SW1X
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Belgravia and Hyde Park Corner, 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 SW1X postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in SW1X live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SW1X compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SW1X safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SW1X at a rate of 571.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.0 per 1,000 people across the SW postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 255 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SW1X.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (660), theft from the person (528) and violence and sexual offences (514).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SW1X was 682.2 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 SW1X, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SW1X has no single figure. Of its 4 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SW1X
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington and Chelsea 012A | 1,385 | 504.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.5% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 012E | 1,117 | 108.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.3% |
| Westminster 019D | 1,065 | 228.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.2% |
| Westminster 019E | 1,151 | 312.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 73.8% |
MPs for SW1X
- Rachel BlakeLabour (Co-op)MP for Cities of London and Westminster52% of SW1X’s postcodes
- Joe PowellLabourMP for Kensington and Bayswater40% of SW1X’s postcodes
- Ben ColemanLabourMP for Chelsea and Fulham7.5% of SW1X’s postcodes
- Marsha De CordovaLabourMP for Battersea0.5% of SW1X’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 SW1X1
Postcode sectors in SW1X4
Councils SW1X covers2
Towns in SW1X2
Postcode districts next to SW1X7
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SW postcode area2
SW1X in brief
SW1X is a postcode district covering Belgravia and Hyde Park Corner, in Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea.
About 5,371 people lived in SW1X in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £2,525,000 in 2025 across 88 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 571.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SW1X was £2,525,000 in 2025.
SW1X had 5,352 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SW1X live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SW1X, 88.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.