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SW12 8UL

Balham · Wandsworth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Ward
Balham
Local authority
Wandsworth
Constituency
Battersea
Postcode district
SW12
Postcode sector
SW12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SW12 8UJ 33 m
SW12 8NW 48 m
SW12 8NN 66 m
SW12 8UH 66 m
SW12 8NE 83 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW12 8UL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW12
Postcode sector
SW12 8
Latitude
51.449440
Longitude
-0.162266
British National Grid easting
527,797
British National Grid northing
173,874

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Wandsworth · E09000032
Electoral ward
Balham · E05014009
Parish or community
E43000222
Westminster constituency
Battersea · E14001081
Output area
E00022525
Lower layer super output area
Wandsworth 017C · E01004479
Middle layer super output area
Wandsworth 017 · E02000939

Postcode source versions

Explore SW12

Property

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15 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
28, Granard Road, London, SW12 8UL 9 September 2020 £2,390,000
10, Granard Road, London, SW12 8UL 29 June 2018 £2,500,000
30, Granard Road, London, SW12 8UL 17 May 2018 £1,360,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
259
Primary
142
Secondary
32

  1. Broomwood Pre-Prep & Broomwood Prep-Girls

    Other independent school

    257 m

  2. Oak Lodge School

    Community special school

    280 m

  3. Broomwood Prep - Boys

    Other independent school

    349 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7,539
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,902
  • Shoplifting 1,037
  • Anti social behaviour 858
  • Vehicle crime 841
  • Other theft 676

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
67

31 female, 36 male

Postcode households
18
Residents per household
3.7
SW12 8 residents
13,021

Age bands in SW12 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.2%

1,941 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

1,292 residents

Age 25 to 44
41.9%

5,361 residents

Age 45 to 64
22.1%

2,822 residents

Age 65 and over
10.7%

1,366 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SW12 8 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

103

within 5 km straight-line

  • NIGHTINGALE PRACTICE

    105 NIGHTINGALE LANE, BALHAM, LONDON, SW12 8NB

    ODS code H85691

    177 m

  • THURLEIGH ROAD PRACTICE

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

    ODS code H85114

    611 m

  • OPEN DOOR SURGERY

    47 BOUNDARIES ROAD, BALHAM, LONDON, SW12 8EU

    ODS code H85087

    839 m

  • BOLINGBROKE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WAKEHURST ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 6BF

    ODS code H85077

    866 m

  • BALHAM PARK SURGERY

    236 BALHAM HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SW17 7AW

    ODS code H85066

    1.1 km

  • BATTERSEA RISE GROUP PRACTICE

    17 BATTERSEA RISE, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 1HG

    ODS code H85049

    1.3 km

  • BALHAM HEALTH CENTRE

    120 BEDFORD HILL, BALHAM, LONDON, SW12 9HS

    ODS code H85637

    1.3 km

  • BEDFORD HILL FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code H85009

    1.3 km

  • TOOTING BEC SURGERY

    313 BALHAM HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SW17 7BA

    ODS code H85664

    1.5 km

  • HAIDER PRACTICE

    162 ST JOHN'S HILL, WANDSWORTH, LONDON, SW11 1SW

    ODS code H85075

    1.7 km

  • ST JOHNS HILL SURGERY

    ENTRANCE B, 162 ST JOHN'S HILL, WANDSWORTH, LONDON, SW11 1SW

    ODS code H85659

    1.7 km

  • JUNCTION HEALTH CENTRE

    ARCH 5-7 CLAPHAM J STN, GRANT ROAD, CLAPHAM JUNCTION, LONDON, SW11 2NU

    ODS code Y02946

    1.9 km

  • BROCKLEBANK HEALTH CENTRE

    233 GARRATT LANE, WANDSWORTH, LONDON, SW18 4DU

    ODS code H85048

    1.9 km

  • LAVENDER HILL GROUP PRACTICE

    19 POUNTNEY ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 5TU

    ODS code H85069

    1.9 km

  • CLAPHAM PARK GROUP PRACTICE

    72 CLARENCE AVENUE, LONDON, SW4 8JP

    ODS code G85109

    1.9 km

  • CLAPHAM JUNCTION MEDICAL PRACTICE

    7 FARRANT HOUSE, WINSTANLEY ROAD, LONDON, SW11 2EJ

    ODS code H85088

    2.0 km

  • QUEENSTOWN ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    14 QUEENSTOWN ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW8 3RX

    ODS code H85003

    2.1 km

  • WANDSWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    90-92 GARRATT LANE, WANDSWORTH, LONDON, SW18 4DD

    ODS code H85001

    2.1 km

  • EARLSFIELD SURGERY

    2-4 STEERFORTH STREET, LONDON, SW18 4HH

    ODS code H85041

    2.2 km

  • FALCON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    47 FALCON ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 2PH

    ODS code H85002

    2.2 km

Showing 20 of 103 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Bolingbroke Grove / Ravenslea Road

    BCT · Balham

    0.1 miles

  • Bolingbroke Grove / Ravenslea Road

    BCT · Balham

    0.1 miles

  • Granard Road

    BCT · Balham

    0.1 miles

  • Oak Lodge School

    BCT · Balham

    0.1 miles

  • Granard Road

    BCT · Balham

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wandsworth 017C, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,595 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
1 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
1
Low risk addresses
4
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

259 open schools are in scope, including 142 primary and 32 secondary schools. Broomwood Pre-Prep & Broomwood Prep-Girls is the nearest published school at 257 m.

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

Recorded crime

7,539 published events cover 12 months, averaging 628.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,902 events.

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