Balham Area Guide | £643k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Low deprivation
Population
18,118
Households
7,614
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 8.2 per 1k
7,614
Households
White Brit. · 59%
Ethnicity
No religion · 43%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 8.2 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£642,786
Median property price
342
Postcodes
7,614
Households
White Brit. · 59%
Ethnicity
No religion · 43%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 8.2 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£642,786
Median property price
342
Postcodes

Sold prices in Balham

England & Wales
Property sales · Balham
HM Land Registry · Balham
Average price
£902,592
YoY: -9.0%
Median price: £754,000
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 9 sales · avg £802,160
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£1.4m£1m£624k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Balham

England & Wales
Crime trends · Balham

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
23
YoY -18%
392715
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
30
YoY -32%
443015
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
19
YoY +19%
29199
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
6
YoY —
17102
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
2
YoY —
1160
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

2 of 5 key categories improving · vehicle crime rising

149
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Balham

High flood risk in part of this area

2 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Fluvial / Tidal Models · Tidal Models

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

School applications

We've matched this area to Wandsworth.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Last published allocation

Straight-line distance from this address. This does not guarantee you will get a place.

  • Chestnut Grove School

    Last published allocation was 1,383 m. This address is 434 m (straight line).

    Last year an application from this address would have been prioritised at the last published allocation.

Apply for a primary place via Wandsworth

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Balham

GPs make up most of the mapped places

39 GPs · 13 Libraries · 8 Universities · 70 in all

  • GPs39
  • Libraries13
  • Universities8
  • Hospitals6
  • Museums4

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Overview of Balham

Coordinates51.4480, -0.1524
Postcodes
342
Population (Census)
18,118
Households (Census)
7,614
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 8.2 per 1k

Demographics in Balham

Ethnicity

Total residents: 18,112
White Brit.59.0%
Other White14.3%
Indian3.6%
African2.9%
White Irish2.9%
+ 8 other groups · 17.3%

Religion

Total residents: 18,113
No religion43.0%
Christian40.5%
Not answered6.5%
Muslim5.2%
Hindu2.5%
+ 1 other religions · 2.3%

Age groups

Total residents: 18,118
25–3432.4%
35–4920.4%
50–6413.1%
20–247.5%
≤45.4%
+ 6 other age groups · 21.1%

Households

Total households: 7,614
Other21.2%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over17.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children14.6%
Cohabiting couple family: No children13.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children7.8%
+ 8 other households · 25.2%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Balham

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Low deprivation
Mean decile 7.97 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Low deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 7.97 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).