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Oval

WARD
Avg IMD
Most deprived 30–40%
Census 2021
12,441
Households
5,531
Crimes · Sep '26
169
5,531
Households
White Brit. · 37%
Ethnicity
Christian · 43%
Religion
Most deprived 30⁠–⁠40%
Avg IMD
169
Crimes · Sep '26
£555,000
Median property price · Oval · Oct 2025⁠–⁠Sep 2026 · 73 sales
257
Postcodes

Sold prices in Oval

England & Wales
Property sales · Oval
HM Land Registry · Oval
Average price
£703,456
Median price: £555,000
Median -17.9% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Oct 2025–Sep 2026 · 73 sales
View district SW8
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Oct '25 – Sep '26Sep '26: 3 sales · avg £418,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£1.1m£746k£418k
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 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 yearOct '24 – Sep '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
22
YoY stable
403019
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
ASB
31
YoY +24%
472910
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Vehicle Crime
5
YoY —
852
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Burglary
12
YoY —
1272
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Criminal damage
1
YoY —

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

1890
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26
Other recorded crime
98
YoY +63%
1388735
Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Apr '26Sep '26

0 of 3 key categories improving · other recorded crime rising

169
incidents · Sep '26

Demographics in Oval

Ethnicity

Total residents: 12,439
White Brit.36.7%
Other White18.4%
African11.5%
Caribbean6.2%
Other ethnic group6.0%
+ 14 other groups · 21.1%

Religion

Total residents: 12,441
Christian43.2%
No religion39.0%
Not answered7.9%
Muslim6.7%
Buddhist1.1%
+ 4 other religions · 2.0%

Age groups

Total residents: 12,443
25–3429.3%
35–4919.5%
50–6415.6%
20–2410.3%
65–745.5%
+ 6 other age groups · 19.9%

Households

Total households: 5,531
One person: other27.1%
Other household types, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over17.9%
Cohabiting couple family: No children10.5%
One person: aged 66+8.7%
Lone parent family: With dependent children7.3%
+ 9 other households · 28.6%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Oval

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 30–40%
Mean decile 4.25 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Most deprived 30–40% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 4.25 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Oval

44% of postcodes (113 of 257) are in Flood Zone 3 and 9% in Zone 2, measured at each postcode's centre (EA Flood Map for Planning). Not a property-level assessment.

  • Zone 3113 (44%)
  • Zone 223 (9%)
  • Zone 1121 (47%)

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

Transport in Oval

Oval is a 7-minute walk from the centre

Underground · 525 m

  • Oval

    Underground

    525 m

Bus stops

  • Tate Library

    Bus

    315 m

  • Dorset Road

    Bus

    347 m

  • Wheatsheaf Lane

    Bus

    349 m

  • Thorne Road

    Bus

    361 m

  • Fentiman Road

    Bus

    376 m

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

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

School applications

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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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Overview of Oval

Coordinates51.4805, -0.1197
Postcodes
257
Census 2021
12,441
Households (Census)
5,531
Recorded crime · Sep '26
169

Postcodes in Oval

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