Is SW2 5AZ a good place to live?
Lambeth (SW2 5AZ), London, England
View SW2 postcode district overviewComprehensive Score
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 75 primary schools and 16 secondary schools, including 23 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
At a glance
SW2 5AZ has plenty going for it.
- Safety score: 5/5 (excellent)
- Schools: 91 nearby (23 Outstanding)
- Transport links: good — nearest station 0.7 mi
Summary
Overall livability is excellent. Families have access to 75 primary schools and 16 secondary schools, including 23 rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
SW2 5AZ is a UK postcode in SW2 with a low crime rate and an excellent safety rating. Families have access to 75 primary schools and 16 secondary schools, including 23 rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest rail connection is Brixton, 0.7 miles away.
Day-to-day amenities around SW2 5AZ include 5 supermarkets, 5 parks and 5 gyms. Healthcare is served by 5 GP practices, the closest 0.1 miles away.
Over the past 6 months, 1 incident was reported in SW2 5AZ. It ranks in the top 25% for safety within SW2.
Overall score
Good 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
- 75/100 — Good
- Amenities
- 100/100 — Excellent
- Transport
- 85/100 — Excellent
- Connectivity
- 30/100 — Below average
Safety
SW2 5AZ 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 SW2 5AZ.
The most common categories are Other theft (100%), based on reported crime type counts.
Within SW2, this postcode ranks 29 of 1059 for safety.
Compared to nearby areas
- SW2 district average
- 486 crimes per 1,000 people
- London average
- 100 per 1,000
- UK average
- 85 per 1,000
Schools near SW2 5AZ
91 schools near SW2 5AZ, including 23 rated Outstanding.
Families have access to 75 primary schools (20 Outstanding, 49 Good and 4 Requires Improvement) and 16 secondary schools (3 Outstanding, 11 Good and 2 Requires Improvement) within the local area.
Nearby amenities
SW2 5AZ 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 Nisa, 0.1 miles away.
Windmill Gardens is just 0.1 miles away for daily green space.
- 3 EV charging points within reach
Supermarkets
- Nisa0.1 mi
- Phambra Food Store0.3 mi
- Sainsbury's0.4 mi
- Brixton Food & WIne0.4 mi
- Lidl0.4 mi
Parks & green space
- Windmill Gardens0.1 mi
- Rush Common0.1 mi
- Pencil Park0.1 mi
- Dumbarton Court Public Open Space0.3 mi
- Rush Common0.3 mi
Transportation
Brixton is the closest station, about 0.7 miles from SW2 5AZ - a walk of about 10-15 minutes.
Other nearby stations include Unknown Station (0.9 mi), Herne Hill (0.9 mi), Clapham North (0.9 mi).
In total there are 5 rail stations within the 3-mile search radius used by scoremystreet.
- Brixton0.7 mi
- Unknown Station0.9 mi
- Herne Hill0.9 mi
- Clapham North0.9 mi
- Clapham Common0.9 mi
Connectivity
Superfast broadband is widely available, but ultrafast coverage is still partial.
Reported availability: full fibre 0%, ultrafast 0%, 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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