Nice area, mostly nice neighbours.
Used to rent here· 6y ago
Nice area with mostly nice neighbours and many students nearby. One nosy neighbour across the road watches from her window.
SW17 · London
53 Alston Road, Summerstown, SW17 0TR
· SW17 0TR
53 Alston Road, Summerstown, SW17 0TR · SW17 0TR
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Is the area liveable?
Context for SW17 — each tile answers a question renters actually ask.
Is it safe?
Higher crime
677 reports within a mile last month · mostly violent crime
Every crime reported to police within about a mile of here in the most recent published month. We show the total and the most common type.
Livedata.police.uk · last month
Getting around
Well connected
Tooting Broadway tube/metro · 0.4 mi away
Your nearest National Rail or tube/metro/tram station, as the crow flies. Closer means easier life without a car (a real walk is a little further).
OfficialNaPTAN · 2026
Who rents here
36% are renters
A renter-heavy area
The share of households that rent privately (rather than own or rent socially), from the 2021 Census. Higher means more of your neighbours rent too.
OfficialCensus 2021 · 2021
Deprivation
Less deprived
Decile 6 of 10 · 1 = most deprived
Where this neighbourhood sits on the government’s Index of Multiple Deprivation. Decile 1 is England’s most-deprived 10%; decile 10 the least. It blends income, employment, health, crime, housing and more.
LiveIoD 2019 · 2019
Will WFH work?
Yes — superfast
96% of homes on superfast
Whether fast home broadband for working from home is available here. Superfast is ≥30 Mbps; full-fibre/gigabit is much faster.
EstimateOfcom 2025 · illustrative · 2025
Council tax
£1,028/yr
Band D total · Wandsworth
The total yearly Band D council tax a resident pays here — the council’s own charge plus county, GLA, police and fire precepts. Your actual bill depends on your property’s valuation band.
Officialgov.uk · 2026/27
To buy here
£671k avg
Average sold price · Wandsworth
The average price homes have recently sold for across the local authority (HM Land Registry House Price Index) — a feel for how pricey the area is.
LiveHM Land Registry · recent
Flood risk
Very low
Rivers, sea & surface water
The area’s long-term risk of flooding from rivers, the sea and surface water, per Environment Agency mapping.
EstimateEnvironment Agency · illustrative · 2025