Is SW12 8BT a good place to live?
Lambeth (SW12 8BT), London, England
View SW12 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 77 primary schools and 17 secondary schools, including 24 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
SW12 8BT has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 94 nearby (24 Outstanding)
- Transport links: excellent — nearest station 0.3 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 77 primary schools and 17 secondary schools, including 24 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
SW12 8BT is a UK postcode in SW12 with a low crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 77 primary schools and 17 secondary schools, including 24 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Clapham South, 0.3 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around SW12 8BT include 5 supermarkets, 5 parks and 4 gyms. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.2 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 1 incident was reported in SW12 8BT. It ranks in the top 25% for safety within SW12.
Overall score
Excellent overall profile, averaged across five dimensions.
Each dimension is scored from 0 to 100 based on the underlying data for this postcode. Safety is scaled from the 0-5 rating used elsewhere on the page.
Per-dimension breakdown
- Safety
- 5/5 — Excellent
- Schools
- 74/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 100/100 — Excellent
- Transport
- 85/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
SW12 8BT is rated 5/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 1 incident was reported in SW12 8BT.
The most common categories are Theft from person (100%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within SW12, this postcode ranks 17 of 606 for safety.
Compared to nearby areas
- SW12 district average
- 318 crimes per 1,000 people
- London average
- 100 per 1,000
- UK average
- 85 per 1,000
Schools near SW12 8BT
94 schools near SW12 8BT, including 24 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 77 primary schools (21 Outstanding, 47 Good and 5 Requires Improvement) and 17 secondary schools (3 Outstanding, 12 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
SW12 8BT is well served by everyday amenities, with 17 places within reach.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 5 supermarkets, 5 parks or green spaces, 4 gyms or fitness studios and 3 EV charging points.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Co-op Food, 0.1 miles away.
Nightingale Square is just 0.2 miles away for daily green space.
- 3 EV charging points within reach
Supermarkets
- Co-op Food0.1 mi
- Waitrose0.2 mi
- M&S Simply Food0.3 mi
- Sainsbury's0.3 mi
- ALDI0.4 mi
Parks & green space
- Nightingale Square0.2 mi
- Bandstand Beds Community Garden0.5 mi
- Agnes Riley Gardens0.6 mi
- Atkins Road Roundabout0.6 mi
- Clapham Common0.7 mi
Transportation
Clapham South is the closest station, about 0.3 miles from SW12 8BT - a walk of about 10-15 minutes.
Other nearby stations include Balham (0.4 mi), Balham (0.4 mi), Unknown Station (0.4 mi).
In total there are 5 rail stations within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Clapham South0.3 mi
- Balham0.4 mi
- Balham0.4 mi
- Unknown Station0.4 mi
- Wandsworth Common0.6 mi
Connectivity
Full fibre broadband reaches almost every property in this postcode.
Reported availability: full fibre 100%, ultrafast 100%, superfast 100%.
Housing
We did not find enough recent housing transactions to summarise prices.
HM Land Registry data did not return transactions for this postcode in the search window. This usually means a very small number of homes, not that prices are unavailable overall.
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