SW8 2AJ

Stockwell West & Larkhall · Lambeth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Lambeth
Postcode district
SW8
Postcode sector
SW8 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SW8 2AQ 39 m
SW8 2AH 40 m
SW8 2AL 45 m
SW8 2AN 50 m
SW8 2AF 57 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW8 2AJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW8
Postcode sector
SW8 2
Latitude
51.470208
Longitude
-0.135745
British National Grid easting
529,581
British National Grid northing
176,230

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Lambeth · E09000022
Parish or community
E43000212
Westminster constituency
Clapham and Brixton Hill · E14001175
Output area
E00015601
Lower layer super output area
Lambeth 008B · E01003091
Middle layer super output area
Lambeth 008 · E02000625

Postcode source versions

Explore SW8

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Naylor House, Flat 6, Albion Avenue, London, SW8 2AJ 25 July 2025 £476,076
Naylor House, Flat 1, Albion Avenue, London, SW8 2AJ 20 April 2022 £426,000
Naylor House, Flat 20, Albion Avenue, London, SW8 2AJ 25 February 2022 £375,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
318
Primary
150
Secondary
37
  1. Larkhall Primary Campus

    Community school

    423 m
  2. Griffin Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    486 m
  3. Heathbrook Primary School

    Community school

    515 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
14,936
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,638
  • Anti social behaviour 1,741
  • Shoplifting 1,691
  • Theft from the person 1,643
  • Other theft 1,369

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
41

19 female, 22 male

Postcode households
20
Residents per household
2.0
SW8 2 residents
12,494

Age bands in SW8 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.9%

1,682 residents

Age 15 to 24
16%

1,944 residents

Age 25 to 44
41.6%

5,053 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.8%

2,648 residents

Age 65 and over
6.7%

811 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SW8 2 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+
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

117

within 5 km

  • SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    110 UNION ROAD, LONDON, SW8 2SH

    ODS code G85673

    181 m

  • STOCKWELLBEING AH

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

    ODS code Y05187

    181 m

  • DR CURRAN & PARTNERS

    THE CLAPHAM MANOR HEALTH CENTRE, 86 CLAPHAM MANOR STREET, LONDON, SW4 6EB

    ODS code G85708

    563 m

  • GRAFTON SQUARE SURGERY

    8B GRAFTON SQUARE, LONDON, SW4 0DE

    ODS code G85674

    706 m

  • THE GRANTHAM PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y00020

    797 m

  • CLAPHAM FAMILY PRACTICE

    MARY SEACOLE CENTRE, 89 CLAPHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SW4 7DB

    ODS code G85011

    803 m

  • BECKETT HOUSE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85100

    853 m

  • BINFIELD ROAD SURGERY

    1 BINFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SW4 6TB

    ODS code G85123

    884 m

  • SANDMERE PRACTICE

    10-14 SANDMERE ROAD, CLAPHAM, LONDON, SW4 7QJ

    ODS code G85083

    1.0 km

  • QUEENSTOWN ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    14 QUEENSTOWN ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW8 3RX

    ODS code H85003

    1.1 km

  • THE SOUTH LAMBETH RD PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85086

    1.1 km

  • HETHERINGTON GROUP PRACTICE

    18 HETHERINGTON ROAD, LONDON, SW4 7NU

    ODS code G85045

    1.1 km

  • MAWBEY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85130

    1.2 km

  • STOCKWELL GROUP PRACTICE

    107 STOCKWELL ROAD, LONDON, SW9 9TJ

    ODS code G85028

    1.3 km

  • BATTERSEA FIELDS PRACTICE

    3 AUSTIN ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 5JP

    ODS code H85111

    1.4 km

  • LAVENDER HILL GROUP PRACTICE

    19 POUNTNEY ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 5TU

    ODS code H85069

    1.5 km

  • HETHERINGTON AT THE PAVILION

    9 BRIGHTON TERRACE, LONDON, SW9 8DJ

    ODS code Y03063

    1.6 km

  • LARC CLINIC (LA)

    9 BRIGHTON TERRACE, BRIXTON, LONDON, SW9 8DJ

    ODS code Y05163

    1.6 km

  • PIMLICO HEALTH AT THE MARVEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code E87034

    2.0 km

  • CLAPHAM PARK GROUP PRACTICE

    72 CLARENCE AVENUE, LONDON, SW4 8JP

    ODS code G85109

    2.0 km

Showing 20 of 117 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

  • Pensbury Street

    BCT · Clapham North

    0.1 miles
  • Wandsworth Road Station

    BCT · Clapham North

    0.1 miles
  • Wandsworth Road Station

    RSE · Clapham North

    0.1 miles
  • Union Road Clapham

    BCT · Clapham North

    0.1 miles
  • Wandsworth Road Rail Station

    RLY · Clapham

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lambeth 008B, 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

12,053 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
5 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
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £426,000 from 3 recorded sales in SW8 2AJ. 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.

Schools

318 open schools are in scope, including 150 primary and 37 secondary schools. Larkhall Primary Campus is the nearest published school at 423 m.

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

Recorded crime

14,936 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,244.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,638 events.

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