Is Wandsworth a good place to live?
Wandsworth scores 58 out of 100 on our Liveability index, 9th of London's 33 boroughs. It does best on shops and services (71) and environment (69), and least well on safety (24). The highest-scoring wards are Trinity, Balham and Southfields.
Each part compares Wandsworth with the rest of London, where 100 is the best. The score uses our default weights; on the map you can set your own.
Is Wandsworth safe?
Police recorded about 2,812 crimes a month in Wandsworth from June to August 2026, about 85 per square kilometre, above the London borough median of 63. The most common were violence and sexual offences (27%), anti-social behaviour (23%) and vehicle crime (11%).
Recorded crime follows footfall: busy town centres and transport hubs record more, which says little about quiet residential streets. Check the exact street with an area report.
Does Wandsworth flood?
About 21% of Wandsworth's land is in Flood Zone 2 or 3, the Environment Agency's zones for flooding from rivers or the sea, against 13% across London. About 18% sits in Flood Zone 3, the highest risk band. The zones ignore flood defences and do not cover surface water flooding.
Are there good schools in Wandsworth?
Wandsworth has 57 state primary and 11 state secondary schools, plus 25 independent schools. Of the state schools with a current single Ofsted grade, 98% are good or outstanding and 19% are outstanding, against a London borough median of 24% outstanding. Outstanding schools include Earlsfield Primary School, Penwortham Primary School and Ronald Ross Primary School.
Ofsted stopped giving a single overall grade in September 2024, so recently inspected schools have none. Always check admissions and catchment rules with the school or council.
How good is public transport in Wandsworth?
Wandsworth has 13 Underground, Overground, Elizabeth line, DLR or tram stations on the Northern, National Rail, District, Mildmay (Overground) and Windrush (Overground), in fare zones 1, 2 and 3. About 26% of the borough has good or better access (TfL PTAL 4 to 6b), against 15% of London.
How much does it cost to live in Wandsworth?
The average home in Wandsworth cost £672,069 in March 2026 (HM Land Registry), up 12.3% over five years. The average private rent was £2,599 a month (ONS, May 2026 release), a gross yield of about 4.6%. Homes cost 13.5 times average local earnings.
What is the air quality like in Wandsworth?
Nitrogen dioxide averaged 23 µg/m³ across Wandsworth in 2022 (London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory), against a London median of 20 and a World Health Organization guideline of 10. Fine particles (PM2.5) averaged 10 µg/m³ against a guideline of 5. Air is usually worst beside main roads.
What are the shops, parks and GPs like in Wandsworth?
OpenStreetMap lists 41 supermarkets, 26 GP surgeries and 49 pharmacies in Wandsworth, and 64 public parks covering about 638 hectares. About 31% of the borough is in a conservation area, where outside changes usually need permission.
How deprived is Wandsworth?
The typical neighbourhood in Wandsworth is in decile 7 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England and 10 the least. About 3% of the borough is in the most deprived fifth.
Which parts of Wandsworth score best?
The highest Liveability scores in Wandsworth are in Trinity, Balham and Southfields, and the lowest in Furzedown and Nine Elms. Every ward is below, with its scores for safety, transport, shops, green space and schools out of 100.
| Ward | Liveability | Safety | Transport | Shops | Green | Schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity | 65 | 21 | 87 | 82 | 30 | 70 |
| Balham | 64 | 21 | 89 | 74 | 58 | 79 |
| Southfields | 62 | 31 | 68 | 65 | 71 | 68 |
| Northcote | 61 | 22 | 59 | 76 | 86 | 61 |
| Battersea Park | 60 | 16 | 68 | 81 | 91 | 70 |
| Thamesfield | 60 | 25 | 75 | 77 | 71 | 46 |
| Wandsworth Town | 60 | 15 | 91 | 86 | 67 | 67 |
| East Putney | 59 | 24 | 78 | 76 | 61 | 73 |
| Lavender | 59 | 9 | 99 | 88 | 61 | 64 |
| South Balham | 59 | 30 | 55 | 61 | 94 | 52 |
| West Putney | 59 | 44 | 61 | 63 | 49 | 67 |
| Tooting Broadway | 58 | 15 | 84 | 81 | 49 | 70 |
| Tooting Bec | 58 | 14 | 85 | 90 | 40 | 73 |
| Wandsworth Common | 57 | 38 | 51 | 67 | 84 | 58 |
| West Hill | 57 | 49 | 60 | 42 | 54 | 72 |
| Falconbrook | 55 | 6 | 99 | 88 | 55 | 64 |
| Wandle | 54 | 23 | 48 | 65 | 53 | 68 |
| St Mary's | 54 | 11 | 80 | 78 | 49 | 82 |
| Shaftesbury & Queenstown | 54 | 12 | 81 | 75 | 54 | 79 |
| Roehampton | 53 | 61 | 41 | 51 | 76 | 50 |
| Furzedown | 52 | 23 | 59 | 59 | 57 | 67 |
| Nine Elms | 47 | 9 | 76 | 74 | 30 | 62 |
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Where these numbers come from
- Crime: police.uk street-level crime, June to August 2026, averaged per month.
- Flood zones and conservation areas: Environment Agency Flood Map for Planning and local authority conservation areas, via planning.data.gov.uk.
- Schools: Department for Education Get Information About Schools, with Ofsted grades.
- Transport: TfL stations and PTAL 2023. Air quality: London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory 2022.
- Prices: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index (March 2026) and ONS private rents (May 2026 release) and affordability ratios.
- Shops, GPs and parks: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Deprivation: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG).
- Liveability: our score for each ~500 m square of London, built from the sources above; borough and ward figures are medians of their squares.
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