SW1P
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Victoria and South Lambeth, in Westminster and Wandsworth.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SW1P postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in SW1P live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SW1P compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SW1P safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SW1P at a rate of 340.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.0 per 1,000 people across the SW postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 325 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SW1P.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,024), anti-social behaviour (1,020) and other crime (899).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SW1P was 351.7 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in SW1P, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SW1P has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SW1P
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster 020B | 1,309 | 263.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% |
| Westminster 020C | 2,102 | 754.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.1% |
| Westminster 020D | 1,454 | 217.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 80.2% |
| Westminster 020E | 1,218 | 775.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.5% |
| Westminster 021B | 1,500 | 120.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.6% |
| Westminster 021D | 1,249 | 122.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Westminster 021E | 2,181 | 233.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.7% |
| Westminster 021F | 1,272 | 121.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.2% |
| Westminster 021G | 1,218 | 105.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.7% |
MPs for SW1P
- Rachel BlakeLabour (Co-op)MP for Cities of London and Westminster63% of SW1P’s postcodes
- Marsha De CordovaLabourMP for Battersea37% of SW1P’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in SW1P2
Postcode sectors in SW1P5
Councils SW1P covers2
Towns in SW1P1
Postcode districts next to SW1P9
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SW postcode area2
SW1P in brief
SW1P is a postcode district covering Victoria and South Lambeth, in Westminster and Wandsworth.
About 13,675 people lived in SW1P in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £850,000 in 2025 across 167 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 340.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SW1P was £850,000 in 2025.
SW1P had 13,178 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SW1P live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SW1P, 94.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.