Loading borough…
Neighbourhood profile
Tooting Bec
Wandsworth, London
PocketsTooting North (east · Franciscan Road · Fishponds Playing Fields · north)Upper Tooting (south-east · Franciscan Road · west · north-west)Tooting Bec CommonTooting Bec EastTooting Bec West
Tooting Bec sits between Balham and Tooting, centred on Tooting Bec Common and the long parade of Tooting High Road. Nine listed buildings include the Grade II Church of All Saints, Grade II St Anselm's Convent School and the Grade II King's Head Public House. Tooting Bec Common at twenty-nine hectares anchors a 33-hectare green footprint; on its southern edge sits Tooting Bec Lido, one of Britain's oldest open-air pools — opened in 1906 as the Tooting Bathing-Lake, it remains the largest fresh-water swimming pool by surface area in the UK. Schools are strong with forty-three outstanding nearby, and public-transport access is good at 4 via Tooting Bec Northern line and Balham mainline. Food venues run to 110. The drawbacks are safety, which sits slightly below the median given the high-street pull, air pollution which is moderate, and market affordability which is tight.
- Strongest64Safety
Low recorded crime relative to the rest of London
- Also strong63Education
Strong access to rated primary and secondary schools
- Watch out2Area development
Little recent major-development activity
At a glance
- Good public-transport access
- 9 listed buildings
- 14.9% covered by a conservation area
- 8 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Tooting Bec Common (29.2 hectares)
- 204 open venues (117 food and drink, 87 other)
11 pockets across 5 named areas · coloured by overall score.See on full map ↗
This is one of 684 London wards
Find the London that fits you
Tooting Bec is one answer. The wizard scores all 684 wards against your budget, commute and priorities, then hands you a ranked shortlist of the areas that actually fit.
5 questions · about a minute · free
Browse listings
Tooting Bec Lido, opened in 1906, remains the largest fresh-water swimming pool by surface area in the United Kingdom at 91 metres long and 30 metres wide.
Tooting Bec, layer by layer
Every layer’s score is free. Seven deep-dives — here and on every area, one pass — unlock with the Day Pass ↓
Scores as of 23 Aug 2026 · prices to 2026 · crime to Jun 2026 · air 2022 · sources
Property prices & growth
45Better than 40% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability25
- Rent affordability25
- Price momentum (5yr)46
- Activity (turnover)76
Locked
Prices, rent & trends
£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and decades of sale-price history for this ward.
For Tooting Bec: 251 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
64Better than 78% of London
- Personal safety63
- Property crime66
- Anti-social behaviour64
Locked
Safety deep-dive
Every recorded crime type — burglary, robbery, vehicle crime and more — grouped into personal, property and anti-social behaviour, with the monthly trend for this ward.
For Tooting Bec: personal, property & anti-social breakdown24-mo trend to Jun 2026counts —
Connectivity
54Better than 67% of London
Median public-transport access is good (TfL PTAL 4.0 of 8 across this ward).
Locked
Connectivity deep-dive
Real TfL journey times to London's major hubs, plus this ward's transport access rank across London.
For Tooting Bec: — min by TfL to 8 major hubsaccess rank —
Air & Quiet
47Better than 49% of London
- Air quality33
- Quietness68
Locked
Air & noise deep-dive
NO₂, PM2.5 and road/rail noise for this ward, each against WHO / UK limits.
Cultural Signal
34Better than 72% of London
- Nightlife7
- Dining36
- Arts & culture0
- Retail & shops29
- Sports & recreation7
- Independent scene64
- Vitality (openings, diversity)56
204 open venues nearby — 117 food & drink, 87 other.
Locked
Culture deep-dive
What's open nearby — the venue mix, share of independents, and recent openings.
For Tooting Bec: the mix behind 204 open venues—% independent
Education
63Better than 90% of London
- Primary schools60
- Secondary schools66
Locked
School inspection history
Every school in this ward with its current Ofsted rating and multi-year trend.
