Is SW17 9HY a good place to live?
Merton (SW17 9HY), London, England
View SW17 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 74 primary schools and 19 secondary schools, including 28 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
SW17 9HY has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 4/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 93 nearby (28 Outstanding)
- Transport links: excellent — nearest station 0.1 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 74 primary schools and 19 secondary schools, including 28 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
SW17 9HY is a UK postcode in SW17 with a low crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 74 primary schools and 19 secondary schools, including 28 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Tooting, 0.1 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around SW17 9HY include 5 supermarkets, 5 parks and 5 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, 7 incidents were reported in SW17 9HY. It ranks in the lower half for safety within SW17.
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 — Excellent
- Schools
- 75/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 100/100 — Excellent
- Transport
- 100/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 100/100 — Excellent
Safety
SW17 9HY is rated 4/5 for safety - among the safest in its district.
In the most recent 6 months of Police.uk data, 7 incidents were reported in SW17 9HY.
The most common categories are Burglary (29%), Violent crime (14%), Other theft (14%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within SW17, this postcode ranks 528 of 1005 for safety.
Compared to nearby areas
- SW17 district average
- 338 crimes per 1,000 people
- London average
- 100 per 1,000
- UK average
- 85 per 1,000
Schools near SW17 9HY
93 schools near SW17 9HY, including 28 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 74 primary schools (20 Outstanding, 43 Good and 4 Requires Improvement) and 19 secondary schools (8 Outstanding, 9 Good and 1 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
SW17 9HY is well served by everyday amenities, with 18 places within reach.
Within the 3-mile radius search we counted 5 supermarkets, 5 parks or green spaces, 5 gyms or fitness studios and 3 EV charging points.
The nearest supermarket recorded is Lidl, 0.0 miles away.
Figges Marsh is just 0.4 miles away for daily green space.
- 3 EV charging points within reach
Supermarkets
- Lidl0.0 mi
- Lidl0.6 mi
- Sainsbury's0.6 mi
- Londis0.6 mi
- Aldi0.7 mi
Parks & green space
- Figges Marsh0.4 mi
- Colliers Wood Recreation Ground0.4 mi
- Vectis Gardens0.5 mi
- Lavender Park0.6 mi
- Furzedown Recreation Ground0.7 mi
Transportation
Tooting is the closest station, about 0.1 miles from SW17 9HY - a very short walk.
Other nearby stations include Tooting Broadway (0.6 mi), Colliers Wood (0.6 mi), Mitcham Eastfields (0.9 mi).
In total there are 4 rail stations within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Tooting0.1 mi
- Tooting Broadway0.6 mi
- Colliers Wood0.6 mi
- Mitcham Eastfields0.9 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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