SW7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Kensington, Knightsbridge and Brompton, in Kensington and Chelsea and 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 SW7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in SW7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SW7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SW7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SW7 at a rate of 183.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.0 per 1,000 people across the SW postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 259 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SW7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (866), anti-social behaviour (469) and violence and sexual offences (457).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SW7 was 217.6 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 SW7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SW7 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SW7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington and Chelsea 010A | 1,044 | 154.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.3% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 010D | 1,183 | 77.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 83.3% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 010E | 1,290 | 65.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.4% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 013E | 1,562 | 58.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.7% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 016C | 1,411 | 312.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.0% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 016E | 1,045 | 59.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.4% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 016F | 1,999 | 190.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.8% |
| Westminster 019F | 1,025 | 246.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.8% |
| Westminster 019G | 2,568 | 761.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.8% |
MPs for SW7
- Joe PowellLabourMP for Kensington and Bayswater74% of SW7’s postcodes
- Rachel BlakeLabour (Co-op)MP for Cities of London and Westminster26% of SW7’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 SW72
Postcode sectors in SW76
Councils SW7 covers2
Towns in SW72
Postcode districts next to SW76
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SW postcode area2
SW7 in brief
SW7 is a postcode district covering Kensington, Knightsbridge and Brompton, in Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster.
About 15,329 people lived in SW7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £1,525,000 in 2025 across 217 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 183.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SW7 was £1,525,000 in 2025.
SW7 had 14,444 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SW7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SW7, 89.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.