Lambeth

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• Today: 11° / 6° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:27

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Lambeth - Brixton Road, United Kingdom

• 9.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

1539 reported · August 2026▲ 6% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour400
• Violence & sexual offences334
• Shoplifting148
• Other theft141

7 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Brixton Rush Common · Metropolitan

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

938 reported road collisions (2025)

187 killed or seriously injured · 1,051 casualties · 29.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 367 rated 4–5 ★ (257 top)
• 51 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Brixton (0.9 km)
• 70 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£540,198 average▼ 6.5% YoY

Across Lambeth · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£2,525 average monthly rent▲ 3.7% YoY

• 1 bed £1,882
• 2 bed £2,342
• 3 bed £2,682

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

11.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.1 times median annual pay (11.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

3,149 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (3.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (3.3 km)

35 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: 7 Leander Road (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres11
• Gyms15
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches81
• Playgrounds50

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

317,654 residents in Lambeth · 11,839/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 76%
• 65+: 9%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK39,186
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK45,880
• Net moves−6,694

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 70 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,047 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 148,600)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

103 schools · 35,655 pupils

56 primary · 15 secondary · 32 other

Ofsted: 33 of 39 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

85 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Lambeth

257 CQC-registered services

• Care homes35
• GP practices60
• Dentists67
• Homecare agencies60
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Lambeth

• In a conservation area (Rush Common & Brixton Hill)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 206 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

453 applications decided

79.9% granted · 362 granted, 91 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

Labour

Clapham and Brixton Hill

Source: UK Parliament

Green (minority)

• Lab 25
• LD 9
• Grn 28

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools41
• GPs & clinics13
• Pharmacies15
• Supermarkets9
• Parks & greens143
• Restaurants & cafés318

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

15,495 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

376 jobs advertised · £36,863 avg

e.g. Civil Engineer, Teaching Assistant, Class Teacher

Source: Adzuna

£947 median full-time weekly pay

6.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£36,951 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

51% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 199,473 certificates

8.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

65% low-carbon electricity

Wind 41% · Gas 34% · Nuclear 14% · Biomass 10%

145 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 64.6 women · 63.7 men

51% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

5 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in SW2

• Brixton Hill Group Practice
• Palace Road Surgery
• Edith Cavell Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Clapham and Brixton Hill:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks313 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU149 local signatures · 48,100 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after143 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND131 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth127 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• Rush Common · 0.1 km

  Rush Common is a linear protected open space and former common land in Brixton, London, England. It was enclosed in 1806 with the sections fronting public highways protected from development as proscribed land. Most o…

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  Corpus Christi Church, Brixton · 0.2 km

  Corpus Christi Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Brixton, part of the Archdiocese of Southwark within the London Borough of Lambeth. It was previously under the administration of the Society of Jesus whilst…

• Trinity Academy, Brixton · 0.2 km

  Trinity Academy is a coeducational Free School, established in 2014. It is located in the Brixton area of the London Borough of Lambeth, England, and caters for pupils aged 11 to 18. The school was judged to be Good b…

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  Brixton Hill · 0.2 km

  Brixton Hill is the name given to a two-thirds of a mile (1 km) section of road between Brixton and Streatham Hill in south London, England.

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  Brixton · 0.3 km

  Brixton is an area of South London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. Brixton experienced a rapid rise in populatio…

• The Family School · 0.3 km

  The Family School at Larkhall was a small, alternative school, based in South London, UK, founded by Polly Griffiths in 2007/8 to offer a Democratic education model to primary age children. The school closed in Decemb…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)