SW2 5BU maps, stats, and open data

SW2 5BU is located in the Brixton Acre Lane electoral ward, within the London borough of Lambeth and the English Parliamentary constituency of Vauxhall. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS South East London ICB - 72Q and the police force is Metropolitan Police. This postcode has been in use since October 2013.

SW2 5BU maps

SW2 5BU map - large scale - OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)

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Source: OS Open Zoomstack (Ordnance Survey)
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Attribution: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024
Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Attribution: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024; Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2024; Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0

SW2 5BU geodata

Easting	530223
Northing	175151
Latitude	51.460363
Longitude	-0.126929

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is SW2 5BU?

Country	England
Postcode District	SW2
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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SW2 5BU Elevation

Elevation or altitude of SW2 5BU as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	20m	66ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Source: Open Postcode Elevation
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Politics

Ward	Brixton Acre Lane
Constituency	Vauxhall

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Crime

Reported crime within 500m of SW2 5BU

January 2024	Criminal damage and arson	On or near Cottage Grove	433m
January 2024	Drugs	On or near Cottage Grove	433m
January 2024	Violence and sexual offences	On or near Cottage Grove	433m
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Source: data.police.uk
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to SW2 5BU

Clapham Park Road (Bedford Road)	Clapham Park	149m
Clapham Park Road (Bedford Road)	Clapham Park	169m
Solon Road	Brixton	188m
Solon Road	Brixton	196m
Bedford Road (Sw4)	Clapham Park	210m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to SW2 5BU

Clapham North Underground Station	Clapham	572m
Clapham Common Underground Station	Clapham	806m
Brixton Underground Station	Brixton	873m
Stockwell Underground Station	Stockwell	1,348m
Clapham South Underground Station	Clapham South	1,672m

Nearest railway stations to SW2 5BU

Clapham High Street Station	0.7km
Brixton Station	0.9km
Wandsworth Road Station	1.4km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for SW2 5BU

Broadband access in SW2 5BU (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	0.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in SW2 5BU (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	39.1Mbps
Average download speed	30.2Mbps
Maximum download speed	61.77Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	9.8Mbps
Average upload speed	8.3Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.36Mbps

Broadband limitations in SW2 5BU (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

➜ Broadband speed and availability dashboard for SW2 5BU

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Source: Ofcom
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SW2 5BU gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in SW2 5BU by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	348,844
Meter count	30
Mean (kWh/meter)	11,628
Median (kWh/meter)	10,407

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	63,569
Meter count	16
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,973
Median (kWh/meter)	3,126

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in SW2 5BU, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in SW2 5BU.
Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

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Source: Postcode level gas estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Source: Postcode level electricity estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Licence: Open Government Licence

Deprivation

66.5% of English postcodes are less deprived than SW2 5BU:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to SW2 5BU (meters)

Moorish Caribbean Grill Restaurant

Ground Floor

47m

Boqueria

190 - 192 Acre Lane

62m

Booze Up

Unit 1390

118m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to SW2 5BU

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Post Office	17:30	12:00	124m
Bedford Road	17:30	12:00	273m
Kings Avenue	17:30	12:00	291m

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Source: Dracos
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Nearest sports facilities to SW2 5BU

Facility	Distance
Puregym (London Clapham) Clapham High Street, London Health and Fitness Gym, Studio	564m
Clapham Leisure Centre (Closed) Clapham Manor Street, London Sports Hall, Swimming Pool, Health and Fitness Gym, Studio	652m
Clapham Leisure Centre Clapham Manor Street, London Health and Fitness Gym, Swimming Pool, Sports Hall, Studio	696m

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Source: Active Places
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Nearest schools to SW2 5BU

School	Phase of Education	Distance
Kings Avenue School Kings Avenue, London, SW4 8BQ	Primary	417m
Triangle Nursery School 25 William Bonney Estate, Clapham Crescent, London, SW4 7JQ	Nursery	437m
Harris Clapham Sixth Form 73 Kings Avenue, London, SW4 8DX	16 plus	488m

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Source: Edubase
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SW2 5BU ITL and SW2 5BU LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for SW2 5BU:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLI	London
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLI4	Inner London - East
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLI45	Lambeth
LAU 1 Code	Name
E09000022	Lambeth

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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SW2 5BU census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for SW2 5BU:

	Code	Name
OA	E00015394
LSOA	E01003058	Lambeth 015E
MSOA	E02000632	Lambeth 015

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to SW2 5BU

SW2 5UJ	Ashmere Grove	27m
SW4 7PB	Linom Road	43m
SW2 5UL	Acre Lane	52m
SW2 5UH	Ashmere Grove	56m
SW2 5UP	Plato Road	56m
SW4 7PD	Linom Road	73m
SW4 7PA	Hetherington Road	81m
SW2 5UR	Plato Road	84m
SW4 7PG	Kepler Road	90m
SW4 7NR	Kepler Road	94m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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