SW8 5DB

Nine Elms · Wandsworth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Wandsworth
Constituency
Battersea
Postcode district
SW8
Postcode sector
SW8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SW8 5BY 49 m
SW11 7DP 51 m
SW8 5BZ 91 m
SW11 7BW 107 m
SW8 5GB 126 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW8 5DB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 1981
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW8
Postcode sector
SW8 5
Latitude
51.483951
Longitude
-0.131368
British National Grid easting
529,846
British National Grid northing
177,766

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Wandsworth · E09000032
Electoral ward
Nine Elms · E05014015
Parish or community
E43000222
Westminster constituency
Battersea · E14001081
Output area
E00183149
Lower layer super output area
Wandsworth 038A · E01035496
Middle layer super output area
Wandsworth 038 · E02007083

Postcode source versions

Explore SW8

33 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Riverside Court, 20, Flat 15, Nine Elms Lane, London, SW8 5DB 11 July 2025 £425,000
Riverside Court, 20, Flat 32, Nine Elms Lane, London, SW8 5DB 5 March 2024 £1,800,000
Riverside Court, 20, Flat 23, Nine Elms Lane, London, SW8 5DB 30 March 2023 £675,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
345
Primary
151
Secondary
39
  1. Tachbrook Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

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

    Foundation school

    506 m
  3. Pimlico Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    620 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
16,703
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,821
  • Theft from the person 2,799
  • Anti social behaviour 2,056
  • Other theft 1,768
  • Shoplifting 1,583

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
49

21 female, 28 male

Postcode households
26
Residents per household
1.9
SW8 5 residents
243

Age bands in SW8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
6.8%

35 residents

Age 15 to 24
14.1%

72 residents

Age 25 to 44
46.8%

239 residents

Age 45 to 64
18%

92 residents

Age 65 and over
14.3%

73 residents

This postcode contained 20.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SW8 5 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

124

within 5 km

  • PIMLICO HEALTH AT THE MARVEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code E87034

    669 m

  • MAWBEY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85130

    673 m

  • THE SOUTH LAMBETH RD PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85086

    981 m

  • GRAY'S INN MEDICAL GROUP VAUXHALL

    8 JONATHAN STREET, KENNINGTON, LONDON, SE11 5NH

    ODS code G85102

    1.1 km

  • MILLBANK MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E87739

    1.1 km

  • VICTORIA MEDICAL CENTRE

    29 UPPER TACHBROOK STREET, LONDON, SW1V 1SN

    ODS code E87002

    1.1 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

    1.4 km

  • SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    110 UNION ROAD, LONDON, SW8 2SH

    ODS code G85673

    1.5 km

  • STOCKWELLBEING AH

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

    ODS code Y05187

    1.5 km

  • BELGRAVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE SURGERY, 13 PIMLICO ROAD, LONDON, SW1W 8NA

    ODS code E87753

    1.6 km

  • THE GRANTHAM PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y00020

    1.6 km

  • BECKETT HOUSE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85100

    1.7 km

  • BELGRAVIA SURGERY

    24 ECCLESTON STREET, BELGRAVIA, LONDON, SW1W 9PY

    ODS code E87005

    1.7 km

  • VASSALL MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G85073

    1.7 km

  • ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA

    ROYAL HOSPITAL ROAD, CHELSEA, LONDON, SW3 4SR

    ODS code E87711

    1.8 km

  • HURLEY AND RIVERSIDE PRACTICES

    EBENEZER HOUSE, KENNINGTON LANE, LONDON, SE11 4HJ

    ODS code G85053

    1.9 km

  • BATTERSEA FIELDS PRACTICE

    3 AUSTIN ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 5JP

    ODS code H85111

    2.0 km

  • STOCKWELL GROUP PRACTICE

    107 STOCKWELL ROAD, LONDON, SW9 9TJ

    ODS code G85028

    2.0 km

  • AKERMAN MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85695

    2.0 km

Showing 20 of 124 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

  • St George Wharf Pier

    BCT · Nine Elms

    0.1 miles
  • St George Wharf Pier

    BCT · Nine Elms

    0.1 miles
  • United States Embassy

    BCT · Nine Elms

    0.1 miles
  • United States Embassy

    BCT · Nine Elms

    0.1 miles
  • Covent Garden Market East Side

    BCT · Nine Elms

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wandsworth 038A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,549 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
9 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

Property market

The five-year median is £687,500 from 6 recorded sales in SW8 5DB. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Wandsworth is £680,105 in June 2026, down 5.2% year on year.

Schools

345 open schools are in scope, including 151 primary and 39 secondary schools. Tachbrook Nursery School is the nearest published school at 311 m.

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

Recorded crime

16,703 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,391.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,821 events.

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