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Wandsworth

Wandsworth is a town in Greater London, England, with a population of around 300,000. It has around 1 school, 7 GP surgeries, 9 pharmacies, 4 supermarkets, and around 153 restaurants and cafés, along with 40 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Earlsfield, 1.1 km away. There were around 713 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. Covers 1 town with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Wandsworth is around the average in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 327,506 residents at roughly 9,560 people per km².

50/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 153rd of 294 English council areas — better than 48% of them.

Low crime42
Home affordability2
Affordable rents1
Good schools82
Life expectancy70
Low deprivation54
Employment30
Low council tax100

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

24°COvercast

  • Today: 24° / 14° · 44% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:24

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wandsworth - Lavender Hill (Clapham Jct), United Kingdom

Crime

806 reported · July 2026 8% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences218
  • Anti-social behaviour173
  • Vehicle crime87
  • Other theft65

76 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Wandsworth Common · Metropolitan

Local policing priorities

  • Robbery - Targeting robbery offences of school age children in and around Wandsworth Common, Trinity Road, Wandsworth Common Station and…
  • Burglary Reduce Burglary offences in vicinity of Garratt Lane, Trinity Road and the Aboyne Estate.

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

Road safety

819 reported road collisions (2024)

161 killed or seriously injured · 893 casualties · 25 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 389 rated 4–5 ★ (338 top)
  • 14 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Earlsfield (1.1 km)
  • 40 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Wandsworth Common (1.1 km):

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Live buses at Heathfield Road:

  • 77Waterloo Station · 4 min
  • 77Waterloo Station · 11 min
  • 77Waterloo Station · 21 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£680,105 average 5.2% YoY

Across Wandsworth · to 2026-06

Detached£2,404,780
Semi-detached£1,312,025
Terraced£956,162
Flat£524,218

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£2,620 average monthly rent 3.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,929
  • 2 bed £2,451
  • 3 bed £2,797

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

14.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 14.7 times median annual pay (14.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (6.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (6.8 km)

63 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 100 kW
  • Nearest: Gernigan House (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres26
  • Gyms18
  • Swimming pools6
  • Sports pitches110
  • Playgrounds34

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

327,506 residents in Wandsworth · 9,560/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 74%
  • 65+: 10%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 173 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£1,028 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 157,890)

A £685
B £800
C £914
D £1,028
E £1,257
F £1,485
G £1,714
H £2,056

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

Schools

115 schools · 40,746 pupils

58 primary · 11 secondary · 46 other

Ofsted: 38 of 40 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

81inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Ashcroft Technology AcademyOutstanding
  • Graveney SchoolOutstanding
  • Ark Putney AcademyGood
  • Ernest Bevin AcademyGood
  • Ark Bolingbroke Academy
  • Burntwood School
  • Chestnut Grove Academy
  • Harris Academy Battersea
  • Saint Cecilia's Church of England School
  • Saint John Bosco College
  • Southfields Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wandsworth

Care & health services

245 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes26
  • GP practices61
  • Dentists90
  • Homecare agencies42
  • Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wandsworth

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Wandsworth Common)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 84 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

493 applications decided

90.3% granted · 445 granted, 48 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

Labour

Tooting

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 27
  • Con 29
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools35
  • GPs & clinics12
  • Pharmacies12
  • Supermarkets9
  • Parks & greens146
  • Restaurants & cafés223

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

16,900 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1,168 jobs advertised · £34,857 avg

e.g. Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Choose when you work!, Cafe Manager South West London, Senco

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£1,017 median full-time weekly pay

4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£49,715 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 201,099 certificates

7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

77% low-carbon electricity

Wind 44% · Solar 18% · Imports 17% · Nuclear 12%

38 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 63.8 women · 63.8 men

51% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.4
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Health services

9 GP surgeries · 12 pharmacies in SW18

  • Wandsworth Medical Centre
  • Southfields Group Practice
  • Earlsfield Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tooting:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • HM Prison Wandsworth · 0.1 km

    HM Prison Wandsworth is a Category B men's prison at Wandsworth in the London Borough of Wandsworth, South West London, England. It is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service and is one of the largest prisons in the UK.

  • Royal Victoria Patriotic Building · 0.4 km

    The Royal Victoria Patriotic Building is a large Victorian building in a Gothic Revival style combining Scottish Baronial and French Châteauesque. It is located off Trinity Road in Wandsworth, London. It was built in…

  • Wandsworth Common Windmill · 0.5 km

    Wandsworth Common Windmill is a conserved grade II listed smock mill at Wandsworth Common, in the London Borough of Wandsworth in the United Kingdom.

  • Wandsworth Cemetery · 0.5 km

    Wandsworth Cemetery, also known as Earlsfield Cemetery and Magdalen Road Cemetery, is a cemetery in Earlsfield, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It lies to the north-east of Earlsfield railway station and…

  • Wandsworth Common · 0.7 km

    Wandsworth Common is a public common in Wandsworth, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, south London. It is 69.43 hectares and is maintained and regulated by Wandsworth Council. It is also a Ward of the London Boroug…

  • St Anne's Church, Wandsworth · 0.7 km

    St Anne's Church, Wandsworth, is a Grade II* listed church on St Ann's Hill, Wandsworth, London.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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