIGH PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85002

    1.8 km

  • THE EXCHANGE SURGERY

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

    ODS code G85647

    1.8 km

  • PRENTIS MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PRENTIS ROAD, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 1XU

    ODS code G85021

    1.8 km

  • HETHERINGTON GROUP PRACTICE

    18 HETHERINGTON ROAD, LONDON, SW4 7NU

    ODS code G85045

    2.0 km

  • CLAPHAM FAMILY PRACTICE

    MARY SEACOLE CENTRE, 89 CLAPHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SW4 7DB

    ODS code G85011

    2.1 km

  • GRAFTON SQUARE SURGERY

    8B GRAFTON SQUARE, LONDON, SW4 0DE

    ODS code G85674

    2.1 km

  • BOLINGBROKE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WAKEHURST ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 6BF

    ODS code H85077

    2.2 km

  • SANDMERE PRACTICE

    10-14 SANDMERE ROAD, CLAPHAM, LONDON, SW4 7QJ

    ODS code G85083

    2.2 km

Showing 20 of 93 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Belthorn Crescent

    BCT · Balham

    0.1 miles
  • Belthorn Crescent

    BCT · Balham

    0.1 miles
  • Hydethorpe Road

    BCT · Streatham Hill

    0.2 miles
  • Hydethorpe Road

    BCT · Streatham Hill

    0.2 miles
  • Burnbury Road

    BCT · Streatham Hill

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lambeth 023C, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,502 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
7 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

265 open schools are in scope, including 146 primary and 37 secondary schools. Henry Cavendish Primary School is the nearest published school at 50 m.

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

Recorded crime

7,438 published events cover 12 months, averaging 619.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,829 events.

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