Schools
262 open schools are in scope, including 147 primary and 34 secondary schools. The Orchard School is the nearest published school at 196 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SW2 2RH
St Martin's · Lambeth · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- St Martin's
- 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 2RH
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 1995
- Postcode area
- SW
- Postcode district
- SW2
- Postcode sector
- SW2 2
- Latitude
- 51.445370
- Longitude
- -0.117775
- British National Grid easting
- 530,900
- British National Grid northing
- 173,500
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Lambeth · E09000022
- Electoral ward
- St Martin's · E05014109
- Parish or community
- E43000212
- Westminster constituency
- Clapham and Brixton Hill · E14001175
- Output area
- E00016032
- Lower layer super output area
- Lambeth 020C · E01003173
- 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
- 262
- Primary
- 147
- Secondary
- 34
- 196 m
The Orchard School
Voluntary aided school
- 246 m
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 269 m
Christ Church, Streatham Church of England Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 8,193
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,338
- Anti social behaviour 1,234
- Vehicle crime 758
- Other theft 718
- Shoplifting 458
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
93
within 5 km straight-line
PALACE ROAD SURGERY
1 PALACE ROAD, STREATHAM HILL, LONDON, SW2 3DY
ODS code G85041
263 m
EDITH CAVELL PRACTICE
41A-41C STREATHAM HILL, LONDON, SW2 4TP
ODS code G85724
668 m
BRIXTON HILL GROUP PRACTICE
SURGERY, 22 RALEIGH GARDENS, BRIXTON, LONDON, SW2 1AE
ODS code G85025
791 m
THE STREATHAM HILL GROUP PRACTICE
6 LEIGHAM COURT ROAD, LONDON, SW16 2PG
ODS code G85662
1.1 km
THE DEERBROOK SURGERY
216 NORWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE27 9AW
ODS code G85129
1.2 km
BROCKWELL PARK SURGERY
117 NORWOOD ROAD, LONDON, SE24 9AE
ODS code G85137
1.2 km
CLAPHAM PARK GROUP PRACTICE
72 CLARENCE AVENUE, LONDON, SW4 8JP
ODS code G85109
1.4 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
ELM LODGE SURGERY
2 BURBAGE ROAD, LONDON, SE24 9HJ
ODS code G85051
1.6 km
KNIGHTS HILL SURGERY SUITE 1
SUITE 1, WEST NORWOOD HEALTH & LC, WEST NORWOOD, LONDON, SE27 0DF
ODS code G85047
1.8 km
HERNE HILL GROUP PRACTICE
74 HERNE HILL, HERNE HILL, LONDON, SE24 9QP
ODS code G85016
1.8 km
HETHERINGTON AT THE PAVILION
9 BRIGHTON TERRACE, LONDON, SW9 8DJ
ODS code Y03063
1.8 km
LARC CLINIC (LA)
9 BRIGHTON TERRACE, BRIXTON, LONDON, SW9 8DJ
ODS code Y05163
1.8 km
PRENTIS MEDICAL CENTRE
2 PRENTIS ROAD, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 1XU
ODS code G85021
1.9 km
VALLEY ROAD SURGERY
139 VALLEY ROAD, STREATHAM, LONDON, SW16 2XT
ODS code G85044
1.9 km
HETHERINGTON GROUP PRACTICE
18 HETHERINGTON ROAD, LONDON, SW4 7NU
ODS code G85045
1.9 km
SANDMERE PRACTICE
10-14 SANDMERE ROAD, CLAPHAM, LONDON, SW4 7QJ
ODS code G85083
2.0 km
THE OLD DAIRY HEALTH CENTRE
19B CROXTED ROAD, WEST DULWICH, LONDON, SE21 8SZ
ODS code G85706
2.1 km
Showing 20 of 93 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Atwater Close
BCT · Streatham Hill
- 0.1 miles
Atwater Close
BCT · Streatham Hill
- 0.1 miles
Roupell Road
BCT · Streatham Hill
- 0.1 miles
Roupell Road
BCT · Streatham Hill
- 0.2 miles
Christ Church (SW2)
BCT · Streatham Hill
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lambeth 020C, 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
20,488 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 6 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
8,193 published events cover 12 months, averaging 682.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,338 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.