SW18 postcode area guide — Merton

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Broadband & internet speeds in SW18

Excellent coverage

Broadband availability in the SW18 postcode district (Merton) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 1,165 postcodes Ofcom measures in SW18, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 97.5% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 86.9%.

Around 0.2% of premises in SW18 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.

Sample postcodes in SW18

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Mobile signal around Merton

Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Merton district (92,149 premises):

Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.

Crime in SW18

Police recorded 569 incidents within about a mile of the centre of SW18 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:

Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).

House prices in SW18

Based on 825 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in SW18 is £635,000, up 4.1% on the previous year (£610,000).

Latest recorded sales in SW18

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Who lives here? Merton demographics

Census 2021 figures for the wider Merton district (215,186 residents, 81,726 households):

Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Schools in and around SW18

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.

Food hygiene ratings in SW18

426 rated food businesses operate in SW18. 276 hold the top rating of 5, 56 are rated 4, and 12 are rated 2 or below.

Among the 5-rated: 3, A1 Kitchen, Abacus Ark Nursery, AFUEGO LTD, Akash Indian Takeaway.

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.

Energy performance (EPC) in SW18

From a sample of 262 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 SW18 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 49% of sampled homes are rated C or better.

Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.

Phone area codes for Merton

Landlines around SW18 typically use:

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What's it like living in SW18?

Postcodes in SW18

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Frequently asked questions

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.