SW9 8HD

Brixton North · Lambeth · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Lambeth
Postcode district
SW9
Postcode sector
SW9 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SW9 0BD 26 m
SW9 0YW 26 m
SW9 1AZ 26 m
SW9 1BF 26 m
SW9 1DN 26 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW9 8HD
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1981
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW9
Postcode sector
SW9 8
Latitude
51.468690
Longitude
-0.113936
British National Grid easting
531,100
British National Grid northing
176,100

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
E00015401
Lower layer super output area
Lambeth 011D · E01003059
Middle layer super output area
Lambeth 011 · E02000628

Postcode source versions

Explore SW9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
307
Primary
155
Secondary
41
  1. St Helen's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    179 m
  2. Stockwell Primary School

    Community school

    367 m
  3. St John's Angell Town Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    383 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
17,590
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4,824
  • Anti social behaviour 2,050
  • Shoplifting 1,829
  • Theft from the person 1,636
  • Other theft 1,502

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SW9 8 residents
6,528

Age bands in SW9 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12%

882 residents

Age 15 to 24
14.3%

1,055 residents

Age 25 to 44
43.7%

3,223 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.4%

1,722 residents

Age 65 and over
6.6%

490 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

100

within 5 km straight-line

  • STOCKWELL GROUP PRACTICE

    107 STOCKWELL ROAD, LONDON, SW9 9TJ

    ODS code G85028

    260 m

  • BECKETT HOUSE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85100

    672 m

  • THE GRANTHAM PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y00020

    745 m

  • BINFIELD ROAD SURGERY

    1 BINFIELD ROAD, LONDON, SW4 6TB

    ODS code G85123

    803 m

  • HETHERINGTON AT THE PAVILION

    9 BRIGHTON TERRACE, LONDON, SW9 8DJ

    ODS code Y03063

    803 m

  • LARC CLINIC (LA)

    9 BRIGHTON TERRACE, BRIXTON, LONDON, SW9 8DJ

    ODS code Y05163

    803 m

  • AKERMAN MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85695

    991 m

  • FIVEWAYS PCN EA HUB

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

    ODS code Y05161

    991 m

  • LAMBETH WALK GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85054

    991 m

  • MINET GREEN HEALTH PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85135

    991 m

  • HERNE HILL ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1-3 HERNE HILL ROAD, LONDON, SE24 0AU

    ODS code G85690

    1.0 km

  • VASSALL MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code G85073

    1.1 km

  • THE SOUTH LAMBETH RD PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85086

    1.1 km

  • SANDMERE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85083

    1.2 km

  • THE CORNER SURGERY

    99 COLDHARBOUR LANE, LONDON, SE5 9NS

    ODS code G85127

    1.3 km

  • HETHERINGTON GROUP PRACTICE

    18 HETHERINGTON ROAD, LONDON, SW4 7NU

    ODS code G85045

    1.3 km

  • SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    110 UNION ROAD, LONDON, SW8 2SH

    ODS code G85673

    1.4 km

  • STOCKWELLBEING AH

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

    ODS code Y05187

    1.4 km

  • MAWBEY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85130

    1.4 km

  • CLAPHAM FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G85011

    1.5 km

Showing 20 of 100 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Loughborough Road

    BCT · Stockwell

    0.1 miles
  • Villa Road

    BCT · Stockwell

    0.1 miles
  • Loughborough Road

    BCT · Stockwell

    0.1 miles
  • Villa Road

    BCT · Stockwell

    0.1 miles
  • Stockwell Park Walk

    BCT · Brixton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lambeth 011D, 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

11,961 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
5 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

307 open schools are in scope, including 155 primary and 41 secondary schools. St Helen's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 179 m.

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

Recorded crime

17,590 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,465.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4,824 events.

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