SW1W postcode area guide — Kensington and Chelsea
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the SW1W postcode district in Kensington and Chelsea — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in SW1W
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
87.8%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
72.3%
Gigabit-capable
72.1%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the SW1W postcode district (Kensington and Chelsea) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 333 postcodes Ofcom measures in SW1W, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 87.8% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 72.1%.
Around 0% of premises in SW1W fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in SW1W
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| SW1W 0AD | 0% | 0% |
| SW1W 0AE | 0% | 0% |
| SW1W 0AF | 0% | 0% |
| SW1W 0AH | 0% | 0% |
| SW1W 0AJ | 98.8% | 98.8% |
| SW1W 0AU | 100% | 100% |
| SW1W 0BD | 43.8% | 43.8% |
| SW1W 0BP | 100% | 100% |
| SW1W 0BS | 50% | 50% |
| SW1W 0DH | 44.3% | 44.3% |
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Mobile signal around Kensington and Chelsea
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Kensington And Chelsea district (98,799 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
100%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
100%
Voice indoors — all networks
100%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in SW1W
Police recorded 1,316 incidents within about a mile of the centre of SW1W in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 330 | 25.1% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 249 | 18.9% |
| Other theft | 169 | 12.8% |
| Shoplifting | 158 | 12.0% |
| Theft from the person | 116 | 8.8% |
| Public order | 89 | 6.8% |
| Vehicle crime | 73 | 5.5% |
| Burglary | 42 | 3.2% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in SW1W
Based on 55 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in SW1W is £1,250,000, down 27.3% on the previous year (£1,720,000).
Terraced
£2,850,000
16 sales
Flat / maisonette
£903,000
35 sales
Latest recorded sales in SW1W
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May 2026 | £660,000 | Flat | Sloane Gardens | SW1W 8DJ |
| 13 Apr 2026 | £3,175,000 | Terraced | Ranelagh Grove | SW1W 8PA |
| 8 Apr 2026 | £525,000 | Flat | Buckingham Palace Road | SW1W 9TB |
| 1 Apr 2026 | £775,000 | Flat | Gatliff Road | SW1W 8QN |
| 31 Mar 2026 | £1,600,000 | Flat | Holbein Place | SW1W 8NR |
| 30 Mar 2026 | £750,000 | Flat | Cliveden Place | SW1W 8HD |
| 27 Mar 2026 | £4,380,000 | Flat | Eaton Square | SW1W 9BG |
| 25 Mar 2026 | £1,250,000 | Terraced | Rembrandt Close | SW1W 8HS |
| 19 Mar 2026 | £4,798,000 | Terraced | Eaton Terrace | SW1W 8TW |
| 6 Mar 2026 | £2,450,000 | Terraced | Burton Mews | SW1W 9EP |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Who lives here? Kensington and Chelsea demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Kensington and Chelsea district (143,375 residents, 66,884 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14.2% |
| 15–29 | 29.8% |
| 30–44 | 21.2% |
| 45–64 | 20.5% |
| 65+ | 14.4% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 31.7% |
| Private rented | 39.8% |
| Social rented | 16.9% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around SW1W
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Holland School | Not applicable | 10–19 | 594 | SW1W 8JF |
| St Peter's Eaton Square CofE Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 147 | SW1W 0NL |
| St Barnabas' CofE Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 114 | SW1W 8PF |
| Eaton House School | Not applicable | 2–8 | 114 | SW1W 9BA |
| Inchbald School of Design | Not applicable | 18–99 | — | SW1W 9BA |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in SW1W
171 rated food businesses operate in SW1W. 123 hold the top rating of 5, 24 are rated 4, and 5 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 41, Adrian's, Amie Wine Studio, Antelope, Astors Belgravia.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in SW1W
From a sample of 234 Energy Performance Certificates across 10 SW1W postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band C). 64% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
31%
Band C
32%
Band D
22%
Band E
12%
Band F
1%
Band G
1%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Kensington and Chelsea
Landlines around SW1W typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.