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Lambeth

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
Most deprived 40–50%
Census 2021
317,654
Households
134,686
Crimes · Sep '26
4,141

Estimated population, mid-2025: 314,298 (ONS, published 29 Jul 2026)

134,686
Households
White Brit. · 38%
Ethnicity
Christian · 44%
Religion
Most deprived 40⁠–⁠50%
Avg IMD
4,141
Crimes · Sep '26
£529,125
Median property price · Lambeth · Oct 2025⁠–⁠Sep 2026 · 2,662 sales
£2,538
Average rent, September 2026
6,166
Postcodes

Sold prices in Lambeth

England & Wales
Property sales · Lambeth
HM Land Registry · Lambeth
Average price
£644,484
Median price: £529,125
Median -4.2% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Oct 2025–Sep 2026 · 2,662 sales
View district SW2
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Oct '25 – Sep '26Sep '26: 71 sales · avg £623,907
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£688k£648k£609k
Oct '25Jan '26Apr '26Sep '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 Lambeth

England & Wales
Crime trends · Lambeth

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 yearOct '24 – Sep '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
933
YoY +9%
1,075908741
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
ASB
851
YoY stable
1,137859580
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Vehicle Crime
229
YoY +8%
287234181
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Burglary
179
YoY +17%
203163123
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Criminal damage
14
YoY —

Metropolitan Police figures for this category are incomplete on police.uk from May 2026, so the change is not shown.

2161128
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Other recorded crime
1,935
YoY +13%
2,1621,7791,395
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26

0 of 5 key categories improving · burglary rising

4,141
incidents · Sep '26

Demographics in Lambeth

Ethnicity

Total residents: 317,650
White Brit.37.6%
Other White14.8%
African11.8%
Caribbean9.1%
Other ethnic group4.8%
+ 14 other groups · 21.9%

Religion

Total residents: 317,656
Christian43.7%
No religion37.5%
Muslim8.1%
Not answered7.6%
Hindu1.0%
+ 4 other religions · 2.1%

Age groups

Total residents: 317,654
25–3425.8%
35–4921.8%
50–6416.3%
20–248.4%
10–155.8%
+ 6 other age groups · 21.8%

Households

Total households: 134,686
One person: other25.0%
Other household types, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over14.6%
Cohabiting couple family: No children10.1%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children9.4%
Lone parent family: With dependent children8.4%
+ 9 other households · 32.5%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Lambeth

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 40–50%
Mean decile 4.53 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Most deprived 40–50% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 4.53 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Lambeth

17% of postcodes (1045 of 6166) are in Flood Zone 3 and 1% in Zone 2, measured at each postcode's centre (EA Flood Map for Planning). Not a property-level assessment.

  • Zone 31,045 (17%)
  • Zone 270 (1%)
  • Zone 15,051 (82%)

Environment Agency flood map for planning · © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right · Open Government Licence v3.0

Transport in Lambeth

Brixton is a 7-minute walk from the centre

Rail · Underground · 580 m

  • Brixton

    Rail · Underground

    580 m

  • Clapham North

    Underground

    1.1 km

  • Clapham High Street

    Rail

    1.2 km

  • Herne Hill

    Rail

    1.3 km

  • Clapham Common

    Underground

    1.4 km

  • Loughborough Junction

    Rail

    1.5 km

  • Stockwell

    Underground

    1.6 km

  • Wandsworth Road

    Rail

    1.9 km

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · Rail, Underground

Amenities in Lambeth

GPs make up most of the mapped places

46 GPs · 15 Libraries · 8 Museums · 80 in all

  • GPs46
  • Libraries15
  • Museums8
  • Hospitals7
  • Universities4

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

Private rents in Lambeth

Average rent, September 2026

£2,538/month

ONS Price Index of Private Rents — average monthly rent by bedroom.

£1,890
1 bed
£2,353
2 bed
£2,696
3 bed
£3,734
4+ bed

ONS Price Index of Private Rents · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

School applications

We've matched this area to Lambeth.

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

Last place offered

None of these schools has a published last distance, so we cannot compare this postcode with last year's places. We do not draw catchment maps in this list; where we hold a council's map, it is on the school's page.

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Admission appeals in Lambeth

Appeals lodged

164

Local authority × school phase. Not a figure for one school.

Primary
80 · 2.9% of admissions
Lodged
42 · 1.5% of admissions
Heard
0 · 0.0% of those heard
Successful

2,766 admissions

Infant
80 · 3.3% of admissions
Lodged
42 · 1.7% of admissions
Heard
0 · 0.0% of those heard
Successful

2,454 admissions

Secondary
84 · 2.9% of admissions
Lodged
61 · 2.1% of admissions
Heard
6 · 9.8% of those heard
Successful

2,858 admissions

EES admission appeals · Reporting year 2026 · as at 6 Aug 2026

Overview of Lambeth

Coordinates51.4583, -0.1196
Postcodes
6,166
Census 2021
317,654

Estimated population, mid-2025: 314,298 (ONS, published 29 Jul 2026)

Households (Census)
134,686
Recorded crime · Sep '26
4,141

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