W9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Maida Vale, Westbourne Green and West Kilburn, 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 W9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in W9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How W9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is W9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in W9 at a rate of 125.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 204.6 per 1,000 people across the W postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 346 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in W9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (1,225), violence and sexual offences (887) and other crime (674).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in W9 was 119.1 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 W9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so W9 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in W9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster 002E | 2,001 | 23.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Westminster 004A | 1,859 | 61.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.5% |
| Westminster 005A | 1,902 | 158.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.5% |
| Westminster 005B | 2,352 | 403.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.8% |
| Westminster 005C | 1,716 | 109.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.5% |
| Westminster 005D | 1,963 | 82.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.2% |
| Westminster 005E | 1,975 | 327.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.5% |
| Westminster 005F | 2,234 | 128.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.9% |
| Westminster 006A | 1,498 | 78.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.3% |
| Westminster 006B | 1,475 | 115.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Westminster 006C | 1,840 | 48.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Westminster 006D | 1,540 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| Westminster 006E | 1,523 | 232.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 81.5% |
| Westminster 007A | 1,540 | 77.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.1% |
| Westminster 007D | 1,245 | 93.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 80.2% |
| Westminster 007E | 1,694 | 120.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| Westminster 007H | 2,779 | 50.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 65.8% |
| Westminster 010B | 2,452 | 156.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.2% |
MPs for W9
- Georgia GouldLabourMP for Queen's Park and Maida Vale88% of W9’s postcodes
- Joe PowellLabourMP for Kensington and Bayswater6.4% of W9’s postcodes
- Rachel BlakeLabour (Co-op)MP for Cities of London and Westminster4.8% of W9’s postcodes
- Tulip SiddiqLabourMP for Hampstead and Highgate0.9% of W9’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 W93
Postcode sectors in W94
Council1
Towns in W91
Postcode districts next to W94
Nearest rail stations4
More in the W postcode area2
W9 in brief
W9 is a postcode district covering Maida Vale, Westbourne Green and West Kilburn, in Westminster.
About 36,089 people lived in W9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £715,946 in 2025 across 447 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 125.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in W9 was £715,946 in 2025.
W9 had 35,634 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in W9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In W9, 88.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.