W7 postcode area guide — Ealing
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the W7 postcode district in Ealing — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in W7
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
99.6%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
88.7%
Gigabit-capable
88.5%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the W7 postcode district (Ealing) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 496 postcodes Ofcom measures in W7, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 99.6% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 88.5%.
Around 0% of premises in W7 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 W7
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| W7 1AA | 100% | 100% |
| W7 1AB | 100% | 100% |
| W7 1AD | 100% | 100% |
| W7 1AE | 100% | 100% |
| W7 1AF | 100% | 100% |
| W7 1AG | 100% | 95.2% |
| W7 1AH | 100% | 100% |
| W7 1AJ | 100% | 100% |
| W7 1AL | 100% | 100% |
| W7 1AN | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Ealing
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Ealing district (161,417 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
99.8%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
100%
Voice indoors — all networks
99.9%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in W7
Police recorded 541 incidents within about a mile of the centre of W7 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 171 | 31.6% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 164 | 30.3% |
| Vehicle crime | 43 | 7.9% |
| Other theft | 35 | 6.5% |
| Burglary | 30 | 5.5% |
| Public order | 29 | 5.4% |
| Shoplifting | 27 | 5.0% |
| Drugs | 14 | 2.6% |
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 W7
Based on 183 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in W7 is £560,000, up 14.3% on the previous year (£490,000).
Semi-detached
£790,000
39 sales
Terraced
£683,500
73 sales
Flat / maisonette
£382,500
62 sales
Latest recorded sales in W7
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2026 | £372,000 | Terraced | Cumberland Road | W7 2ED |
| 6 May 2026 | £850,000 | Semi-detached | Green Lane | W7 2PA |
| 6 May 2026 | £450,000 | Other | Mayfield Gardens | W7 3RH |
| 1 May 2026 | £985,000 | Semi-detached | Cawdor Crescent | W7 2DD |
| 1 May 2026 | £604,000 | Terraced | Westcott Crescent | W7 1NU |
| 1 May 2026 | £272,500 | Flat | Azalea Close | W7 3QA |
| 28 Apr 2026 | £860,000 | Terraced | Grosvenor Road | W7 1HR |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £425,000 | Flat | Browning Avenue | W7 1EW |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £417,500 | Flat | Elthorne Avenue | W7 2JW |
| 23 Apr 2026 | £499,950 | Flat | Greenford Avenue | W7 1LZ |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Ealing demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Ealing district (367,114 residents, 133,657 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19.5% |
| 15–29 | 27.2% |
| 30–44 | 23.7% |
| 45–64 | 17.5% |
| 65+ | 12.1% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 46.3% |
| Private rented | 34.3% |
| Social rented | 9% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around W7
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elthorne Park High School | Secondary | 11–19 | 1,603 | W7 2AH |
| Brentside High School | Secondary | 11–19 | 1,483 | W7 1JJ |
| Drayton Manor High School | Secondary | 11–19 | 1,443 | W7 1EU |
| Oaklands Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 450 | W7 2DP |
| St Mark's Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 441 | W7 2NR |
| Mayfield Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 421 | W7 3RT |
| Brentside Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 382 | W7 1JL |
| Hobbayne Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 320 | W7 1HA |
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 W7
188 rated food businesses operate in W7. 94 hold the top rating of 5, 32 are rated 4, and 23 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Aces Cafe, Afghan Sheeryakh Organic Ice Cream, Aktiva Camps @ St Marks, Bobacha, Boston Banqueting Suite.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in W7
From a sample of 347 Energy Performance Certificates across 12 W7 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band C). 51% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
21%
Band C
30%
Band D
37%
Band E
11%
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 Ealing
Landlines around W7 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.