WC
Postcode areaPostcode area named after West Central London, with 14 districts.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: the outline joins its districts’ outlines, each made of the census output areas that hold most of the district’s postcodes.
Radon Affected Area by postcode area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 49% of people in WC live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How WC compares
Each dot is a postcode area. The black line marks the middle one.
Every postcode area ranked: median sale price, population, people in radon affected area squares and gigabit broadband coverage.
Is WC safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WC at a rate of 628.2 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 1,707 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WC.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (6,622), theft from the person (4,477) and anti-social behaviour (3,308).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WC was 735.0 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.
Postcode districts in WC
| Name | People (census) | Median sale price | Recorded crime per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1ASt Giles, Clerkenwell | 951 | No figure | 317.7 per 1,000 |
| WC1BBloomsbury | 937 | £825,500 | 984.5 per 1,000 |
| WC1EFitzrovia, Bloomsbury | 1,602 | No figure | 416.4 per 1,000 |
| WC1HSomers Town, St Pancras | 6,807 | £350,000 | 295.3 per 1,000 |
| WC1NBloomsbury, Holborn | 5,476 | £766,250 | 227.4 per 1,000 |
| WC1RHolborn | 527 | No figure | 952.9 per 1,000 |
| WC1VHolborn, St Giles | No figure | No figure | No figure |
| WC1XFinsbury, Holborn | 8,566 | £1,009,500 | 260.7 per 1,000 |
| WC2AHolborn | 440 | No figure | 2,402.4 per 1,000 |
| WC2BSt Giles, Strand | 1,726 | £1,137,500 | 892.3 per 1,000 |
| WC2EStrand | 732 | £1,350,000 | 1,940.7 per 1,000 |
| WC2HSt Giles, Strand | 2,371 | No figure | 1,780.2 per 1,000 |
| WC2NStrand | 472 | No figure | 6,136.1 per 1,000 |
| WC2RStrand, Holborn | 228 | £1,180,000 | 1,647.7 per 1,000 |
WC in brief
The WC postcode area, named after West Central London, has 14 postcode districts.
The median price paid for a home in WC was £821,250 in 2025.
WC had 30,835 usual residents at the census.
About 49% of people in WC live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WC, 94.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.