WC1A postcode area guide — Camden
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the WC1A postcode district in Camden — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in WC1A
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
86.9%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
84.5%
Gigabit-capable
84.5%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.3%
Broadband availability in the WC1A postcode district (Camden) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 97 postcodes Ofcom measures in WC1A, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 86.9% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 84.5%.
Around 0.3% of premises in WC1A 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 WC1A
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| WC1A 1AB | 0% | 0% |
| WC1A 1AD | 0% | 0% |
| WC1A 1AW | 100% | 100% |
| WC1A 1BA | 50% | 50% |
| WC1A 1BH | 100% | 25% |
| WC1A 1BL | 77.8% | 77.8% |
| WC1A 1BN | 100% | 100% |
| WC1A 1BS | 100% | 100% |
| WC1A 1DB | 100% | 100% |
| WC1A 1DE | 0% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Camden
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Camden district (122,219 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
99.9%
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 WC1A
Police recorded 4,633 incidents within about a mile of the centre of WC1A in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Other theft | 984 | 21.2% |
| Theft from the person | 927 | 20.0% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 720 | 15.5% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 614 | 13.3% |
| Shoplifting | 537 | 11.6% |
| Public order | 206 | 4.4% |
| Robbery | 172 | 3.7% |
| Drugs | 155 | 3.3% |
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 WC1A
Based on 7 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in WC1A is £830,000, down 60.5% on the previous year (£2,100,000).
Flat / maisonette
£537,000
5 sales
Latest recorded sales in WC1A
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Mar 2026 | £1,325,000 | Flat | Galen Place | WC1A 2JR |
| 16 Jan 2026 | £1,610,000 | Other | Bury Place | WC1A 2LA |
| 7 Nov 2025 | £537,000 | Flat | Galen Place | WC1A 2JR |
| 5 Nov 2025 | £470,000 | Flat | Streatham Street | WC1A 1JB |
| 23 Oct 2025 | £450,000 | Flat | Bury Place | WC1A 2JU |
| 22 Sep 2025 | £830,000 | Flat | Bloomsbury Square | WC1A 2LP |
| 28 Aug 2025 | £3,850,000 | Terraced | Coptic Street | WC1A 1NH |
| 13 Jun 2025 | £41,250,000 | Other | Bloomsbury Way | WC1A 2SL |
| 2 Jun 2025 | £2,100,000 | Terraced | Bloomsbury Way | WC1A 2SA |
| 17 Apr 2025 | £17,575,000 | Other | Southampton Place | WC1A 2AL |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Camden demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Camden district (210,133 residents, 92,758 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15.3% |
| 15–29 | 35.5% |
| 30–44 | 21.1% |
| 45–64 | 16.3% |
| 65+ | 11.8% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 29.7% |
| Private rented | 35.9% |
| Social rented | 11% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around WC1A
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guildhouse School | Not applicable | 15–24 | 143 | WC1A 2RA |
| Children's Hospital School at Gt Ormond Street and UCH | Not applicable | 4–18 | 0 | WC1N 3JH |
| Odyssey House School - Bloomsbury | Not applicable | 7–19 | 19 | WC1B 4JP |
| St George the Martyr Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 190 | WC1N 2NX |
| University of London | Not applicable | — | — | WC1E 7HU |
| University of the Arts London | Not applicable | — | — | WC1V 7EY |
| St Josephs Catholic Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 133 | WC2B 5NA |
| Birkbeck College | Not applicable | — | — | WC1E 7HX |
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 WC1A
93 rated food businesses operate in WC1A. 44 hold the top rating of 5, 17 are rated 4, and 8 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Abeno Okonomi-yaki, All Bar One, ARCANA COFFEE COMPANY LIMITED, B BAGEL, BLANK STREET.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in WC1A
From a sample of 123 Energy Performance Certificates across 4 WC1A postcodes, the most common rating is band B (average band C). 81% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
63%
Band C
18%
Band D
15%
Band E
4%
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 Camden
Landlines around WC1A 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.