Schools
282 open schools are in scope, including 154 primary and 35 secondary schools. Elm Court School is the nearest published school at 358 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SW2 2BY
Brixton Rush Common · Lambeth · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Brixton Rush Common
- Local authority
- Lambeth
- Constituency
- Clapham and Brixton Hill
- Postcode district
- SW2
- Postcode sector
- SW2 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SW2 2BY
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 May 1994
- Terminated
- 1 June 1997
- Postcode area
- SW
- Postcode district
- SW2
- Postcode sector
- SW2 2
- Latitude
- 51.450786
- Longitude
- -0.118991
- British National Grid easting
- 530,800
- British National Grid northing
- 174,100
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Lambeth · E09000022
- Electoral ward
- Brixton Rush Common · E05014097
- Parish or community
- E43000212
- Westminster constituency
- Clapham and Brixton Hill · E14001175
- Output area
- E00016063
- Lower layer super output area
- Lambeth 020B · E01003171
- Middle layer super output area
- Lambeth 020 · E02000637
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 SW2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 282
- Primary
- 154
- Secondary
- 35
- 358 m
Elm Court School
Community special school
- 361 m
Jubilee Primary School
Community school
- 362 m
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 11,722
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,094
- Anti social behaviour 1,528
- Other theft 1,031
- Vehicle crime 923
- Shoplifting 895
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SW2 2 residents
- 11,742
Age bands in SW2 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 41.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 7.4%
1,855 residents
1,422 residents
4,946 residents
2,795 residents
885 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
95
within 5 km straight-line
BRIXTON HILL GROUP PRACTICE
SURGERY, 22 RALEIGH GARDENS, BRIXTON, LONDON, SW2 1AE
ODS code G85025
190 m
PALACE ROAD SURGERY
1 PALACE ROAD, STREATHAM HILL, LONDON, SW2 3DY
ODS code G85041
786 m
CLAPHAM PARK GROUP PRACTICE
72 CLARENCE AVENUE, LONDON, SW4 8JP
ODS code G85109
1.1 km
EDITH CAVELL PRACTICE
41A-41C STREATHAM HILL, LONDON, SW2 4TP
ODS code G85724
1.1 km
HETHERINGTON AT THE PAVILION
9 BRIGHTON TERRACE, LONDON, SW9 8DJ
ODS code Y03063
1.2 km
LARC CLINIC (LA)
9 BRIGHTON TERRACE, BRIXTON, LONDON, SW9 8DJ
ODS code Y05163
1.2 km
BROCKWELL PARK SURGERY
117 NORWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE24 9AE
ODS code G85137
1.2 km
HETHERINGTON GROUP PRACTICE
18 HETHERINGTON ROAD, LONDON, SW4 7NU
ODS code G85045
1.3 km
SANDMERE PRACTICE
10-14 SANDMERE ROAD, CLAPHAM, LONDON, SW4 7QJ
ODS code G85083
1.4 km
HERNE HILL GROUP PRACTICE
74 HERNE HILL, HERNE HILL, LONDON, SE24 9QP
ODS code G85016
1.5 km
THE STREATHAM HILL GROUP PRACTICE
6 LEIGHAM COURT ROAD, LONDON, SW16 2PG
ODS code G85662
1.6 km
ELM LODGE SURGERY
2 BURBAGE ROAD, LONDON, SE24 9HJ
ODS code G85051
1.6 km
THE DEERBROOK SURGERY
216 NORWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE27 9AW
ODS code G85129
1.7 km
CLAPHAM FAMILY PRACTICE
MARY SEACOLE CENTRE, 89 CLAPHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SW4 7DB
ODS code G85011
1.7 km
STOCKWELL GROUP PRACTICE
107 STOCKWELL ROAD, LONDON, SW9 9TJ
ODS code G85028
1.9 km
DR CURRAN & PARTNERS
THE CLAPHAM MANOR HEALTH CENTRE, 86 CLAPHAM MANOR STREET, LONDON, SW4 6EB
ODS code G85708
2.0 km
GRAFTON SQUARE SURGERY
8B GRAFTON SQUARE, LONDON, SW4 0DE
ODS code G85674
2.1 km
HERNE HILL ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
1-3 HERNE HILL ROAD, LONDON, SE24 0AU
ODS code G85690
2.1 km
BECKETT HOUSE PRACTICE
BECKET HOUSE SURGERY, GRANTHAM ROAD, STOCKWELL, LONDON, SW9 9DL
ODS code G85100
2.1 km
AT MEDICS STREATHAM PCN EA HUB
STREATHAM HIGH PRACTICE, 2-8 GRACEFIELD GARDENS, LONDON, SW16 2ST
ODS code Y05162
2.1 km
Showing 20 of 95 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Jebb Avenue / Brixton Prison
BCT · Clapham Park
- 0.1 miles
Jebb Avenue / Brixton Prison
BCT · Clapham Park
- 0.2 miles
Blenheim Gardens (SW2)
BCT · Clapham Park
- 0.2 miles
New Park Road
BCT · Streatham Hill
- 0.2 miles
Blenheim Gardens (SW2)
BCT · Clapham Park
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lambeth 020B, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
13,861 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
11,722 published events cover 12 months, averaging 976.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,094 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.