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SW16 3HX

Knight's Hill · Lambeth · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Knight's Hill
Local authority
Lambeth
Constituency
Dulwich and West Norwood
Postcode district
SW16
Postcode sector
SW16 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SW16 3HN 70 m
SW16 3JB 75 m
SW16 3JE 89 m
SE27 0QH 92 m
SW16 3HZ 102 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW16 3HX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2008
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW16
Postcode sector
SW16 3
Latitude
51.423430
Longitude
-0.108996
British National Grid easting
531,573
British National Grid northing
171,076

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Lambeth · E09000022
Electoral ward
Knight's Hill · E05014106
Parish or community
E43000212
Westminster constituency
Dulwich and West Norwood · E14001205
Output area
E00015545
Lower layer super output area
Lambeth 031E · E01003087
Middle layer super output area
Lambeth 031 · E02000648

Postcode source versions

Explore SW16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
233
Primary
136
Secondary
30

  1. Crown Lane Primary School

    Community school

    26 m

  2. Silburn Reid

    Miscellaneous

    158 m

  3. St Joseph's College

    Academy converter

    341 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5,209
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,601
  • Anti social behaviour 840
  • Vehicle crime 568
  • Other theft 467
  • Public order 301

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SW16 3 residents
9,584

Age bands in SW16 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.4%

1,512 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

940 residents

Age 25 to 44
29.4%

2,709 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.1%

2,398 residents

Age 65 and over
17.9%

1,643 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.

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

81

within 5 km

  • NORTH WOOD GROUP PRACTICE

    CROWN DALE MEDICAL CENTRE, 61 CROWN DALE, UPPER NORWOOD, LONDON, SE19 3NY

    ODS code G85022

    736 m

  • VALLEY ROAD SURGERY

    139 VALLEY ROAD, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 2XT

    ODS code G85044

    925 m

  • KNIGHTS HILL SURGERY SUITE 1

    SUITE 1, WEST NORWOOD HEALTH & LC, WEST NORWOOD, LONDON, SE27 0DF

    ODS code G85047

    974 m

  • STREATHAM COMMON PRACTICE

    293 STREATHAM HIGH ROAD, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 3NP

    ODS code G85014

    1.3 km

  • AT MEDICS STREATHAM PCN EA HUB

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

    ODS code Y05162

    1.6 km

  • STREATHAM HIGH PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85002

    1.6 km

  • THE EXCHANGE SURGERY

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

    ODS code G85647

    1.6 km

  • THE DEERBROOK SURGERY

    216 NORWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE27 9AW

    ODS code G85129

    1.6 km

  • PRENTIS MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PRENTIS ROAD, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 1XU

    ODS code G85021

    1.7 km

  • PAXTON GREEN GROUP PRACTICE

    PAXTON GREEN HEALTH CENTRE, 1 ALLEYN PARK, LONDON, SE21 8AU

    ODS code G85039

    1.8 km

  • FAIRVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    69 FAIRVIEW ROAD, NORBURY, LONDON, SW16 5PX

    ODS code H83624

    1.8 km

  • THE OLD DAIRY HEALTH CENTRE

    19B CROXTED ROAD, WEST DULWICH, LONDON, SE21 8SZ

    ODS code G85706

    1.9 km

  • THE STREATHAM HILL GROUP PRACTICE

    6 LEIGHAM COURT ROAD, LONDON, SW16 2PG

    ODS code G85662

    2.0 km

  • UPPER NORWOOD GROUP PRACTICE

    130 CHURCH ROAD, UPPER NORWOOD, LONDON, SE19 2NT

    ODS code H83005

    2.0 km

  • THE VALE SURGERY

    STREATHAM VALE, LONDON, SW16 5SE

    ODS code G85096

    2.0 km

  • STREATHAM PARK SURGERY

    91 MITCHAM LANE, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 6LY

    ODS code H85052

    2.2 km

  • EDITH CAVELL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85724

    2.3 km

  • MERSHAM MEDICAL CENTRE

    30 NORBURY ROAD, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 8JN

    ODS code H83609

    2.3 km

  • NORBURY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2B POLLARDS HILL NORTH, NORBURY, LONDON, SW16 4NL

    ODS code H83009

    2.3 km

  • PALACE ROAD SURGERY

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

    ODS code G85041

    2.4 km

Showing 20 of 81 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

  • Ryecroft Road

    BCT · West Norwood

    0.0 miles

  • Ryecroft Road

    BCT · West Norwood

    0.1 miles

  • Crown Point

    BCT · West Norwood

    0.1 miles

  • Crown Lane / Crown Point

    BCT · West Norwood

    0.1 miles

  • Crown Point / Knights Hill

    BCT · Norwood

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lambeth 031E, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

3,061 of 33,755

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

Schools

233 open schools are in scope, including 136 primary and 30 secondary schools. Crown Lane Primary School is the nearest published school at 26 m.

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

Recorded crime

5,209 published events cover 12 months, averaging 434.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,601 events.

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