SW1V
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Pimlico, in Westminster.
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 SW1V postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in SW1V live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SW1V compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SW1V safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SW1V at a rate of 155.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.0 per 1,000 people across the SW postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 268 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SW1V.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (1,180), violence and sexual offences (692) and other crime (556).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SW1V was 176.1 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 SW1V, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SW1V has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SW1V
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster 021A | 1,305 | 65.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Westminster 022A | 1,258 | 150.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.7% |
| Westminster 022B | 2,184 | 325.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.4% |
| Westminster 022C | 1,712 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.9% |
| Westminster 022D | 1,362 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.7% |
| Westminster 022E | 1,755 | 106.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.1% |
| Westminster 023D | 1,420 | 171.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.4% |
| Westminster 023E | 1,585 | 861.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 83.2% |
| Westminster 024A | 1,453 | 40.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Westminster 024B | 1,721 | 120.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.1% |
| Westminster 024C | 1,218 | 74.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.1% |
| Westminster 024F | 1,289 | 161.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.0% |
| Westminster 024G | 2,015 | 105.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.5% |
MPs for SW1V
- Rachel BlakeLabour (Co-op)MP for Cities of London and Westminster99% of SW1V’s postcodes
- Marsha De CordovaLabourMP for Battersea1.2% of SW1V’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 SW1V2
Postcode sectors in SW1V4
Council1
Towns in SW1V1
Postcode districts next to SW1V3
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SW postcode area2
SW1V in brief
SW1V is a postcode district covering Pimlico, in Westminster.
About 21,802 people lived in SW1V in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £655,000 in 2025 across 187 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 155.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SW1V was £655,000 in 2025.
SW1V had 21,590 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SW1V live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SW1V, 91.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.