SW1W
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Belgravia and Pimlico, in Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea.
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 SW1W postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in SW1W live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SW1W compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SW1W safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SW1W at a rate of 391.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.0 per 1,000 people across the SW postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 233 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SW1W.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (759), theft from the person (577) and anti-social behaviour (470).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SW1W was 443.0 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 SW1W, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SW1W has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 SW1W
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington and Chelsea 018D | 1,226 | 333.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.6% |
| Westminster 019A | 1,319 | 87.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 80.2% |
| Westminster 023F | 1,006 | 91.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 74.7% |
| Westminster 023G | 1,301 | 81.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 64.4% |
| Westminster 023H | 2,327 | 370.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 71.6% |
MPs for SW1W
- Rachel BlakeLabour (Co-op)MP for Cities of London and Westminster84% of SW1W’s postcodes
- Ben ColemanLabourMP for Chelsea and Fulham15% of SW1W’s postcodes
- Marsha De CordovaLabourMP for Battersea0.6% of SW1W’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 SW1W1
Postcode sectors in SW1W3
Councils SW1W covers2
Towns in SW1W2
Postcode districts next to SW1W6
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SW postcode area2
SW1W in brief
SW1W is a postcode district covering Belgravia and Pimlico, in Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea.
About 6,799 people lived in SW1W in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £1,574,000 in 2025 across 107 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 391.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SW1W was £1,574,000 in 2025.
SW1W had 7,008 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SW1W live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SW1W, 76.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.