SW10
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Chelsea, West Brompton and Sands End, in Kensington and Chelsea.
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 SW10 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SW10, 92.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SW10 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SW10 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SW10 at a rate of 145.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.0 per 1,000 people across SW.
In August 2026 alone, 195 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SW10.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (681), anti-social behaviour (514) and other crime (429).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SW10 was 154.3 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 SW10, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SW10 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SW10
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington and Chelsea 017C | 1,576 | 87.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.1% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 017D | 1,319 | 89.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.6% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 019C | 1,369 | 129.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.2% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 020C | 1,586 | 146.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 020D | 1,492 | 119.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.6% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 020E | 1,481 | 244.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.0% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 020F | 2,059 | 108.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.0% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 021A | 1,047 | 208.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.4% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 021B | 1,218 | 207.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.1% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 021C | 1,015 | 31.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 021D | 1,295 | 182.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.1% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 021E | 1,761 | 83.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.1% |
MPs for SW10
- Ben ColemanLabourMP for Chelsea and Fulham97% of SW10’s postcodes
- Joe PowellLabourMP for Kensington and Bayswater3.0% of SW10’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 SW102
Postcode sectors in SW103
Council1
Towns in SW101
Postcode districts next to SW104
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SW postcode area2
SW10 in brief
SW10 is a postcode district covering Chelsea, West Brompton and Sands End, in Kensington and Chelsea.
About 17,481 people lived in SW10 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £1,075,000 in 2025 across 205 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 145.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SW10 was £1,075,000 in 2025.
SW10 had 16,897 usual residents at the census.
In SW10, 92.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SW10, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.