Area:
Brixton

Postcode:
SW2

Boroughs:
Lambeth

Conservation areas:
Some

Parking:
Residents/meters

Schools:
Local authority: St Martins in the Fields.
Private: Streatham Hill and Clapham High School

Council tax (Band D):
£995

Properties:
Victorian houses, council houses and conversion flats.

Attracts:
Young professionals, some families, Afro-Caribbeans.

Amenities:
Live music Hall, 4 leisures centres, indoor swimming pool, big shops, indoor and outdoor market. Bars, Far Eastern, Afro-Caribbean and vegetarians restaurants.

Transport:
Good tubes and trains

Crime rate:
180/1000 ; 5th

Comments:
Urban space with a real centre.

Problems:
Crime rate, police sirens, generally no good schools.