W4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Chiswick, Bedford Park and Acton Green, in Hounslow and Ealing.
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 W4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in W4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How W4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is W4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in W4 at a rate of 95.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 204.6 per 1,000 people across the W postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 321 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in W4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (926), anti-social behaviour (775) and other crime (769).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in W4 was 101.3 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 W4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so W4 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in W4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ealing 034A | 1,698 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Ealing 034B | 1,637 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.2% |
| Ealing 034C | 1,736 | 30.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Ealing 040A | 1,945 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.6% |
| Ealing 040B | 1,707 | 124.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.4% |
| Ealing 040C | 2,306 | 62.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.8% |
| Ealing 040D | 1,608 | 93.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.6% |
| Hounslow 001A | 2,120 | 55.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.4% |
| Hounslow 001B | 1,620 | 156.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.0% |
| Hounslow 001C | 1,548 | 107.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.1% |
| Hounslow 001E | 1,619 | 45.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.6% |
| Hounslow 007A | 1,283 | 56.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 83.3% |
| Hounslow 007B | 1,545 | 124.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 74.3% |
| Hounslow 007C | 1,662 | 80.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.3% |
| Hounslow 007D | 1,548 | 91.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.9% |
| Hounslow 007E | 1,559 | 72.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.9% |
| Hounslow 007F | 1,379 | 64.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.1% |
| Hounslow 008A | 1,682 | 63.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.9% |
| Hounslow 008B | 1,726 | 60.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.0% |
| Hounslow 008C | 1,451 | 112.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 83.8% |
| Hounslow 008D | 1,881 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.6% |
| Hounslow 008E | 1,662 | 57.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.7% |
| Hounslow 029A | 1,673 | 95.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.9% |
| Hounslow 029C | 2,105 | 138.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 75.9% |
| Hounslow 029D | 1,790 | 268.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.5% |
| Hounslow 029E | 1,802 | 317.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.3% |
MPs for W4
- Andy SlaughterLabourMP for Hammersmith and Chiswick76% of W4’s postcodes
- Dr Rupa HuqLabourMP for Ealing Central and Acton24% of W4’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 W46
Postcode sectors in W46
Councils W4 covers2
Towns in W42
Postcode districts next to W46
Nearest rail stations4
More in the W postcode area2
W4 in brief
W4 is a postcode district covering Chiswick, Bedford Park and Acton Green, in Hounslow and Ealing.
About 44,764 people lived in W4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £840,000 in 2025 across 645 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 95.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in W4 was £840,000 in 2025.
W4 had 45,386 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in W4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In W4, 91.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.