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SW8 1RT

Vauxhall · Lambeth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Vauxhall
Local authority
Lambeth
Constituency
Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
Postcode district
SW8
Postcode sector
SW8 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SW8 1SJ 26 m
SW8 1RU 35 m
SW8 1SR 77 m
SW8 1SU 78 m
SW8 1SZ 86 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW8 1RT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW8
Postcode sector
SW8 1
Latitude
51.484720
Longitude
-0.123789
British National Grid easting
530,370
British National Grid northing
177,865

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Lambeth · E09000022
Electoral ward
Vauxhall · E05014117
Parish or community
E43000212
Westminster constituency
Vauxhall and Camberwell Green · E14001559
Output area
E00015623
Lower layer super output area
Lambeth 004A · E01003102
Middle layer super output area
Lambeth 004 · E02000621

Postcode source versions

Explore SW8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
344
Primary
156
Secondary
38

  1. St Anne's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    324 m

  2. Wyvil Primary School and Resource Bases for Speech, Language and Communication Needs, and Autism

    Foundation school

    398 m

  3. St Mark's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    452 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
15,655
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,882
  • Theft from the person 2,517
  • Anti social behaviour 2,086
  • Other theft 1,486
  • Shoplifting 1,155

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SW8 1 residents
11,710

Age bands in SW8 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11%

1,304 residents

Age 15 to 24
16.3%

1,928 residents

Age 25 to 44
41.3%

4,887 residents

Age 45 to 64
22%

2,602 residents

Age 65 and over
9.5%

1,121 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

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

119

within 5 km

  • MAWBEY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85130

    613 m

  • GRAY'S INN MEDICAL GROUP VAUXHALL

    8 JONATHAN STREET, KENNINGTON, LONDON, SE11 5NH

    ODS code G85102

    686 m

  • THE SOUTH LAMBETH RD PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85086

    907 m

  • PIMLICO HEALTH AT THE MARVEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code E87034

    1.1 km

  • MILLBANK MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E87739

    1.1 km

  • VASSALL MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G85073

    1.3 km

  • THE DR HICKEY SURGERY FOR THE HOMELESS

    3-7 ARNEWAY STREET, LONDON, SW1P 2BG

    ODS code E87740

    1.3 km

  • BINFIELD ROAD SURGERY

    1 BINFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SW4 6TB

    ODS code G85123

    1.3 km

  • HURLEY AND RIVERSIDE PRACTICES

    EBENEZER HOUSE, KENNINGTON LANE, LONDON, SE11 4HJ

    ODS code G85053

    1.4 km

  • VICTORIA MEDICAL CENTRE

    29 UPPER TACHBROOK STREET, LONDON, SW1V 1SN

    ODS code E87002

    1.4 km

  • THE GRANTHAM PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y00020

    1.6 km

  • AKERMAN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    AKERMAN HEALTH CENTRE, 60 PATMOS ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6AF

    ODS code G85695

    1.6 km

  • FIVEWAYS PCN EA HUB

    AKERMAN HEALTH CENTRE, 60 PATMOS ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6AF

    ODS code Y05161

    1.6 km

  • LAMBETH WALK GROUP PRACTICE

    AKERMAN HEALTH CENTRE, 60 PATMOS ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6AF

    ODS code G85054

    1.6 km

  • MINET GREEN HEALTH PRACTICE

    AKERMAN HEALTH CENTRE, 60 PATMOS ROAD, LONDON, SW9 6AF

    ODS code G85135

    1.6 km

  • SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    110 UNION ROAD, LONDON, SW8 2SH

    ODS code G85673

    1.7 km

  • STOCKWELLBEING AH

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

    ODS code Y05187

    1.7 km

  • BECKETT HOUSE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85100

    1.7 km

  • PENROSE SURGERY

    33 PENROSE STREET, LONDON, SE17 3DW

    ODS code G85084

    1.8 km

  • WATERLOO HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code G85136

    1.9 km

Showing 20 of 119 matching practices.

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Vauxhall Bus Station

    BCT · Vauxhall

    0.0 miles

  • Vauxhall Bus Station

    BCT · Vauxhall

    0.0 miles

  • Vauxhall

    TMU · Vauxhall

    0.0 miles

  • Vauxhall Bus Station

    BCT · Vauxhall

    0.0 miles

  • Vauxhall Bus Station

    BCT · Vauxhall

    0.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lambeth 004A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,863 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
4 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

344 open schools are in scope, including 156 primary and 38 secondary schools. St Anne's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 324 m.

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

Recorded crime

15,655 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,304.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,882 events.

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