Property Diligence

Hammersmith (W6) or Putney (SW15): an area comparison

Putney has the lower recorded-sale median by £75,750. 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?

Hammersmith: £660,750. Putney: £585,000.

Putney is lower in this 24-month sample.

Which has the broader school register?

Hammersmith: 14. Putney: 17 open establishments.

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

How does everyday access compare?

Bus nodes: W6 65, SW15 146. mapped green-space sites: W6 44, SW15 83.

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

The broad price gap is £75,750 across the 24-month samples. That gives Putney the lower starting point, while the remaining sections show where the two district profiles differ.

Hammersmith has 14 registered schools, 44 mapped green-space sites and 65 bus nodes. Putney has 17, 83 and 146 respectively.

District prices

W6 recorded 710 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £660,750. The £980,506 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

SW15 recorded 1,252 completed sales in the 24-month sample. The median was £585,000. The £814,048 average is higher because a small number of expensive sales can lift it.

W6

Median recorded sale
£660,750
Average recorded sale
£980,506
Recorded sales
710 (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.

SW15

Median recorded sale
£585,000
Average recorded sale
£814,048
Recorded sales
1,252 (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 6,940 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 2,140, or 30.8% of the total.

Police.uk records 5,560 reports from 2025-07 to 2026-06. Violence and sexual offences, robbery, burglary and weapons-possession reports account for 1,930, or 34.7% of the total.

W6

Reported crime, 12 months
6,940
Selected report-category share
2,140 (30.8%)
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.

SW15

Reported crime, 12 months
5,560
Selected report-category share
1,930 (34.7%)
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. W6 has a median of 6.0. 13.4% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 5.9% 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. SW15 has a median of 9.0. 12.4% of mapped postcode units are in the poorer 1 to 3 band and 57.9% are in the more well-off 8 to 10 band.

W6

Median IMD decile
6.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
13.4%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
5.9%
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.

SW15

Median IMD decile
9.0 / 10
Postcode units in deciles 1–3
12.4%
Postcode units in deciles 8–10
57.9%
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 14 open establishments in W6. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

The register lists 17 open establishments in SW15. It is a useful picture of the local school base, across the phases shown in the card below.

W6

Registered school sites
14 (16 plus: 1, Nursery: 1, Primary: 10, Secondary: 2)
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.

SW15

Registered school sites
17 (Nursery: 1, Primary: 14, Secondary: 2)
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 44 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 31.49 hectares, including 8 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

OS maps 83 green-space or outdoor-sport sites covering 473.49 hectares, including 8 public parks or gardens. This gives the district a substantial mapped outdoor offer.

W6

Mapped OS green-space sites
44
Mapped site area
31.49 ha
Public parks or gardens
8
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.

SW15

Mapped OS green-space sites
83
Mapped site area
473.49 ha
Public parks or gardens
8
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 771 postcode units. 121 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 217 have medium-risk surroundings.

The source covers 1,223 postcode units. 203 have high-risk surrounding addresses and 233 have medium-risk surroundings.

W6

Postcode units in source
771
Units with high-risk surroundings
121
Units with medium-risk surroundings
217
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.

SW15

Postcode units in source
1,223
Units with high-risk surroundings
203
Units with medium-risk surroundings
233
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 20.1 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 16.9 µg/m³. 100.0% of mapped units exceed the WHO 10 µg/m³ guideline and 0.0% meet or exceed 40 µg/m³.

W6

Median annual mean NO₂
20.1 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.

SW15

Median annual mean NO₂
16.9 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 65 active bus nodes and 21 rail, metro or tram nodes across W6. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

NaPTAN contains 146 active bus nodes and 7 rail, metro or tram nodes across SW15. Together, they describe the district-wide public-transport network.

W6

Active bus access nodes
65
Active rail, metro or tram nodes
21
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.

SW15

Active bus access nodes
146
Active rail, metro or tram nodes
7
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.

W6

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.

SW15

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 393 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 2 fatal, 86 serious and 305 slight.

DfT records 554 personal-injury collisions in 2022 to 24: 2 fatal, 122 serious and 430 slight.

W6

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
393
Fatal
2
Serious
86
Slight
305
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.

SW15

Reported collisions, 2022–24 (raw count)
554
Fatal
2
Serious
122
Slight
430
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.