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On Abercairn Road, in Streatham Vale
What it's like at SW16 5AJ: every home that has sold on Abercairn Road since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
15 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 5 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Abercairn Road; planning applications within 500 m (Planning London Datahub); new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
16 of the 159 homes on the street are owned by companies (3 overseas).
| 177, Abercairn RoadTerraced | May 2019 | £445,000 | 87 m² | £5,115/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 181, Abercairn RoadTerraced | Aug 2024 | £705,000 | 108 m² | £6,528/m² | 7 |
| 183, Abercairn RoadTerraced | Sept 2021 | £540,000 | 85 m² | £6,353/m² | 3 |
| 187, Abercairn RoadTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2024 | £545,000 | 123 m² | £4,431/m² | 2 |
| 189, Abercairn RoadTerraced | Dec 2002 | £200,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 191, Abercairn RoadTerraced | Jul 2007 | £245,000 | 109 m² | £2,248/m² | 1 |
| 193, Abercairn RoadTerraced | Sept 2020 | £435,000 | 87 m² | £5,000/m² | 2 |
| 197, Abercairn RoadTerraced | Jan 2016 | £405,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 201, Abercairn RoadTerraced | Oct 2004 | £225,000 | 89 m² | £2,528/m² | 2 |
| 207, Abercairn RoadTerraced | Aug 2015 | £405,000 | 86 m² | £4,709/m² | 1 |
| 209, Abercairn RoadTerraced | Aug 2004 | £235,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 213, Abercairn RoadTerraced | May 2002 | £187,950 | 85 m² | £2,211/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is Streatham Common, about a 10-minute walk (750 m), with 2.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Greyhound Terrace, 150 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes 60, 45); 69 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Rail is a big part of life: 21% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 10 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Granton Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 80% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Woodmansterne School, 600 m away; Attainment 8: 49.3 · 16.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Graveney School (1.4 km) and Harris Academy Merton (1.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wallington County Grammar School (5.2 km) and Wilson's School (6.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op Late Shop, 350 m away, with Leonard Mini-Market closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Vale Surgery (600 m), with Fairlight Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Chris's Barber Shop is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is St George's Hospital (Tooting), 2.9 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 71% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Mums Cafe 2 is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Purkins Wine Bar the nearest pub (700 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 99 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 14% flats and 5% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 81% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
It's growing: about 110 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Streatham Vale Park, 100 m away; for exercise, TeamSport Mitcham (750 m).
A swim is a short trip away: The Serpentine - Hyde Park, 10 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 16 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 23 km.
43 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Streatham and Croydon North constituency: Steve Reed MP (Labour (Co-op)), since November 2012. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 15,603 (35.0%), turnout 58%. Vote shares: Labour 52%, Green Party 17%, Conservative 12%, Liberal Democrat 11%.
91 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near SW16 5AJ →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Most households own their home, 28% rent privately.
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 125 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.7% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 95.2% | 74.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.4% | 9.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 14.7% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 159 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.