Schools
236 open schools are in scope, including 134 primary and 29 secondary schools. Dunraven School is the nearest published school at 248 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SW16 2LE
Streatham Wells · Lambeth · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Streatham Wells
- Local authority
- Lambeth
- Constituency
- Streatham and Croydon North
- Postcode district
- SW16
- Postcode sector
- SW16 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SW16 2LE
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 2008
- Terminated
- 1 August 2008
- Postcode area
- SW
- Postcode district
- SW16
- Postcode sector
- SW16 2
- Latitude
- 51.431213
- Longitude
- -0.117018
- British National Grid easting
- 530,993
- British National Grid northing
- 171,927
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Lambeth · E09000022
- Electoral ward
- Streatham Wells · E05014116
- Parish or community
- E43000212
- Westminster constituency
- Streatham and Croydon North · E14001527
- Output area
- E00015926
- Lower layer super output area
- Lambeth 030E · E01003154
- Middle layer super output area
- Lambeth 030 · E02000647
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore SW16
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 236
- Primary
- 134
- Secondary
- 29
- 248 m
Dunraven School
Academy converter
- 318 m
Sunnyhill Primary School
Community school
- 476 m
Maypole School (Leigham Court)
Other independent special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 7,406
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,194
- Anti social behaviour 1,109
- Shoplifting 710
- Other theft 636
- Vehicle crime 636
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SW16 2 residents
- 16,272
Age bands in SW16 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 41%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 9.7%
2,560 residents
1,536 residents
6,480 residents
3,698 residents
1,537 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
83
within 5 km straight-line
VALLEY ROAD SURGERY
139 VALLEY ROAD, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 2XT
ODS code G85044
333 m
AT MEDICS STREATHAM PCN EA HUB
STREATHAM HIGH PRACTICE, 2-8 GRACEFIELD GARDENS, LONDON, SW16 2ST
ODS code Y05162
679 m
STREATHAM HIGH PRACTICE
2-8 GRACEFIELD GARDENS, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 2ST
ODS code G85002
679 m
THE EXCHANGE SURGERY
2-8 GRACEFIELD GARDENS, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 2ST
ODS code G85647
679 m
KNIGHTS HILL SURGERY SUITE 1
SUITE 1, WEST NORWOOD HEALTH & LC, WEST NORWOOD, LONDON, SE27 0DF
ODS code G85047
846 m
PRENTIS MEDICAL CENTRE
2 PRENTIS ROAD, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 1XU
ODS code G85021
914 m
THE STREATHAM HILL GROUP PRACTICE
6 LEIGHAM COURT ROAD, LONDON, SW16 2PG
ODS code G85662
941 m
THE DEERBROOK SURGERY
216 NORWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE27 9AW
ODS code G85129
1.1 km
EDITH CAVELL PRACTICE
41A-41C STREATHAM HILL, LONDON, SW2 4TP
ODS code G85724
1.2 km
PALACE ROAD SURGERY
1 PALACE ROAD, STREATHAM HILL, LONDON, SW2 3DY
ODS code G85041
1.4 km
STREATHAM COMMON PRACTICE
293 STREATHAM HIGH ROAD, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 3NP
ODS code G85014
1.6 km
NORTH WOOD GROUP PRACTICE
CROWN DALE MEDICAL CENTRE, 61 CROWN DALE, UPPER NORWOOD, LONDON, SE19 3NY
ODS code G85022
1.6 km
STREATHAM PARK SURGERY
91 MITCHAM LANE, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 6LY
ODS code H85052
1.8 km
THE OLD DAIRY HEALTH CENTRE
19B CROXTED ROAD, WEST DULWICH, LONDON, SE21 8SZ
ODS code G85706
1.9 km
THE VALE SURGERY
STREATHAM VALE, LONDON, SW16 5SE
ODS code G85096
2.1 km
PAXTON GREEN GROUP PRACTICE
PAXTON GREEN HEALTH CENTRE, 1 ALLEYN PARK, LONDON, SE21 8AU
ODS code G85039
2.2 km
BROCKWELL PARK SURGERY
117 NORWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE24 9AE
ODS code G85137
2.2 km
GREYSWOOD PRACTICE
66 EASTWOOD STREET, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 6PX
ODS code H85011
2.3 km
FAIRVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
69 FAIRVIEW ROAD, NORBURY, LONDON, SW16 5PX
ODS code H83624
2.3 km
BRIXTON HILL GROUP PRACTICE
SURGERY, 22 RALEIGH GARDENS, BRIXTON, LONDON, SW2 1AE
ODS code G85025
2.4 km
Showing 20 of 83 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
St Peters Church (SW16)
BCT · West Norwood
- 0.1 miles
South Oak Road
BCT · Streatham
- 0.1 miles
Valley Road / Caroline Close
BCT · Streatham
- 0.1 miles
Valley Road / Caroline Close
BCT · Streatham
- 0.1 miles
South Oak Road
BCT · Streatham
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lambeth 030E, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
11,643 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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
Recorded crime
7,406 published events cover 12 months, averaging 617.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,194 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.