Oval Area Guide | £516k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
High deprivation
Population
13,190
Households
5,852
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 9.0 per 1k
5,852
Households
White Brit. · 37%
Ethnicity
Christian · 43%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 9.0 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£515,586
Median property price
257
Postcodes
5,852
Households
White Brit. · 37%
Ethnicity
Christian · 43%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
Around average · 9.0 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£515,586
Median property price
257
Postcodes

Sold prices in Oval

England & Wales
Property sales · Oval
HM Land Registry · Oval
Average price
£658,679
YoY: -14.6%
Median price: £710,985
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 1 sales · avg £555,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£1.5m£930k£373k
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 Oval

England & Wales
Crime trends · Oval

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
28
YoY stable
392816
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
30
YoY -23%
392510
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
5
YoY —
951
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
5
YoY —
741
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
0
YoY —
1790
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

1 of 5 key categories improving

119
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Oval

High flood risk in part of this area

1 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 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 Lambeth.

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

Apply for a primary place via Lambeth

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 Oval

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

Overview of Oval

Coordinates51.4805, -0.1197
Postcodes
257
Population (Census)
13,190
Households (Census)
5,852
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 9.0 per 1k

Demographics in Oval

Ethnicity

Total residents: 13,186
White Brit.36.9%
Other White18.5%
African11.4%
Caribbean6.2%
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group6.0%
+ 9 other groups · 21.0%

Religion

Total residents: 13,199
Christian42.9%
No religion39.1%
Not answered8.0%
Muslim6.8%
Buddhist1.1%
+ other · 2.2%

Age groups

Total residents: 13,190
25–3429.5%
35–4919.3%
50–6415.6%
20–2410.4%
65–745.6%
+ 6 other age groups · 19.6%

Households

Total households: 5,852
Other27.3%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over18.2%
Cohabiting couple family: No children10.4%
Any member 66+8.4%
Lone parent family: With dependent children7.0%
+ 8 other households · 28.7%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Oval

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 4.25 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 4.25 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).