W7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Hanwell, Greenford and West Ealing, in 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 W7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in W7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How W7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is W7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in W7 at a rate of 79.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 204.6 per 1,000 people across the W postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 193 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in W7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (782), anti-social behaviour (698) and other crime (362).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in W7 was 81.0 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 W7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so W7 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in W7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ealing 016B | 1,619 | 54.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Ealing 016C | 1,781 | 116.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Ealing 016D | 1,769 | 114.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.2% |
| Ealing 016E | 1,669 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| Ealing 016F | 1,618 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.8% |
| Ealing 018C | 1,578 | 82.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 84.4% |
| Ealing 022A | 1,720 | 62.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.9% |
| Ealing 022B | 1,476 | 80.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.6% |
| Ealing 022C | 1,337 | 75.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.0% |
| Ealing 022D | 2,050 | 57.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 73.0% |
| Ealing 028C | 1,589 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Ealing 030A | 1,809 | 119.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.5% |
| Ealing 030B | 2,466 | 152.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.2% |
| Ealing 030C | 2,128 | 78.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.6% |
| Ealing 030D | 1,747 | 64.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.8% |
| Ealing 035A | 1,593 | 52.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.8% |
MPs for W7
- Deirdre CostiganLabourMP for Ealing Southall55% of W7’s postcodes
- James MurrayLabour (Co-op)MP for Ealing North45% of W7’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 W73
Postcode sectors in W74
Council1
Towns in W71
Postcode districts next to W77
Nearest rail stations4
More in the W postcode area2
W7 in brief
W7 is a postcode district covering Hanwell, Greenford and West Ealing, in Ealing.
About 31,376 people lived in W7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £550,000 in 2025 across 259 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 79.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in W7 was £550,000 in 2025.
W7 had 30,625 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in W7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In W7, 92.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.