UB8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Uxbridge, Colham Green and Cowley, in Hillingdon.
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 UB8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 31% of people in UB8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How UB8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is UB8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in UB8 at a rate of 158.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 115.2 per 1,000 people across the UB postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 522 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in UB8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,933), anti-social behaviour (1,605) and other crime (962).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in UB8 was 156.7 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 UB8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so UB8 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in UB8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillingdon 013C | 2,057 | 96.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.1% |
| Hillingdon 015A | 2,696 | 98.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.7% |
| Hillingdon 015C | 1,960 | 282.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 73.9% |
| Hillingdon 015H | 1,399 | 441.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.6% |
| Hillingdon 015J | 1,424 | 118.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.6% |
| Hillingdon 016B | 2,036 | 109.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.9% |
| Hillingdon 016C | 2,056 | 553.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 80.6% |
| Hillingdon 016D | 1,557 | 94.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.6% |
| Hillingdon 016G | 2,606 | 50.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.8% |
| Hillingdon 016H | 2,300 | 153.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.9% |
| Hillingdon 017A | 1,939 | 95.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.3% |
| Hillingdon 017B | 2,323 | 290.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.9% |
| Hillingdon 019A | 1,651 | 75.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.2% |
| Hillingdon 019B | 2,009 | 65.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.7% |
| Hillingdon 022A | 2,129 | 77.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.9% |
| Hillingdon 022B | 1,634 | 101.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| Hillingdon 022C | 1,319 | 115.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.3% |
| Hillingdon 022D | 1,981 | 118.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.3% |
| Hillingdon 024A | 1,996 | 95.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.2% |
| Hillingdon 025B | 1,870 | 61.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.4% |
| Hillingdon 025C | 2,136 | 65.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
MPs for UB8
- Danny BealesLabourMP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip97% of UB8’s postcodes
- John McDonnellLabourMP for Hayes and Harlington3.2% of UB8’s postcodes
- Joy MorrisseyConservativeMP for Beaconsfield0.2% of UB8’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 UB83
Postcode sectors in UB84
Council1
Towns in UB81
Postcode districts next to UB85
Nearest rail stations4
More in the UB postcode area2
UB8 in brief
UB8 is a postcode district covering Uxbridge, Colham Green and Cowley, in Hillingdon.
About 41,295 people lived in UB8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £450,000 in 2025 across 295 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 158.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in UB8 was £450,000 in 2025.
UB8 had 38,211 usual residents at the census.
About 31% of people in UB8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In UB8, 90.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.