Property market
The five-year median is £675,000 from 3,081 recorded sales in SW8. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Lambeth is £548,034 in June 2026, down 3.3% year on year.
SW8
UK postcode district
Part of London
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,533
- Current units
- 858
- Coordinate coverage
- 99%
- Electoral wards
- 8
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- London
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 675
Postcode sectors in SW8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
19,086 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 6, Upper Flat, Killyon Terrace, London, SW8 2XR | 22 July 2026 | £450,000 |
| Newlands Terrace, 163, Flat 31, Queenstown Road, London, SW8 3RL | 17 July 2026 | £600,000 |
| 12, Apartment 19, Lawn Lane, London, SW8 1UD | 10 July 2026 | £450,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 9
- Primary
- 8
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 5,843
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,227
- Theft from the person 988
- Shoplifting 725
- Anti social behaviour 667
- Other theft 497
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- SW8 usual residents
- 38,648
- Age-profile population
- 38,762
Age bands in SW8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 13%
- 5,051 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 15%
- 5,813 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 42.5%
- 16,469 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 21.4%
- 8,311 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 8%
- 3,118 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 815 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 763 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 628 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
5
in this district
MAWBEY GROUP PRACTICE
MAWBREY BROUGH HEALTH CENTRE, 39 WILCOX CLOSE, LONDON, SW8 2UD
ODS code G85130
QUEENSTOWN ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
14 QUEENSTOWN ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW8 3RX
ODS code H85003
SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
110 UNION ROAD, LONDON, SW8 2SH
ODS code G85673
STOCKWELLBEING AH
SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE, 110 UNION ROAD, LONDON, SW8 2SH
ODS code Y05187
THE SOUTH LAMBETH RD PRACTICE
1 SELWAY HOUSE, 272 SOUTH LAMBETH ROAD, LONDON, SW8 1UL
ODS code G85086
Evidence in context
Schools
9 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
5,843 published events cover 12 months, averaging 487 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,227 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.