SW8 3DU

Clapham Town · Lambeth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Lambeth
Postcode district
SW8
Postcode sector
SW8 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SW8 3EH 34 m
SW8 3LP 44 m
SW8 3EB 68 m
SW8 3LL 70 m
SW8 3LX 91 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW8 3DU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1984
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW8
Postcode sector
SW8 3
Latitude
51.470048
Longitude
-0.142677
British National Grid easting
529,100
British National Grid northing
176,200

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
E00015333
Lower layer super output area
Lambeth 012A · E01003034
Middle layer super output area
Lambeth 012 · E02000629

Postcode source versions

Explore SW8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
326
Primary
154
Secondary
39
  1. Heathbrook Primary School

    Community school

    34 m
  2. Griffin Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    555 m
  3. John Burns Primary School

    Community school

    702 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
12,785
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,089
  • Shoplifting 1,534
  • Anti social behaviour 1,464
  • Theft from the person 1,365
  • Other theft 1,182

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SW8 3 residents
6,302

Age bands in SW8 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.8%

808 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.9%

813 residents

Age 25 to 44
45.9%

2,901 residents

Age 45 to 64
20.2%

1,277 residents

Age 65 and over
8.2%

519 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

109

within 5 km straight-line

  • QUEENSTOWN ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    14 QUEENSTOWN ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW8 3RX

    ODS code H85003

    630 m

  • SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    110 UNION ROAD, LONDON, SW8 2SH

    ODS code G85673

    655 m

  • STOCKWELLBEING AH

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

    ODS code Y05187

    655 m

  • GRAFTON SQUARE SURGERY

    8B GRAFTON SQUARE, LONDON, SW4 0DE

    ODS code G85674

    674 m

  • DR CURRAN & PARTNERS

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

    ODS code G85708

    715 m

  • BATTERSEA FIELDS PRACTICE

    3 AUSTIN ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 5JP

    ODS code H85111

    936 m

  • CLAPHAM FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85011

    995 m

  • LAVENDER HILL GROUP PRACTICE

    19 POUNTNEY ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 5TU

    ODS code H85069

    1.1 km

  • THE GRANTHAM PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y00020

    1.3 km

  • BECKETT HOUSE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85100

    1.3 km

  • SANDMERE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85083

    1.3 km

  • BINFIELD ROAD SURGERY

    1 BINFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SW4 6TB

    ODS code G85123

    1.4 km

  • HETHERINGTON GROUP PRACTICE

    18 HETHERINGTON ROAD, LONDON, SW4 7NU

    ODS code G85045

    1.4 km

  • THE SOUTH LAMBETH RD PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85086

    1.5 km

  • MAWBEY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85130

    1.6 km

  • STOCKWELL GROUP PRACTICE

    107 STOCKWELL ROAD, LONDON, SW9 9TJ

    ODS code G85028

    1.8 km

  • BATTERSEA RISE GROUP PRACTICE

    17 BATTERSEA RISE, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 1HG

    ODS code H85049

    1.8 km

  • BRIDGE LANE GROUP PRACTICE

    BRIDGE LANE HEALTH CENTRE, 20 BRIDGE LANE, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 3AD

    ODS code H85045

    1.8 km

  • FALCON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    47 FALCON ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 2PH

    ODS code H85002

    2.0 km

  • JUNCTION HEALTH CENTRE

    ARCH 5-7 CLAPHAM J STN, GRANT ROAD, CLAPHAM JUNCTION, LONDON, SW11 2NU

    ODS code Y02946

    2.0 km

Showing 20 of 109 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • St Rule Street

    BCT · Clapham North

    0.1 miles
  • Westbury Street

    BCT · Clapham North

    0.1 miles
  • Silverthorne Road Clapham

    BCT · Clapham North

    0.1 miles
  • Wandsworth Road Station

    BCT · Clapham North

    0.1 miles
  • Wandsworth Road Rail Station

    RLY · Clapham

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lambeth 012A, 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

11,675 of 33,755

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

Schools

326 open schools are in scope, including 154 primary and 39 secondary schools. Heathbrook Primary School is the nearest published school at 34 m.

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

Recorded crime

12,785 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,065.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,089 events.

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