W8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Kensington and Earl's Court, in Kensington and Chelsea.
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 W8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in W8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How W8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is W8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in W8 at a rate of 152.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 204.6 per 1,000 people across the W postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 262 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in W8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (605), violence and sexual offences (550) and anti-social behaviour (497).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in W8 was 160.1 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 W8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so W8 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in W8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington and Chelsea 008A | 1,229 | 73.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 008B | 1,785 | 118.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.6% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 008C | 1,256 | 397.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.8% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 008D | 1,715 | 145.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.7% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 008E | 1,189 | 191.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.5% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 010B | 1,558 | 226.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.4% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 010C | 1,398 | 122.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.5% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 011A | 1,484 | 97.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.9% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 011B | 1,162 | 52.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.6% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 011C | 1,056 | 255.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.3% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 011D | 1,346 | 192.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.5% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 011E | 1,449 | 101.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.6% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 013A | 1,500 | 82.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.3% |
Your MP
- Joe PowellLabourMP for Kensington and Bayswater
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 W82
Postcode sectors in W85
Council1
Towns in W81
Postcode districts next to W85
Nearest rail stations4
More in the W postcode area2
W8 in brief
W8 is a postcode district covering Kensington and Earl's Court, in Kensington and Chelsea.
About 18,152 people lived in W8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £1,627,500 in 2025 across 290 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 152.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in W8 was £1,627,500 in 2025.
W8 had 17,696 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in W8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In W8, 94.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.