Placetrics
City · London

Living in Wandsworth

38 neighbourhoods · 186 sub-areas
Crime vs nat. avg
0.78× nat.
22% below nat. avg · 78.2 / 1k / yr · #234 of 318 cities
Good schools
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Commute to hub
10 min
#13 of 318 cities
Jobs density
0.39
#189 of 318 cities
Avg rent
£2,593/mo
+4.2% YoY · #308 of 314 cities
Council tax
£94/mo
Estimated (Band D)
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Neighbourhoods in Wandsworth

Tap any row or map polygon to drill into that neighbourhood — hovering on desktop will preview the link before you click. Switch the tab strip above the table to focus on Affordability, Schools, Transport, Safety or Wealth — the columns swap and the default sort follows.

38 neighbourhoods · 186 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.

West Hill South£2,039+4.2%5273
Furzedown East£2,069+4.2%3435
York Gardens£2,086+4.2%3442
East Putney£2,139+4.2%7282
Tooting East£2,166+4.2%4647
St Mary's & Cotton Row£2,223+4.2%1942
Wandsworth South£2,225+4.2%2633
Tooting West£2,231+4.2%4448
Roehampton North West£2,307+4.2%5537
West Hill North£2,327+4.2%6469
Roehampton South & Putney Vale£2,330+4.2%822
Roehampton North East£2,345+4.2%3570
Wandsworth 039£2,348+4.2%1636
Clapham Junction & East Hill£2,361+4.2%4045
Putney West£2,444+4.2%6177
Tooting North£2,467+4.2%5465
Tooting Bec Common£2,473+4.2%7385
Furzedown West£2,497+4.2%7182
Tooting Bec East£2,521+4.2%5667
Tooting Bec West£2,555+4.2%5661
Earlsfield South£2,558+4.2%3967
Putney Town & Wandsworth Park£2,558+4.2%2052
Springfield£2,647+4.2%5569
Earlsfield North£2,691+4.2%7392
Battersea Latchmere£2,717+4.2%4367
Summerstown£2,747+4.2%7394
Lavender Hill East£2,777+4.2%1242
Merton Road£2,794+4.2%7390
Upper Tooting£2,866+4.2%5878
Wandsworth 038£2,871+4.2%613
Lavender Hill West & Little India£2,882+4.2%1328
Battersea Park£2,946+4.2%1842
Southfields North£2,999+4.2%6581
Balham£2,999+4.2%4559
Clapham Common West£3,151+4.2%6693
Putney Embankment & Lower Common£3,180+4.2%4582
Wandsworth Common£3,449+4.2%6177
Nightingale Lane£3,700+4.2%7384

Sources: ONS, MHCLG, DfT, DESNZ, Defra, Police.uk, Ofsted, Ofcom, HM Land Registry. Some columns (salary, council tax, HPI) are published at council-area level.

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Where to look in Wandsworth

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Wandsworth. Each list is filtered from the same neighbourhood data above — the basis of each shortlist is stated above the list so you know what's been weighted.

Top 5 cheapest

Lowest estimated monthly rent. Rent is the LAD-published ONS PIPR median, scaled per neighbourhood by local sale prices (Land Registry).

  1. 1.West Hill South£2,039/mo
  2. 2.Furzedown East£2,069/mo
  3. 3.York Gardens£2,086/mo
  4. 4.East Putney£2,139/mo
  5. 5.Tooting East£2,166/mo
Top 5 most desirable

Highest composite liveability — combines safety, schools, transport access and rental affordability into one 0–100 score (higher = more liveable).

  1. 1.Summerstown73/100
  2. 2.Merton Road73/100
  3. 3.Tooting Bec Common73/100
  4. 4.Earlsfield North73/100
  5. 5.Nightingale Lane73/100
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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across Wandsworth.

Avg rent
£2,593/mo
#308 of 314 cities
Sale price
£621,250
-6.0% YoY
Yrs to deposit
6.3 yr
Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability
council-area level rent by bedroom
ONS PIPR median for the council area
1 bed£1,905/mo
2 bed£2,422/mo
3 bed£2,765/mo
4 bed£3,786/mo
Sale price by property type
HMLR HPI average
Detached£2,361,779
Semi-detached£1,302,814
Terraced£955,389
Flat£522,376
Affordability
Price-to-earnings12.5×
Rent / take-home63%
Council tax (estimated, full council area)£1,130/yr
Mortgage (25y, 5%)£3,251/mo

Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.

