SW1V 3SQ

Pimlico South · Westminster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Westminster
Postcode district
SW1V
Postcode sector
SW1V 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SW1V 2JD 8 m
SW1V 2JA 55 m
SW1V 3RL 65 m
SW1V 3QE 66 m
SW1V 3QB 72 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW1V 3SQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW1V
Postcode sector
SW1V 3
Latitude
51.488834
Longitude
-0.133070
British National Grid easting
529,714
British National Grid northing
178,306

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Westminster · E09000033
Parish or community
E43000236
Output area
E00023966
Lower layer super output area
Westminster 024F · E01004741
Middle layer super output area
Westminster 024 · E02000983

Postcode source versions

Explore SW1V

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
352
Primary
154
Secondary
39
  1. Fairley House School

    Other independent special school

    216 m
  2. Tachbrook Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    245 m
  3. Pimlico Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    294 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
18,765
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,163
  • Theft from the person 3,731
  • Other theft 2,415
  • Anti social behaviour 1,989
  • Shoplifting 1,640

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
33

15 female, 18 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
2.8
SW1V 3 residents
7,837

Age bands in SW1V 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.7%

1,011 residents

Age 15 to 24
14.4%

1,066 residents

Age 25 to 44
31.6%

2,338 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.5%

1,885 residents

Age 65 and over
14.9%

1,100 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SW1V 3 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

129

within 5 km straight-line

  • PIMLICO HEALTH AT THE MARVEN SURGERY

    46-50 LUPUS STREET, WESTMINSTER, LONDON, SW1V 3EB

    ODS code E87034

    328 m

  • MILLBANK MEDICAL CENTRE

    MEDICAL CENTRE BUILDING, 20 PAGE STREET, LONDON, SW1P 4EN

    ODS code E87739

    611 m

  • VICTORIA MEDICAL CENTRE

    29 UPPER TACHBROOK STREET, LONDON, SW1V 1SN

    ODS code E87002

    611 m

  • THE DR HICKEY SURGERY FOR THE HOMELESS

    3-7 ARNEWAY STREET, LONDON, SW1P 2BG

    ODS code E87740

    777 m

  • GRAY'S INN MEDICAL GROUP VAUXHALL

    8 JONATHAN STREET, KENNINGTON, LONDON, SE11 5NH

    ODS code G85102

    1.0 km

  • MAWBEY GROUP PRACTICE

    MAWBREY BROUGH HEALTH CENTRE, 39 WILCOX CLOSE, LONDON, SW8 2UD

    ODS code G85130

    1.2 km

  • BELGRAVIA SURGERY

    24 ECCLESTON STREET, BELGRAVIA, LONDON, SW1W 9PY

    ODS code E87005

    1.3 km

  • BELGRAVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE SURGERY, 13 PIMLICO ROAD, LONDON, SW1W 8NA

    ODS code E87753

    1.3 km

  • THE SOUTH LAMBETH RD PRACTICE

    1 SELWAY HOUSE, 272 SOUTH LAMBETH ROAD, LONDON, SW8 1UL

    ODS code G85086

    1.5 km

  • ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA

    ROYAL HOSPITAL ROAD, CHELSEA, LONDON, SW3 4SR

    ODS code E87711

    1.7 km

  • HURLEY AND RIVERSIDE PRACTICES

    EBENEZER HOUSE, KENNINGTON LANE, LONDON, SE11 4HJ

    ODS code G85053

    1.8 km

  • WATERLOO HEALTH CENTRE

    114-118 LOWER MARSH, WATERLOO, LONDON, SE1 7AE

    ODS code G85136

    1.9 km

  • BINFIELD ROAD SURGERY

    1 BINFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SW4 6TB

    ODS code G85123

    1.9 km

  • SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    110 UNION ROAD, LONDON, SW8 2SH

    ODS code G85673

    2.0 km

  • STOCKWELLBEING AH

    SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE, 110 UNION ROAD, LONDON, SW8 2SH

    ODS code Y05187

    2.0 km

  • VASSALL MEDICAL CENTRE

    DOCTORS SURGERY, 89 VASSALL ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6NA

    ODS code G85073

    2.1 km

  • KNIGHTSBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    71-75 PAVILION ROAD, LONDON, SW1X 0ET

    ODS code E87738

    2.1 km

  • THE GRANTHAM PRACTICE

    275-277 CLAPHAM ROAD, STOCKWELL, LONDON, SW9 9BH

    ODS code Y00020

    2.1 km

  • BECKETT HOUSE PRACTICE

    BECKET HOUSE SURGERY, GRANTHAM ROAD, STOCKWELL, LONDON, SW9 9DL

    ODS code G85100

    2.3 km

  • BATTERSEA FIELDS PRACTICE

    3 AUSTIN ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 5JP

    ODS code H85111

    2.3 km

Showing 20 of 129 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Pimlico Station

    BCT · Pimlico

    0.0 miles
  • Pimlico Station

    TMU · Pimlico

    0.0 miles
  • Pimlico Station

    BCT · Pimlico

    0.0 miles
  • Pimlico Station

    TMU · Pimlico

    0.0 miles
  • Pimlico Underground Station

    MET · Pimlico

    0.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Westminster 024F, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,285 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
2 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
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

352 open schools are in scope, including 154 primary and 39 secondary schools. Fairley House School is the nearest published school at 216 m.

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

Recorded crime

18,765 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,563.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,163 events.

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