SW2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Streatham Hill, Brixton and Poynders Parade, in Lambeth.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SW2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in SW2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SW2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SW2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SW2 at a rate of 107.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.0 per 1,000 people across the SW postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 559 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SW2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,615), anti-social behaviour (1,409) and other crime (989).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SW2 was 108.1 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in SW2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SW2 has no single figure. Of its 31 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SW2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambeth 015A | 2,035 | 68.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.6% |
| Lambeth 015E | 1,979 | 117.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% |
| Lambeth 016A | 1,821 | 268.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.0% |
| Lambeth 016B | 1,584 | 103.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| Lambeth 016E | 1,929 | 119.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.0% |
| Lambeth 018A | 1,618 | 103.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.0% |
| Lambeth 020A | 2,019 | 188.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.5% |
| Lambeth 020B | 1,646 | 105.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Lambeth 020C | 1,633 | 73.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Lambeth 020D | 1,603 | 134.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.6% |
| Lambeth 020E | 1,501 | 76.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.9% |
| Lambeth 021A | 2,154 | 137.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.9% |
| Lambeth 021B | 1,619 | 53.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.9% |
| Lambeth 021C | 2,595 | 102.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.6% |
| Lambeth 021D | 1,841 | 115.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.7% |
| Lambeth 021E | 2,046 | 100.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.7% |
| Lambeth 022A | 1,659 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.1% |
| Lambeth 022B | 1,581 | 104.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.1% |
| Lambeth 022E | 1,858 | 81.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.8% |
| Lambeth 024A | 1,450 | 76.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 83.7% |
| Lambeth 024B | 1,945 | 63.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.9% |
| Lambeth 024C | 2,039 | 85.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 85.3% |
| Lambeth 024D | 1,577 | 88.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.4% |
| Lambeth 024E | 1,620 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.3% |
| Lambeth 025D | 2,352 | 106.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.8% |
| Lambeth 026A | 1,867 | 86.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.4% |
| Lambeth 026B | 2,150 | 248.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.5% |
| Lambeth 026C | 1,930 | 65.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Lambeth 026D | 1,477 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.5% |
| Lambeth 027C | 1,656 | 189.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.6% |
| Lambeth 027D | 1,597 | 71.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
MPs for SW2
- Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourMP for Clapham and Brixton Hill64% of SW2’s postcodes
- Steve ReedLabour (Co-op)MP for Streatham and Croydon North25% of SW2’s postcodes
- Helen HayesLabourMP for Dulwich and West Norwood11% of SW2’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in SW27
Postcode sectors in SW26
Council1
Towns in SW21
Postcode districts next to SW26
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SW postcode area2
SW2 in brief
SW2 is a postcode district covering Streatham Hill, Brixton and Poynders Parade, in Lambeth.
About 55,559 people lived in SW2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £535,000 in 2025 across 681 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 107.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SW2 was £535,000 in 2025.
SW2 had 56,810 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SW2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SW2, 93.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.