SW1V postcode area guide — Wandsworth
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the SW1V postcode district in Wandsworth — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in SW1V
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
95.8%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
83.8%
Gigabit-capable
83.1%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the SW1V postcode district (Wandsworth) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 560 postcodes Ofcom measures in SW1V, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 95.8% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 83.1%.
Around 0% of premises in SW1V 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 SW1V
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| SW1V 1AA | 85.4% | 85.4% |
| SW1V 1AE | 50% | 50% |
| SW1V 1AF | 100% | 100% |
| SW1V 1AG | 100% | 100% |
| SW1V 1AJ | 100% | 100% |
| SW1V 1AN | 92.9% | 7.1% |
| SW1V 1AP | 100% | 0% |
| SW1V 1AU | 91.2% | 85.3% |
| SW1V 1BB | 57.1% | 57.1% |
| SW1V 1BP | 0% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Wandsworth
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Wandsworth district (167,710 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
99.7%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
100%
Voice indoors — all networks
99.8%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in SW1V
Police recorded 1,380 incidents within about a mile of the centre of SW1V in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 342 | 24.8% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 270 | 19.6% |
| Theft from the person | 170 | 12.3% |
| Other theft | 159 | 11.5% |
| Shoplifting | 123 | 8.9% |
| Public order | 102 | 7.4% |
| Robbery | 54 | 3.9% |
| Burglary | 48 | 3.5% |
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 SW1V
Based on 142 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in SW1V is £625,000, down 1.6% on the previous year (£635,000).
Terraced
£1,740,000
12 sales
Flat / maisonette
£615,000
122 sales
Latest recorded sales in SW1V
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £520,000 | Flat | Sutherland Street | SW1V 4JU |
| 20 May 2026 | £650,000 | Flat | Winchester Street | SW1V 4NH |
| 7 May 2026 | £600,000 | Flat | Vauxhall Bridge Road | SW1V 2RD |
| 5 May 2026 | £925,000 | Flat | Warwick Square | SW1V 2AP |
| 1 May 2026 | £545,000 | Flat | Belgrave Road | SW1V 2BL |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £395,000 | Flat | Winchester Street | SW1V 4PA |
| 29 Apr 2026 | £1,970,000 | Terraced | Westmoreland Terrace | SW1V 3HL |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £425,000 | Terraced | Tachbrook Street | SW1V 2NB |
| 23 Apr 2026 | £3,250,000 | Terraced | Warwick Square Mews | SW1V 2EL |
| 20 Apr 2026 | £620,000 | Flat | Eccleston Square | SW1V 1PB |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Wandsworth demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Wandsworth district (327,506 residents, 137,392 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16.5% |
| 15–29 | 36.8% |
| 30–44 | 22.8% |
| 45–64 | 14.4% |
| 65+ | 9.6% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 42.5% |
| Private rented | 36.4% |
| Social rented | 7.2% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around SW1V
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pimlico Academy | Secondary | 11–19 | 1,079 | SW1V 3AT |
| Pimlico Primary | Primary | 5–11 | 331 | SW1V 3AT |
| Eaton Square Prep School | Not applicable | 2–13 | 222 | SW1V 1PH |
| St Gabriel's CofE Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 187 | SW1V 3AG |
| Tachbrook Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 52 | SW1V 3RT |
| Ada National College for Digital Skills | 16 plus | 16–99 | — | SW1V 4LD |
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 SW1V
230 rated food businesses operate in SW1V. 123 hold the top rating of 5, 42 are rated 4, and 12 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: A Wong, Apollo Victoria Theatre, Bartlett Mitchell Ltd c/o Penguin Random House, Beer House, Bessborough Day Nursery.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in SW1V
From a sample of 281 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 SW1V postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band C). 57% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
9%
Band C
48%
Band D
36%
Band E
6%
Band F
1%
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 Wandsworth
Landlines around SW1V typically use:
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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.