SW17 7BT

South Balham · Wandsworth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Wandsworth
Constituency
Tooting
Postcode district
SW17
Postcode sector
SW17 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SW17 7ET 69 m
SW17 8QD 73 m
SW17 8AS 78 m
SW17 7TP 93 m
SW17 8EN 93 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW17 7BT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1998
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW17
Postcode sector
SW17 7
Latitude
51.438785
Longitude
-0.154909
British National Grid easting
528,338
British National Grid northing
172,702

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Wandsworth · E09000032
Parish or community
E43000222
Westminster constituency
Tooting · E14001550
Output area
E00022541
Lower layer super output area
Wandsworth 030B · E01004485
Middle layer super output area
Wandsworth 030 · E02000952

Postcode source versions

Explore SW17

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
12, Brook Close, London, SW17 7BT 1 July 2025 £620,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
243
Primary
131
Secondary
30
  1. Rutherford House School

    Free schools

    39 m
  2. Eveline Day School

    Other independent school

    172 m
  3. Ravenstone Primary School

    Academy converter

    314 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7,451
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,097
  • Shoplifting 933
  • Anti social behaviour 878
  • Vehicle crime 727
  • Other theft 621

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
63

38 female, 25 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
4.8
SW17 7 residents
12,613

Age bands in SW17 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.5%

1,838 residents

Age 15 to 24
11%

1,495 residents

Age 25 to 44
43.4%

5,888 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.1%

2,865 residents

Age 65 and over
11%

1,493 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SW17 7 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

89

within 5 km straight-line

  • BALHAM PARK SURGERY

    236 BALHAM HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SW17 7AW

    ODS code H85066

    196 m

  • TOOTING BEC SURGERY

    313 BALHAM HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SW17 7BA

    ODS code H85664

    402 m

  • BALHAM HEALTH CENTRE

    120 BEDFORD HILL, BALHAM, LONDON, SW12 9HS

    ODS code H85637

    467 m

  • BEDFORD HILL FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code H85009

    467 m

  • OPEN DOOR SURGERY

    47 BOUNDARIES ROAD, BALHAM, LONDON, SW12 8EU

    ODS code H85087

    490 m

  • NIGHTINGALE PRACTICE

    105 NIGHTINGALE LANE, BALHAM, LONDON, SW12 8NB

    ODS code H85691

    1.2 km

  • THURLEIGH ROAD PRACTICE

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

    ODS code H85114

    1.6 km

  • STREATHAM PARK SURGERY

    91 MITCHAM LANE, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 6LY

    ODS code H85052

    1.9 km

  • GRAFTON MEDICAL PARTNERS

    TREVELYAN HOUSE, 160 TOOTING HIGH STREET, LONDON, SW17 0RT

    ODS code Y02423

    1.9 km

  • TOOTING SOUTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    22 OTTERBURN STREET, TOOTING, LONDON, SW17 9HQ

    ODS code H85680

    1.9 km

  • PRENTIS MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PRENTIS ROAD, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 1XU

    ODS code G85021

    2.0 km

  • THE STREATHAM HILL GROUP PRACTICE

    6 LEIGHAM COURT ROAD, LONDON, SW16 2PG

    ODS code G85662

    2.0 km

  • CLAPHAM PARK GROUP PRACTICE

    72 CLARENCE AVENUE, LONDON, SW4 8JP

    ODS code G85109

    2.0 km

  • AT MEDICS STREATHAM PCN EA HUB

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

    ODS code Y05162

    2.1 km

  • STREATHAM HIGH PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85002

    2.1 km

  • THE EXCHANGE SURGERY

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

    ODS code G85647

    2.1 km

  • EDITH CAVELL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85724

    2.1 km

  • BOLINGBROKE MEDICAL CENTRE

    WAKEHURST ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 6BF

    ODS code H85077

    2.2 km

  • GREYSWOOD PRACTICE

    66 EASTWOOD STREET, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 6PX

    ODS code H85011

    2.3 km

  • EARLSFIELD SURGERY

    2-4 STEERFORTH STREET, LONDON, SW18 4HH

    ODS code H85041

    2.3 km

Showing 20 of 89 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Upper Tooting Park / Balham High Road

    BCT · Tooting Bec

    0.1 miles
  • Upper Tooting Park / Balham High Road

    BCT · Tooting Bec

    0.1 miles
  • Du Cane Court

    BCT · Balham

    0.2 miles
  • Du Cane Court

    BCT · Balham

    0.2 miles
  • Tooting Bec Station

    BCT · Tooting Bec

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wandsworth 030B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,320 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £620,000 from 1 recorded sale in SW17 7BT. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Wandsworth is £680,105 in June 2026, down 5.2% year on year.

Schools

243 open schools are in scope, including 131 primary and 30 secondary schools. Rutherford House School is the nearest published school at 39 m.

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

Recorded crime

7,451 published events cover 12 months, averaging 620.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,097 events.

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