W2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Paddington, Bayswater and Westbourne Green, in 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 W2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in W2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How W2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is W2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in W2 at a rate of 214.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 204.6 per 1,000 people across the W postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 944 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in W2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (2,279), other crime (2,171) and violence and sexual offences (1,889).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in W2 was 210.6 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 W2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so W2 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in W2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington and Chelsea 006D | 1,317 | 105.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 79.8% |
| Westminster 007B | 1,994 | 115.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 65.3% |
| Westminster 009E | 2,808 | 162.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.9% |
| Westminster 010A | 1,878 | 102.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.2% |
| Westminster 010C | 1,657 | 119.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.3% |
| Westminster 010F | 2,386 | 167.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.4% |
| Westminster 014A | 1,958 | 134.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.8% |
| Westminster 014B | 2,447 | 173.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.4% |
| Westminster 014D | 1,967 | 186.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.6% |
| Westminster 014H | 1,896 | 209.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.9% |
| Westminster 015A | 1,242 | 212.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.9% |
| Westminster 015B | 1,491 | 192.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 77.0% |
| Westminster 015C | 1,341 | 191.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.2% |
| Westminster 015E | 1,399 | 140.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Westminster 015F | 1,732 | 173.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.2% |
| Westminster 015G | 1,500 | 667.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 83.0% |
| Westminster 016A | 1,838 | 243.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 70.5% |
| Westminster 016B | 1,278 | 612.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 68.9% |
| Westminster 016C | 1,473 | 158.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.2% |
| Westminster 016D | 1,343 | 41.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.0% |
| Westminster 016E | 1,485 | 145.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.4% |
| Westminster 017A | 1,615 | 225.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.3% |
| Westminster 017B | 1,211 | 143.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |
| Westminster 017C | 1,071 | 466.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.1% |
| Westminster 017D | 1,445 | 72.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 84.5% |
| Westminster 017E | 1,336 | 303.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.8% |
| Westminster 017F | 1,754 | 457.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.4% |
MPs for W2
- Joe PowellLabourMP for Kensington and Bayswater49% of W2’s postcodes
- Rachel BlakeLabour (Co-op)MP for Cities of London and Westminster32% of W2’s postcodes
- Georgia GouldLabourMP for Queen's Park and Maida Vale15% of W2’s postcodes
- Dr Rupa HuqLabourMP for Ealing Central and Acton4.1% of W2’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 W25
Postcode sectors in W27
Council1
Towns in W22
Postcode districts next to W211
Nearest rail stations4
More in the W postcode area2
W2 in brief
W2 is a postcode district covering Paddington, Bayswater and Westbourne Green, in Westminster.
About 45,208 people lived in W2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £856,779 in 2025 across 437 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 214.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in W2 was £856,779 in 2025.
W2 had 44,440 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in W2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In W2, 89.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.