Property Diligence

Fulham (SW6) or Pimlico (SW1V): an area comparison

Pimlico has the lower recorded-sale median by £140,000. The cards below show how the two areas compare on prices, schools, green space, local profile and transport.

The short answer

Which has the lower district median?

Fulham: £760,000. Pimlico: £620,000.

Pimlico is lower in this 24-month sample.

Which has the broader school register?

Fulham: 16. Pimlico: 5 open establishments.

This is the size of each district's registered school base.

How does everyday access compare?

Bus nodes: SW6 108, SW1V 42. mapped green-space sites: SW6 103, SW1V 26.

These counts show the scale of each district's transport and outdoor offer.

The broad price gap is £140,000 across the 24-month samples. That gives Pimlico the lower starting point, while the remaining sections show where the two district profiles differ.

Fulham has 16 registered schools, 103 mapped green-space sites and 108 bus nodes. Pimlico has 5, 26 and 42 respectively.

District prices

SW6 recorded 1,499 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £760,000. The £1,077,125 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

SW1V recorded 368 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £620,000. The £834,313 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

SW6

Median recorded sale
£760,000
Average recorded sale
£1,077,125
Recorded sales
1,499 (24 months)
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. local 2025-2026 bulk snapshot. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
How this was counted

Postcode district. non-deleted recorded sales in preceding 24 months.

SW1V

Median recorded sale
£620,000
Average recorded sale
£834,313
Recorded sales
368 (24 months)
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. local 2025-2026 bulk snapshot. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
How this was counted

Postcode district. non-deleted recorded sales in preceding 24 months.

Crime and serious-crime share

Police.uk records 7,027 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 2,257, or 32.1% of the total.

Police.uk records 3,621 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 950, or 26.2% of the total.

SW6

Reported crime, 12 months
7,027
Selected report-category share
2,257 (32.1%)
data.police.uk street-level crime custom download. 2025-07 to 2026-06; seven verified programme forces. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. Police.uk anonymised coordinates assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid; selected-category share is not an official severity rate.

SW1V

Reported crime, 12 months
3,621
Selected report-category share
950 (26.2%)
data.police.uk street-level crime custom download. 2025-07 to 2026-06; seven verified programme forces. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. Police.uk anonymised coordinates assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid; selected-category share is not an official severity rate.

Local-area deprivation context

IMD is a Government local-area scale from 1 to 10: 1 is the poorer end, while 10 is the more well-off end. SW6 has a median of 5.0. 28.9% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 14.4% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.

IMD is a Government local-area scale from 1 to 10: 1 is the poorer end, while 10 is the more well-off end. SW1V has a median of 5.0. 23.3% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 11.0% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.

SW6

Median IMD decile
5.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
28.9%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
14.4%
MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation postcode download. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. distribution of official IMD25 postcode assignments; England only.

SW1V

Median IMD decile
5.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
23.3%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
11.0%
MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation postcode download. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. distribution of official IMD25 postcode assignments; England only.

Schools

The register lists 16 open establishments in SW6. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

The register lists 5 open establishments in SW1V. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

SW6

Registered school sites
16 (Primary: 10, Secondary: 6)
DfE Get Information about Schools establishment register. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. open GIAS establishments grouped by registered postcode district.

SW1V

Registered school sites
5 (16 plus: 1, Nursery: 1, Primary: 2, Secondary: 1)
DfE Get Information about Schools establishment register. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. open GIAS establishments grouped by registered postcode district.

Green space and outdoor sport

OS maps 103 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 83.58 hectares, including 11 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

OS maps 26 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 5.68 hectares, including 6 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

SW6

Mapped OS green-space sites
103
Mapped site area
83.58 ha
Public parks or gardens
11
OS Open Greenspace. April 2026 programme-city tile manifest. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. OS Open Greenspace April 2026 site polygon geometric centroid assigned to nearest Code-Point Open postcode centroid.

SW1V

Mapped OS green-space sites
26
Mapped site area
5.68 ha
Public parks or gardens
6
OS Open Greenspace. April 2026 programme-city tile manifest. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. OS Open Greenspace April 2026 site polygon geometric centroid assigned to nearest Code-Point Open postcode centroid.

Flood context

The source covers 1,497 postcode units. 199 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 363 have medium-risk surroundings.

The source covers 566 postcode units. 226 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 161 have medium-risk surroundings.

SW6

Postcode units in source
1,497
Units with high-risk surroundings
199
Units with medium-risk surroundings
363
Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data. 2026-07-10. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. sum of Environment Agency postcode source counts by outward postcode; counts concern areas around addresses, not a named property.

SW1V

Postcode units in source
566
Units with high-risk surroundings
226
Units with medium-risk surroundings
161
Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data. 2026-07-10. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. sum of Environment Agency postcode source counts by outward postcode; counts concern areas around addresses, not a named property.

Air quality

The 2024 modelled annual-mean NO₂ median is 19.8 µg/m³. 100.0% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.

The 2024 modelled annual-mean NO₂ median is 26.0 µg/m³. 100.0% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.

SW6

Median annual mean NO₂
19.8 µg/m³
Postcode units above WHO 10 µg/m³
100.0%
Postcode units at or above legal 40 µg/m³
0.0%
DEFRA Pollution Climate Mapping annual-mean NO2 grid. 2024. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. DEFRA PCM 2024 1 km modelled annual-mean NO2 looked up at each Code-Point Open postcode centroid; postcode-unit weighted district summary.

SW1V

Median annual mean NO₂
26.0 µg/m³
Postcode units above WHO 10 µg/m³
100.0%
Postcode units at or above legal 40 µg/m³
0.0%
DEFRA Pollution Climate Mapping annual-mean NO2 grid. 2024. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. DEFRA PCM 2024 1 km modelled annual-mean NO2 looked up at each Code-Point Open postcode centroid; postcode-unit weighted district summary.

Transport access nodes

NaPTAN contains 108 active bus nodes and 19 rail, metro or tram nodes across SW6. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

NaPTAN contains 42 active bus nodes and 12 rail, metro or tram nodes across SW1V. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

SW6

Active bus access nodes
108
Active rail, metro or tram nodes
19
NaPTAN. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. active NaPTAN access node assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

SW1V

Active bus access nodes
42
Active rail, metro or tram nodes
12
NaPTAN. 2026-08-02. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. active NaPTAN access node assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

Broadband availability

The postcode-unit median maximum advertised download is 1,000 Mbit/s, with 100.0% full-fibre and 100.0% gigabit availability.

The postcode-unit median maximum advertised download is 1,000 Mbit/s, with 100.0% full-fibre and 100.0% gigabit availability.

SW6

Median maximum advertised download
1,000 Mbit/s
Median full-fibre availability
100.0%
Median gigabit availability
100.0%
Ofcom Connected Nations. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. median across postcode units.

SW1V

Median maximum advertised download
1,000 Mbit/s
Median full-fibre availability
100.0%
Median gigabit availability
100.0%
Ofcom Connected Nations. 2025. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. median across postcode units.

Road safety

DfT records 571 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 0 fatal, 98 serious and 473 slight.

DfT records 152 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 0 fatal, 35 serious and 117 slight.

SW6

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
571
Fatal
0
Serious
98
Slight
473
DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data. 2022-2024 collision files. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. 2022–24 STATS19 collision assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

SW1V

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
152
Fatal
0
Serious
35
Slight
117
DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data. 2022-2024 collision files. Original download date not recorded.
How this was counted

Postcode district. 2022–24 STATS19 collision assigned to nearest Code-Point Open centroid.

Sources and method

For an address-specific desk check, Property Diligence’s paid report adds the more detailed property-level information available from public sources.