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Royal Hospital

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South east Kensington and Chelsea. About 8,703 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.9 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Royal Hospital live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,418
3,190th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
92.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Royal Hospital compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Royal HospitalMiddle
Population18 wards, Kensington and Chelsea · 2021
Population: every ward in Kensington and Chelsea18 areas from 5,378 to 9,189. The middle area is 8,375. Royal Hospital is 8,418.
8,4189th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares18 wards, Kensington and Chelsea · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Kensington and Chelsea18 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Royal Hospital is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage18 wards, Kensington and Chelsea · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Kensington and Chelsea18 areas from 81.6% to 97.1%. The middle area is 94.1%. Royal Hospital is 92.5%.
92.5%7th lowest
Claimant rate18 wards, Kensington and Chelsea · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Kensington and Chelsea18 areas from 1.0% to 6.8%. The middle area is 2.9%. Royal Hospital is 1.8%.
1.8%joint 3rd lowest

Is Royal Hospital safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Royal Hospital at a rate of 173.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 171.5 per 1,000 people across Kensington and Chelsea.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 139 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Royal Hospital.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (391), other crime (331) and theft from the person (237).

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.

Figures for the whole of Kensington and Chelsea

These figures are published for the whole of Kensington and Chelsea, not for each ward, so they describe all of Kensington and Chelsea and not Royal Hospital alone. See Kensington and Chelsea

Average house price
£1,204,072
Down 13.8% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£52,576
6th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
22.9×
Least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
20.3
Joint 130th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Royal Hospital in brief

Royal Hospital had 8,418 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Royal Hospital live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Royal Hospital, 92.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Royal Hospital, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.