SW19 8JW

Wimbledon Park · Merton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Merton
Constituency
Wimbledon
Postcode district
SW19
Postcode sector
SW19 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SW19 8JN 86 m
SW19 8JB 97 m
SW19 8JE 116 m
SW19 8JD 128 m
SW19 8JX 179 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW19 8JW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW19
Postcode sector
SW19 8
Latitude
51.428246
Longitude
-0.196620
British National Grid easting
525,468
British National Grid northing
171,458

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Merton · E09000024
Parish or community
E43000214
Westminster constituency
Wimbledon · E14001586
Output area
E00017584
Lower layer super output area
Merton 003D · E01003476
Middle layer super output area
Merton 003 · E02000691

Postcode source versions

Explore SW19

28 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Poplar Court, Flat 110, Gap Road, London, SW19 8JW 16 April 2025 £276,000
Poplar Court, Flat 105, Gap Road, London, SW19 8JW 26 May 2023 £180,000
Poplar Court, Flat 82, Gap Road, London, SW19 8JW 18 December 2015 £343,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
189
Primary
104
Secondary
19
  1. The Priory CofE School

    Voluntary aided school

    432 m
  2. Ricards Lodge High School

    Community school

    636 m
  3. Holy Trinity CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    645 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,564
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,329
  • Anti social behaviour 648
  • Shoplifting 554
  • Other theft 421
  • Vehicle crime 377

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
138

85 female, 53 male

Postcode households
51
Residents per household
2.7
SW19 8 residents
15,573

Age bands in SW19 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.9%

3,202 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

1,400 residents

Age 25 to 44
38.8%

6,241 residents

Age 45 to 64
22.5%

3,619 residents

Age 65 and over
10%

1,603 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SW19 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

68

within 5 km straight-line

  • VINEYARD HILL ROAD SURGERY

    67 VINEYARD HILL ROAD, WIMBLEDON, LONDON, SW19 7JL

    ODS code H85112

    513 m

  • ALEXANDRA ROAD SURGERY

    39 ALEXANDRA ROAD, WIMBLEDON, LONDON, SW19 7JZ

    ODS code H85656

    876 m

  • WIMBLEDON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PATRICK DOODY CLINIC HEALTH CENTRE, 79 PELHAM ROAD, WIMBLEDON, LONDON, SW19 1NX

    ODS code H85028

    1.2 km

  • RIVERHOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    EAST ROAD, WIMBLEDON, LONDON, SW19 1YG

    ODS code H85092

    1.2 km

  • FRANCIS GROVE SURGERY

    THE COURTYARD, 8 FRANCIS GROVE, WIMBLEDON, LONDON, SW19 4DL

    ODS code H85026

    1.3 km

  • EARLSFIELD SURGERY

    2-4 STEERFORTH STREET, LONDON, SW18 4HH

    ODS code H85041

    1.3 km

  • ELBOROUGH STREET SURGERY

    81 ELBOROUGH STREET, WANDSWORTH, LONDON, SW18 5DS

    ODS code H85057

    1.5 km

  • SOUTHFIELDS GROUP PRACTICE

    SOUTHFIELDS GROUP PRAC, 492 MERTON ROAD, WANDSWORTH, LONDON, SW18 5AE

    ODS code H85007

    1.5 km

  • MERTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    12-17 ABBEY PARADE, SOUTH WIMBLEDON, LONDON, SW19 1DG

    ODS code H85634

    1.6 km

  • WIMBLEDON VILLAGE SURGERY

    35A HIGH STREET WIMBLEDON, LONDON, SW19 5BY

    ODS code H85027

    1.6 km

  • COLLIERS WOOD SURGERY

    58 HIGH STREET COLLIERS WOOD, COLLIERS WOOD, LONDON, SW19 2BY

    ODS code H85649

    1.7 km

  • GRAFTON MEDICAL PARTNERS

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

    ODS code Y02423

    1.8 km

  • ST PAULS COTTAGE SURGERY

    114 AUGUSTUS ROAD, LONDON, SW19 6EW

    ODS code H85100

    2.2 km

  • NELSON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KINGSTON ROAD, LONDON, SW20 8DA

    ODS code H85020

    2.3 km

  • BROCKLEBANK HEALTH CENTRE

    233 GARRATT LANE, WANDSWORTH, LONDON, SW18 4DU

    ODS code H85048

    2.3 km

  • TUDOR LODGE HEALTH CENTRE

    8C VICTORIA DRIVE, WIMBLEDON, LONDON, SW19 6AE

    ODS code H85682

    2.5 km

  • TOOTING SOUTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    22 OTTERBURN STREET, TOOTING, LONDON, SW17 9HQ

    ODS code H85680

    2.5 km

  • MITCHAM & TOOTING HEALTH

    81 HASLEMERE AVENUE, MITCHAM, CR4 3PR

    ODS code H85024

    2.5 km

  • MORDEN HALL MEDICAL CENTRE

    256 MORDEN ROAD, LONDON, SW19 3DA

    ODS code H85037

    2.6 km

  • TOOTING BEC SURGERY

    313 BALHAM HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SW17 7BA

    ODS code H85664

    2.8 km

Showing 20 of 68 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Avondale Road Wimbledon Park

    BCT · Wimbledon Park

    0.1 miles
  • Avondale Road Wimbledon Park

    BCT · Wimbledon Park

    0.1 miles
  • Gap Road / Plough Lane

    BCT · Wimbledon Park

    0.2 miles
  • Strathearn Road

    BCT · Wimbledon

    0.2 miles
  • Strathearn Road

    BCT · Wimbledon

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Merton 003D, 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

21,129 of 33,755

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

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
6
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 £228,000 from 2 recorded sales in SW19 8JW. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Merton is £612,681 in June 2026, up 0.5% year on year.

Schools

189 open schools are in scope, including 104 primary and 19 secondary schools. The Priory CofE School is the nearest published school at 432 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,564 published events cover 12 months, averaging 380.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,329 events.

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