Is SW16 3DX a good place to live?
Lambeth (SW16 3DX), London, England
View SW16 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is good. Families have access to 78 primary schools and 17 secondary schools, including 27 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
SW16 3DX has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 4/5 (good)
- Schools: 95 nearby (27 Outstanding)
- Transport links: excellent — nearest station 0.5 mi
Summary
Overall livability is good. Families have access to 78 primary schools and 17 secondary schools, including 27 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
SW16 3DX is a UK postcode in SW16 with a low crime rate and a good safety rating. Families have access to 78 primary schools and 17 secondary schools, including 27 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Norbury, 0.5 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around SW16 3DX include 5 supermarkets, 5 parks and 1 gym. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.1 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 100% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 11 incidents were reported in SW16 3DX. It ranks in the lower half for safety within SW16.
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
- 4/5 — Good
- Schools
- 74/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 83/100 — Excellent
- Transport
- 85/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
SW16 3DX is rated 4/5 for safety, a solid score for a UK postcode.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 11 incidents were reported in SW16 3DX.
The most common categories are Violent crime (18%), Other theft (18%), Vehicle crime (18%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within SW16, this postcode ranks 738 of 1374 for safety.
Compared to nearby areas
- SW16 district average
- 463 crimes per 1,000 people
- London average
- 100 per 1,000
- UK average
- 85 per 1,000
Schools near SW16 3DX
95 schools near SW16 3DX, including 27 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 78 primary schools (20 Outstanding, 45 Good and 6 Requires Improvement) and 17 secondary schools (7 Outstanding, 8 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
SW16 3DX has a solid local amenity mix within a short distance.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 5 supermarkets, 5 parks or green spaces and 1 gym or fitness studio.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Sainsbury's, 0.2 miles away.
Streatham Common is just 0.3 miles away for daily green space.
Supermarkets
- Sainsbury's0.2 mi
- Lidl0.3 mi
- Co-op Food0.5 mi
- ALDI0.6 mi
- M&S Food0.6 mi
Parks & green space
- Streatham Common0.3 mi
- The Rookery0.4 mi
- Sherwood Avenue Gardens0.4 mi
- Streatham Memorial Garden0.4 mi
- Norbury Park0.4 mi
Transportation
Norbury is the closest station, about 0.5 miles from SW16 3DX - a walk of about 10-15 minutes.
Other nearby stations include Streatham Common (0.5 mi), Streatham (0.6 mi), Unknown Station (0.6 mi).
In total there are 4 rail stations within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Norbury0.5 mi
- Streatham Common0.5 mi
- Streatham0.6 mi
- Unknown Station0.6 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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