NW1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Camden Town, Somers Town and Lisson Grove, in Camden and 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 NW1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NW1, 89.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NW1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NW1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NW1 at a rate of 240.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 134.9 per 1,000 people across NW.
In August 2026 alone, 1,181 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NW1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (2,836), other crime (2,790) and violence and sexual offences (2,775).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NW1 was 265.5 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 NW1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NW1 has no single figure. Of its 33 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 11 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NW1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camden 009A | 1,950 | 86.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 58.3% |
| Camden 012C | 2,066 | 135.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.0% |
| Camden 015C | 1,736 | 139.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| Camden 015D | 1,746 | 106.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.4% |
| Camden 015E | 1,946 | 123.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.2% |
| Camden 015F | 2,451 | 180.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.2% |
| Camden 018B | 1,932 | 352.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Camden 018C | 1,462 | 159.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.5% |
| Camden 018D | 1,120 | 116.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.4% |
| Camden 018E | 1,685 | 205.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.5% |
| Camden 019A | 1,591 | 265.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.6% |
| Camden 019B | 1,366 | 240.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.9% |
| Camden 019C | 1,320 | 111.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.5% |
| Camden 019D | 2,940 | 116.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.3% |
| Camden 019E | 1,691 | 151.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Camden 021A | 1,476 | 1,471.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.3% |
| Camden 021B | 1,551 | 325.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.8% |
| Camden 021C | 1,665 | 634.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.8% |
| Camden 021D | 1,531 | 155.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.5% |
| Camden 022A | 1,691 | 229.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.2% |
| Camden 022C | 1,751 | 5.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Camden 022D | 1,348 | 320.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.3% |
| Camden 022E | 1,505 | 348.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.0% |
| Camden 022G | 1,539 | 180.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% |
| Camden 023A | 1,464 | 74.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Camden 023C | 1,600 | 45.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.3% |
| Camden 023E | 1,539 | 50.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Camden 023F | 2,576 | 329.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.0% |
| Westminster 008A | 1,631 | 253.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.5% |
| Westminster 008B | 1,431 | 219.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 81.8% |
| Westminster 008D | 1,545 | 371.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 71.6% |
| Westminster 009I | 1,266 | 290.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.0% |
| Westminster 009J | 1,181 | 473.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 77.5% |
MPs for NW1
- Sagal Abdi-WaliLabourMP for Holborn and St Pancras80% of NW1’s postcodes
- Rachel BlakeLabour (Co-op)MP for Cities of London and Westminster17% of NW1’s postcodes
- Georgia GouldLabourMP for Queen's Park and Maida Vale3.3% of NW1’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 NW17
Postcode sectors in NW110
Councils NW1 covers2
Towns in NW12
Postcode districts next to NW115
Nearest rail stations4
More in the NW postcode area2
NW1 in brief
NW1 is a postcode district covering Camden Town, Somers Town and Lisson Grove, in Camden and Westminster.
About 56,923 people lived in NW1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £708,000 in 2025 across 367 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 240.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NW1 was £708,000 in 2025.
NW1 had 54,573 usual residents at the census.
In NW1, 89.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NW1, 5.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.