5,113
Households
White Brit. · 60%
Ethnicity
No religion · 44%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
86 · 7.6 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£606,429
Median property price
131
Postcodes
Overview of South Balham
Coordinates51.4384, -0.1504
Postcodes
131
Population (Census)
11,389
Households (Census)
5,113
Recorded crime · May '26
86 · 7.6 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for South Balham
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 5.54 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.54 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in South Balham
Property sales · South Balham
HM Land Registry · South Balham
Average price
£801,078
YoY: -8.4%
Median price: £582,618
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – May '26May '26: 3 sales · avg £579,167
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£1.3m£831k£325k
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
Transactions are hidden by default.
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 South Balham
Crime trends · South Balham
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
26165
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
21
YoY +91%
ASB
29187
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
27
YoY stable
Vehicle Crime
18102
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
9
YoY -40%
Burglary
1470
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
0
YoY -100%
Criminal damage
950
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
0
YoY -100%
Demographics in South Balham
Ethnicity
White Brit.59.7%
Other White12.4%
White Irish3.5%
Caribbean3.2%
Indian3.0%
+ 9 other groups · 18.1%
Religion
No religion44.2%
Christian40.1%
Muslim6.2%
Not answered6.1%
Hindu1.8%
+ other · 1.6%
Age groups
25–3433.6%
35–4919.7%
50–6414.5%
20–247.8%
65–745.2%
+ 5 other age groups · 19.2%
Households
Other25.1%
Other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over16.6%
Cohabiting couple family: No children14.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children11.5%
Any member 66+7.7%
+ 8 other households · 24.7%
Schools in South Balham
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
St Anselm's Catholic Primary School
Wandsworth · SW17 8RW
Outstanding
0.3 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 4–11
Ravenstone Primary School
Wandsworth · SW12 9SS
Good
0.2 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
Eveline Day School
Wandsworth · SW17 7BQ
0.2 mi
PrimaryIndependentMixed · Ages 2–11
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in South Balham
Postcodes in South Balham
SW12 9AZSW12 9BASW12 9BESW12 9HDSW12 9HESW12 9HFSW12 9HGSW12 9HHSW12 9HJSW12 9HLSW12 9HNSW12 9HQSW12 9HRSW12 9HSSW12 9HUSW12 9HWSW12 9HYSW12 9HZSW12 9JASW12 9JBSW12 9JDSW12 9JESW12 9JFSW12 9JGSW12 9JHSW12 9JJSW12 9JLSW12 9JNSW12 9JPSW12 9JQSW12 9JRSW12 9JSSW12 9JWSW12 9LPSW12 9LRSW12 9LSSW12 9LTSW12 9LUSW12 9LXSW12 9LYSW12 9LZSW12 9NASW12 9NBSW12 9NDSW12 9NESW12 9NFSW12 9SHSW12 9SJSW12 9SLSW12 9SNSW12 9SSSW12 9STSW12 9SUSW12 9SXSW12 9SYSW16 1RUSW17 7ADSW17 7BASW17 7BDSW17 7BESW17 7BGSW17 7BQSW17 7BTSW17 7BWSW17 7ETSW17 7HDSW17 7TPSW17 8AASW17 8ADSW17 8AESW17 8AFSW17 8AGSW17 8AHSW17 8AJSW17 8ALSW17 8ANSW17 8AQSW17 8ASSW17 8AWSW17 8BPSW17 8BSSW17 8BTSW17 8BWSW17 8BYSW17 8ENSW17 8EPSW17 8ERSW17 8ESSW17 8ETSW17 8EUSW17 8EWSW17 8EXSW17 8EYSW17 8JHSW17 8JJSW17 8JLSW17 8JNSW17 8JPSW17 8JRSW17 8JSSW17 8JTSW17 8JUSW17 8JWSW17 8QDSW17 8QESW17 8QFSW17 8QGSW17 8QHSW17 8QJSW17 8QLSW17 8QNSW17 8QPSW17 8QQSW17 8QWSW17 8QXSW17 8QYSW17 8QZSW17 8RASW17 8RBSW17 8RD