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Safety in Wandsworth

Crime in Wandsworth runs at 22% below the national average. Below median (#234 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 78.2, averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

Total crime / 1k / yr
78.2
#234 of 318 cities
Crime detailTop crime types · safest neighbourhoods in this council area
All crime categories
incidents / 1,000 residents / year — sorted high → low
Violent & sexual offences
19.2
Anti-social behaviour
18.6
Vehicle crime
7.9
Other theft
6.5
Criminal damage & arson
4.1
Burglary
3.9
Public order
3.9
Shoplifting
3.6
Drugs
3.0
Theft from the person
1.8
Robbery
1.8
Bicycle theft
1.5
Other crime
1.2
Possession of weapons
0.9
Safest neighbourhoods in Wandsworth
by safety score (higher = safer)
Summerstown94/100
Clapham Common West93/100
Earlsfield North92/100

Source: data.police.uk — incident counts adjusted for population, then averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods. National average = England + Wales population-weighted mean.

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Schools in Wandsworth

100% of schools serving Wandsworth are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Best 5% nationally (#1 of 296 cities)

Good or Outstanding
100%
#1 of 296 cities
Good w/in 2 km
48%
#27 of 318 cities
School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools
Ofsted rating distribution
Good100%
Outstanding (count)0
Good (count)1
Requires improvement0
Inadequate0
Best neighbourhoods for schools in Wandsworth
by school score
Balham99/100
Nightingale Lane99/100
Wandsworth Common99/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in Wandsworth

Modelled door-to-door commute from this council area to nearby employment hubs. Closest first.

To London
10 min
Median across local areas
To Birmingham
99 min
Median across local areas
To Bristol
104 min
Median across local areas
Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods
Commute to major UK cities
public transport, off-peak typical
London
10 min
Birmingham
99 min
Bristol
104 min
Cardiff
125 min
Sheffield
142 min
Manchester
149 min
Leeds
153 min
Liverpool
159 min
Edinburgh
267 min
Glasgow
294 min
How residents travel to work
Census 2021, mode share
Car9%Public18%Active11%WFH60%
Best-connected neighbourhoods in Wandsworth
by transport score
Balham98/100
Wandsworth 03998/100
Tooting East98/100

DfT Journey Time Statistics + ONS Travel-to-Work.

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Job access from Wandsworth

Wandsworth has 0.39 jobs per resident locally. Below median

Jobs per resident
0.39
#189 of 318 cities
5y jobs growth
-2.6%
Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area
Reachable jobs by mode
Drive — 100 jobs6 min
PT — 100 jobs4 min
Drive — 500 jobs6 min
PT — 500 jobs6 min
Drive — 5,000 jobs14 min
PT — 5,000 jobs24 min
Local job mix by sector
ONS BRES, % of local jobs
Retail & hospitality
24.8%
Health & social care
20.3%
Professional & business svcs
11.5%
Education
9.9%
Tech & ICT
3.8%
Construction
3.0%
Manufacturing
1.3%
Finance & insurance
0.9%

ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Wandsworth

Short answers to the questions we get most often. Each answer is anchored in the data above and links onward where you can dig deeper.

What is the average rent in Wandsworth?
The median monthly rent across Wandsworth is £2,593, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.
Where is the cheapest place to rent in Wandsworth?
The cheapest neighbourhood in Wandsworth by estimated median rent is West Hill South at approximately £2,039/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in Wandsworth?
By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Wandsworth is Summerstown at 73/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is Wandsworth a safe area?
Wandsworth has an average safety score of 60/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.
What is council tax in Wandsworth?
The most common council tax band in Wandsworth is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £518. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within Wandsworth.
What is the average salary in Wandsworth?
The median annual resident salary in Wandsworth is £49,310, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Wandsworth, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in Wandsworth?
The average property price in Wandsworth is approximately £678,034 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.
What's the rental yield in Wandsworth?
Gross rental yield in Wandsworth is approximately 4.7% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.
How long does it take to save a deposit in Wandsworth?
Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 6.3 years in Wandsworth. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in Wandsworth?
100% of premises in Wandsworth are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.
What's the unemployment rate in Wandsworth?
4.0% of 16-64 residents in Wandsworth are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).
How many neighbourhoods are in Wandsworth?
Wandsworth contains 38 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 186 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.
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All sub-areas in Wandsworth

Every local area, ordered by crawl priority. Most readers want the neighbourhood-level view — these are for deep-link cases or external search-engine arrivals.