NW8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering St John's Wood, Lisson Grove and South Hampstead, in Westminster and Camden.
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 NW8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NW8, 88.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NW8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NW8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NW8 at a rate of 109.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 134.9 per 1,000 people across NW.
In August 2026 alone, 292 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NW8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (998), violence and sexual offences (829) and other crime (708).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NW8 was 116.5 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 NW8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NW8 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NW8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camden 017C | 1,920 | 202.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.5% |
| Camden 020A | 1,915 | 57.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Camden 020D | 1,513 | 127.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 81.4% |
| Westminster 001A | 1,392 | 102.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.3% |
| Westminster 001B | 1,408 | 131.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 50.7% |
| Westminster 001C | 1,896 | 131.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.0% |
| Westminster 001D | 1,461 | 97.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.7% |
| Westminster 002A | 1,723 | 57.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.7% |
| Westminster 002B | 2,321 | 111.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.6% |
| Westminster 002C | 1,816 | 69.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Westminster 003A | 1,775 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.2% |
| Westminster 003B | 1,295 | 166.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.0% |
| Westminster 003C | 1,688 | 84.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.7% |
| Westminster 003D | 1,454 | 99.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.2% |
| Westminster 003E | 1,490 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.4% |
| Westminster 009A | 2,711 | 71.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Westminster 009F | 1,366 | 203.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.6% |
| Westminster 009G | 1,981 | 71.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.3% |
| Westminster 009H | 1,527 | 169.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.0% |
| Westminster 009K | 1,640 | 150.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.2% |
MPs for NW8
- Rachel BlakeLabour (Co-op)MP for Cities of London and Westminster66% of NW8’s postcodes
- Georgia GouldLabourMP for Queen's Park and Maida Vale21% of NW8’s postcodes
- Tulip SiddiqLabourMP for Hampstead and Highgate13% of NW8’s postcodes
- Sagal Abdi-WaliLabourMP for Holborn and St Pancras0.1% of NW8’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 NW84
Postcode sectors in NW86
Councils NW8 covers2
Towns in NW82
Postcode districts next to NW85
Nearest rail stations4
More in the NW postcode area2
NW8 in brief
NW8 is a postcode district covering St John's Wood, Lisson Grove and South Hampstead, in Westminster and Camden.
About 34,640 people lived in NW8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £1,018,000 in 2025 across 239 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 109.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NW8 was £1,018,000 in 2025.
NW8 had 33,203 usual residents at the census.
In NW8, 88.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NW8, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.