SW3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Chelsea and Brompton, in 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 SW3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in SW3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SW3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SW3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SW3 at a rate of 175.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.0 per 1,000 people across the SW postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 262 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SW3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (657), anti-social behaviour (594) and shoplifting (545).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SW3 was 206.6 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 SW3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SW3 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SW3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington and Chelsea 012B | 1,088 | 448.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.6% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 012C | 1,249 | 406.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.1% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 012D | 1,144 | 102.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.7% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 014A | 1,080 | 448.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.3% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 014B | 1,224 | 167.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.8% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 014C | 1,323 | 139.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 014D | 1,256 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.5% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 014E | 1,089 | 124.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 018A | 1,250 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.0% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 018B | 1,690 | 65.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.7% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 018C | 1,041 | 99.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.4% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 018E | 1,276 | 210.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.8% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 019A | 1,147 | 130.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.9% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 019B | 1,169 | 112.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.4% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 019D | 1,285 | 235.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.5% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 019E | 1,194 | 424.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.2% |
MPs for SW3
- Ben ColemanLabourMP for Chelsea and Fulham68% of SW3’s postcodes
- Joe PowellLabourMP for Kensington and Bayswater29% of SW3’s postcodes
- Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourMP for Clapham and Brixton Hill3.0% of SW3’s postcodes
- Rachel BlakeLabour (Co-op)MP for Cities of London and Westminster0.7% of SW3’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 SW34
Postcode sectors in SW37
Council1
Towns in SW31
Postcode districts next to SW35
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SW postcode area2
SW3 in brief
SW3 is a postcode district covering Chelsea and Brompton, in Kensington and Chelsea.
About 19,471 people lived in SW3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £1,500,000 in 2025 across 306 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 175.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SW3 was £1,500,000 in 2025.
SW3 had 18,853 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SW3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SW3, 94.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.