Is SW16 5YQ a good place to live?
Lambeth (SW16 5YQ), London, England
View SW16 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is good. Families have access to 80 primary schools and 15 secondary schools, including 23 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
SW16 5YQ has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 4/5 (good)
- Schools: 95 nearby (23 Outstanding)
- Transport links: excellent — nearest station 0.2 mi
Summary
Overall livability is good. Families have access to 80 primary schools and 15 secondary schools, including 23 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
SW16 5YQ is a UK postcode in SW16 with a low crime rate and a good safety rating. Families have access to 80 primary schools and 15 secondary schools, including 23 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Streatham Common, 0.2 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around SW16 5YQ include 5 supermarkets, 5 parks and 1 gym. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.2 miles away. Full fibre broadband reaches roughly 99% of premises.
Over the past 6 months, 10 incidents were reported in SW16 5YQ. 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
- 72/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 83/100 — Excellent
- Transport
- 100/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
SW16 5YQ is rated 4/5 for safety, a solid score for a UK postcode.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 10 incidents were reported in SW16 5YQ.
The most common categories are Violent crime (30%), Anti-social behaviour (30%), Other theft (20%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within SW16, this postcode ranks 833 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 5YQ
95 schools near SW16 5YQ, including 23 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 80 primary schools (19 Outstanding, 46 Good and 6 Requires Improvement) and 15 secondary schools (4 Outstanding, 9 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
SW16 5YQ 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, 0.3 miles away.
Sherwood Avenue Gardens is just 0.2 miles away for daily green space.
Supermarkets
- Sainsbury's0.3 mi
- Lidl0.4 mi
- Lidl0.4 mi
- Co-op Food0.6 mi
- ALDI0.7 mi
Parks & green space
- Sherwood Avenue Gardens0.2 mi
- Eardley Road Sidings Nature Reserve0.4 mi
- Streatham Vale Park0.5 mi
- Streatham Memorial Garden0.6 mi
- Rowan Road Recreation Ground0.6 mi
Transportation
Streatham Common is the closest station, about 0.2 miles from SW16 5YQ - a very short walk.
Other nearby stations include Norbury (0.6 mi), Streatham (0.7 mi), Unknown Station (0.7 mi).
In total there are 4 rail stations within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Streatham Common0.2 mi
- Norbury0.6 mi
- Streatham0.7 mi
- Unknown Station0.7 mi
Connectivity
Full fibre broadband reaches almost every property in this postcode.
Reported availability: full fibre 99%, ultrafast 99%, superfast 99%.
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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