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6 recorded sales · median £1,627,500 · Merton
Merton Council · Labour-controlled 32/57 seats · 56% · OCD 2026
75/100
Good
AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£1.6m
median price
6.5
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£1.6m
median sold price
14.2 yrs
of local pay to buy
13 min
London — fastest
15
rail stations
1
grammar school
75
schools total
6.5
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
451
Violence — most
16.1
NO₂ · WHO 10
2.9%
in a flood zone
361
green spaces
8
PM2.5 · WHO 5
361
eat & drink
138
shops
90.4%
gigabit
54
gyms & leisure
Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.
Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities
Sold price trend
Not enough history to chart yet.
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Merton, clearly labelled.
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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-07-21
Affordability2025
Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)
Crime2026-05
Deprivation2025
Census2021
Schools2026
Health2026/2025
Transport2026
Broadband2024-07
Environment2023–24
Ground checks2022–25
Heritage & planning2026
Amenities2026
Companies2026-07-01
What does it cost? This street
A typical home here sells for £1,627,500. That's about 14.2× local earnings — around the 15× five-year average.
Sold price history
Not enough history to chart yet.
Median sold price · median of all 6 sales£1,627,500
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay14.2× · five-year average 15×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Home ownership56%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,141
London Borough of Merton£1,630
Greater London Authority£511
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,427
Band B£1,665
Band C£1,903
Band D (baseline)£2,141
Band E£2,616
Band F£3,092
Band G£3,568
Band H£4,281
Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.
Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April
Neighbourhood prices in Merton how Helme Close compares · from Merton
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Wimbledon Village +39.2%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wimbledon Village | £1,240,000 | +39.2% | 189 |
| St Helier | £418,000 | +26.2% | 85 |
| Merton Park | £545,000 | +24% | 202 |
| Copse Hill | £1,525,000 | +21.3% | 57 |
| Lower Morden | £550,000 | +20.6% | 225 |
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months
Homes in Helme Close — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Helme Close | Detached | — | — | £2,100,000 | Mar 2025 |
| 1 HELME CLOSE WIMBLEDON LONDON | Detached | — | — | £2,080,000 | Sep 2021 |
| 2, Helme Close | Detached | — | — | £2,465,000 | Mar 2021 |
| 5 Helme Close | Detached | — | — | £1,175,000 | Apr 2012 |
| 3 HELME CLOSE | Detached | — | — | £910,000 | Jul 2009 |
| 2, Helme Close | Detached | — | — | £429,950 | Dec 1997 |
6 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
How safe is it? from Merton
Crime runs at 6.5 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.
Crime rate
Per 1,000 / month6.5
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from Merton
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Merton district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office
Where crime clusters
police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.
Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk
Who lives here? from Merton
Population215,186
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 7/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 65% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 7/10
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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 7/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — less deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 65% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).
SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 7 in 2019 — little changed since.
The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.
Income
6.1/10
Employment
6.8/10
Education & skills
7.5/10
Health & disability
8.2/10
Crime
6.4/10
Housing & services
7.6/10
Living environment
3.5/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider Merton — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Employment rate · residents aged 16+65%
Unemployment · economically active residents5.7%
Degree-level (Level 4+)50%
Good or very good health87%
Own their home56%
Median age37.5
Born outside the UK41%
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
100% of the 4 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
4 of 4 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 4 nearest inspected schools
of the 4 nearest inspected schools
GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"
Catchments
Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.
Council catchment polygons + GIAS
Nearest schools 25 nearest schools
AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery
| School | Phase | Ofsted | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Gilpin CofE Primary School | Primary | Outstanding ('24) | 0.2 km |
| Sparks Wimbledon | Nursery | — | 0.2 km |
| Willington School | Primary | — | 0.2 km |
| Ricards Lodge High School | Secondary | — | 0.2 km |
| Blooming Years Nursery Schools | Nursery | Good ('24) | 0.4 km |
| The Butterfly Preschool Wimbledon | Nursery | Outstanding ('22) | 0.4 km |
| Playdays Nursery | Nursery | Good ('22) | 0.5 km |
| Playdays Nursery | Nursery | Good ('25) | 0.5 km |
| Oaktree Pre-School Nursery | Nursery | Good ('24) | 0.5 km |
| Wimbledon High School GDST | All-through | — | 0.5 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
25
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.4 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest dentists · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
25
nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.5 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
15 of 15 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 0.3 km |
| Alexandra Road Surgery | GP | — | 0.4 km |
| Mclaren Dental Practice | Dentist | — | 0.4 km |
| Sterling Chemist | Pharmacy | — | 0.5 km |
| Boots | Pharmacy | — | 0.6 km |
| Superdrug | Pharmacy | — | 0.6 km |
| Dental Rooms Group Ltd | Dentist | — | 0.7 km |
| Francis Grove Surgery | GP | — | 0.7 km |
Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)
Getting around from Merton
5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 13 min from Wimbledon Rail Station.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wimbledon Rail Station | 0.3 mi | London Waterloo | 13 min |
| Haydons Road Rail Station | 0.8 mi | London Blackfriars | 28 min |
| Wimbledon Chase Rail Station | 1.2 mi | London Blackfriars | 35 min |
| Earlsfield Rail Station | 1.4 mi | London Waterloo | 13 min |
| Raynes Park Rail Station | 1.6 mi | London Waterloo | 20 min |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Wimbledon Rail Station (13 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging26 points
Per 10,000 residents1.2
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from Merton
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1003.3%
Flood zone2.9% of postcodes
Radonup to <1% of homes
Historic landfill26 sites within ~1 km
EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search
Transport noise (Defra)
Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".
Defra strategic noise mapping
Heritage & green space
Listed buildings243
Conservation areas28
Green belt0%
Green spaces361
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Merton
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 361 | 95% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 138 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 54 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 361 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from Merton
Figures for the wider Merton — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate5.7%
In work (employment rate)64.9%
Companies registered here26,453
New incorporations (12m)3,484
Property companies (SPVs)3,511
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district