Is Wimbledon a good place to live? 2026 area guide
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Is Wimbledon a good place to live and buy? On the official-data picture, flood risk is Zone 1. Wimbledon, a high-demand family market with strong period and new-build stock. Each figure below is fused from official UK government data across Wimbledon's 1 postcode area (SW19); open any card for the full breakdown and to check one exact address.
Everything about Wimbledon, in one place
A summary of each metric for Wimbledon, fused across its postcode areas from official UK data. Follow any card to the full breakdown, sources and the per-address checks.
We did not return a confident recent-sales sample for Wimbledon on the last refresh — open a sold-prices page to search a specific address.
See Wimbledon sold pricesStreet-level crime was not returned for Wimbledon on the last refresh (data.police.uk covers England & Wales).
See Wimbledon crimeThe representative points across Wimbledon sit outside the mapped higher-risk EA flood zones (Zone 1). Risk still varies by street and surface water — check the exact address.
See Wimbledon flood zoneAn indicative yield needs both an ONS mean rent and a median sold price; not available for Wimbledon on the last refresh.
See Wimbledon rental yieldWhere a metric shows “—” we did not return a confident figure for Wimbledon on the last data refresh; we never fabricate a figure.
What are house prices like in Wimbledon?
We did not return a confident recent-sales sample for Wimbledon on the last refresh — open a sold-prices page to search a specific address.
Is Wimbledon a safe place to live?
Street-level crime was not returned for Wimbledon on the last refresh (data.police.uk covers England & Wales).
Is Wimbledon at risk of flooding?
The representative points across Wimbledon sit outside the mapped higher-risk EA flood zones (Zone 1). Risk still varies by street and surface water — check the exact address.
What are the EPC ratings like in Wimbledon?
Across Wimbledon the modal EPC band is D, with 43% of sampled certificates at band C or above, based on the public MHCLG EPC register sampled across the town's postcodes.
A
—
B
1.6%
C
41.4%
D
41.8%
E
12.5%
F
1.6%
G
1.2%
What are the schools and transport like in Wimbledon?
School catchments and transport links vary street by street within Wimbledon. A full HouseCheckup property report shows the catchment-area schools for any address with their Ofsted history, plus the nearest stations and broadband speeds drawn from NaPTAN and Ofcom data. Search an address below for the property-level picture.
Check any property in Wimbledon
This page is the area picture. To see all of this — sold-price history, crime, flood and ground risk, EPC, school catchments and a current valuation — for one exact property, search the address.
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Frequently asked questions about Wimbledon
Is Wimbledon a good place to live?
Is Wimbledon a good place to live and buy? On the official-data picture, flood risk is Zone 1. Wimbledon, a high-demand family market with strong period and new-build stock. Each figure below is fused from official UK government data across Wimbledon's 1 postcode area (SW19); open any card for the full breakdown and to check one exact address.
What is the average house price in Wimbledon?
We did not return a confident recent-sales sample for Wimbledon on the last refresh. Search a specific address for its HM Land Registry sale history.
Is Wimbledon a safe place to live, and is it at flood risk?
The representative points across Wimbledon sit outside the mapped higher-risk EA flood zones (Zone 1). Risk still varies by street and surface water — check the exact address. Both are area-level screens — risk varies street by street, so check the exact address with the HouseCheckup tools.
What rental yield does Wimbledon achieve?
We could not compute an indicative gross yield for Wimbledon on the last refresh — it needs both an ONS mean rent and an HM Land Registry median price.
Sources
- Price Paid Data & UKHPI — HM Land Registry
- Price Index of Private Rents — Office for National Statistics
- Street-level crime — data.police.uk
- Flood-risk layers — Environment Agency / planning.data.gov.uk
- Energy Performance Certificates — MHCLG
Rent data: ONS Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR), April 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Flood data © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026 (OGL v3.0). Flood Re eligibility based on floodre.co.uk criteria — indicative only; insurers make final decisions. Contains Mining Remediation Authority data © Mining Remediation Authority, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026 (GeoClimate UKCP18 Open). Indicative Atlas of Radon — © Crown copyright UKHSA; contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI. Open Government Licence v3.0. Energy Performance of Buildings Data: England and Wales — MHCLG, OGL v3.0