For Tooting Bec: 8 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
25Better than 42% of London
9 listed buildings · 15% under a conservation area
- Church of All SaintsGrade II
- St Anselms Convent SchoolGrade II
- The Kings Head Public HouseGrade II
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
57Better than 32% of London
- Green spaces80
- Waterways10
Largest green space: Tooting Bec Common (29 ha). ~34 ha of green space in total.
Area development
2Better than 43% of London
Locked
Planning pipeline
Named recent approvals with homes and floorspace, the local homes pipeline, and the affordable share.
Unlock the full details
Unlock the full details for Tooting Bec — and every other London area
Day Pass or WAYB+ — either one unlocks your full shortlist and every area profile on the site, not just this page.
- Prices — £ per square foot, an estimated rent, and the ward’s full price history
- Safety — crime by type with its monthly trend
- Getting around — real TfL journey times to the big hubs
- Schools, air & noise — every school’s inspection record, air & noise against WHO limits
- What's next — the venue mix, what’s been approved to build nearby, and cheaper areas that score like Tooting Bec
For Tooting Bec: 251 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price history £—24-mo crime trend to Jun 2026TfL times to 8 hubs — min8 schools' inspection records204 venues mapped
What unlocked sections look like · example ward, not this one
WAYB+ · month to month
- Everything in the Day Pass — kept on for your whole search
- “What’s changing” on every ward: new approvals, openings and closures, score shifts
- Cancel anytime
Day Pass · 24 hours
A day of full access — every area, your whole shortlist.
- Your full wizard shortlist, revealed
- Every area deep-dive: prices, crime by type, schools, air, commute
- The planning pipeline and cheaper lookalike areas
- Unlimited saves and shareable links
Already bought? Don't pay again — open the confirmation email from where are you based? and tap Restore access to sign back in on this device.
Make it personal
Tooting Bec might not even be your best match — run the wizard with your own budget and commute. About 90 seconds.
What's changing in Tooting Bec
Locked
What's changing (WAYB+)
The last 90 days here: new approvals, venue openings and closures, school inspections, score shifts. Subscription only.
Already bought? Don't pay again — open the confirmation email from where are you based? and tap Restore access to sign back in on this device.
Tooting Bec, quick answers
- Is Tooting Bec safe?
- Tooting Bec scores 64 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — safer than most of London. The score weighs personal safety, property crime and anti-social behaviour separately rather than ranking on one raw total, so the mix of crime matters as well as the volume.
- Is Tooting Bec a good place to live?
- Tooting Bec scores 43 overall when all nine data layers are weighted equally. The London comparison beside the score shows how that number ranks against every ward. Its strongest suits are safety (64) and education (63); its weakest is area development (2). Whether it suits you depends on what you weight — the same data re-ranked around your own priorities can read very differently.
- How well connected is Tooting Bec?
- Good public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in Tooting Bec 4 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 54 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is Tooting Bec expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, Tooting Bec is among London's pricier areas: its purchase-affordability score is 5/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near Tooting Bec?
- Tooting Bec scores 63 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 8 schools within a kilometre hold an Outstanding rating.
Where else to look
Locked
Neighbourhood matches
Find areas that score like this one, with the price difference for each.
Nearby wards
- Streatham St Leonard's · Lambeth
- South Balham · Wandsworth
- Tooting Broadway · Wandsworth
- Wandsworth Common · Wandsworth
More affordable, similar areas
- East Putney · WandsworthMore affordable
- Streatham Wells · LambethMore affordable
- Furzedown · WandsworthMore affordable
- Colliers Wood · MertonMore affordable
- West Dulwich · LambethMore affordable
Like Tooting Bec?
Find a London like this
See the London wards that score most like Tooting Bec — especially its Safety and Schools.
One quick thing
Is this page accurate?
Got something we missed or got wrong about Tooting Bec? Let us know.