Wandsworth
London Borough · 327,480 residents
65Good
Good · better than 5 in 10 towns
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- 98% of schools are rated Good or better by Ofsted
- 1,273 places to eat and drink
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 23% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Prices are high for local incomes: affordability scores 20, where 60 is typical
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Wandsworth
Upper Tooting67Wimbledon Park77Balham60Balham Hill75Bolingbroke72Clapham Junction49Windmill Drive70Putney Vale79Furzedown62Bedford Hill70Latchmere64Summerstown65
See all 36 in the guide ↓Map outline: Council boundary
Is Wandsworth a good place to live?
Wandsworth scores 65/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for schools (75) and food & drink (74).
It scores lowest on affordability (20).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Wandsworth in London, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Wandsworth
Wandsworth's high streets have a particular texture: converted terraces giving way to newer flat developments, coffee chains sitting next to independent gyms, and a density of people that feels more like inner London than the leafy suburb the postcode might suggest. It attracts a crowd in their early thirties, mostly renting or recently bought, working professional jobs that let them commute into town but still get home for a proper evening.
The transport picture explains a lot of that. With Southfields, East Putney, Wandsworth Town and Earlsfield all in the mix, this is a place built around getting elsewhere quickly, and the tube and rail combination is a genuine draw for anyone who resents a long commute. Schools carry real weight here too — Ashcroft Technology Academy holds an Outstanding rating with a progress score well above the national norm, and the borough's overall schools grade sits at the top of the scale, which for a family thinking long-term is not a small thing. Housing, though, is where the picture complicates: flats dominate the market by a wide margin, most sold leasehold rather than freehold, and a "For Sale" board here is far more likely to mean a one or two-bed conversion than a house with a garden. Prices have actually softened over the past year — down a couple of per cent, and slightly below the wider Wandsworth borough average — with the longer trend also reading as worsening, so this isn't an area riding an upward wave right now.