# SW1V 2HE: area report for a postcode in Westminster

SW1V 2HE is a postcode in Westminster.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Westminster. Open the map at SW1V 2HE for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Westminster](https://openindex.co.uk/westminster) › [SW1V](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sw1v) › [SW1V 2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sw1v-2)

## Around this postcode

- **235 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 9% on July. Westminster 022D: 90 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.1395,51.4904,SW1V2HE
- **Pimlico, 420 m**: About 5 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.1395,51.4904,SW1V2HE
- **13 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 290 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.1395,51.4904,SW1V2HE
- **No property in SW1V 2HE listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 3. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.1395,51.4904,SW1V2HE
- **England’s most deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Westminster 022D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.1395,51.4904,SW1V2HE
- **£876,788 average price**: For the whole of Westminster, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.1395,51.4904,SW1V2HE
- **6 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 250 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.1395,51.4904,SW1V2HE
- **20 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 210 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.1395,51.4904,SW1V2HE
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at SW1V 2HE**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.1395,51.4904,SW1V2HE
- **Moderate road and rail noise at SW1V 2HE**: Road 56 dB, rail 41 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.1395,51.4904,SW1V2HE
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.1395,51.4904,SW1V2HE
- **22.1 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.1395,51.4904,SW1V2HE

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Pimlico Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pimlico-academy-e135676) | Secondary | 290 m (4 minutes on foot) | Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 55.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Pimlico Primary](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pimlico-primary-e139898) | Primary | 290 m (4 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade | 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Eaton Square Prep School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/eaton-square-prep-school-e101178) | Independent | 340 m (4 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Westminster Under School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/westminster-under-school-e101165) | Independent | 440 m (6 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St Gabriel's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-gabriels-cofe-primary-school-e101129) | Primary | 500 m (6 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, November 2023 | 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Fairley House School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fairley-house-school-e101173) | Special | 550 m (7 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |
| [Ada National College for Digital Skills](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ada-national-college-for-digital-skills-e143540) | Sixth form and further education | 570 m (7 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-vincent-de-paul-catholic-primary-school-e152443) | Primary | 600 m (8 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade, before the school changed | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| April 2026 | £456,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| July 2025 | £395,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| January 2026 | £525,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 40 m |
| March 2025 | £570,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 50 m |
| February 2026 | £750,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 60 m |
| August 2025 | £1,200,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| May 2026 | £925,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| October 2025 | £851,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Pimlico (430 m, 5 minutes on foot); London Victoria (640 m, 8 minutes on foot); Victoria (710 m, 9 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: PIMLICO HEALTH AT THE MARVEN SURGERY (250 m); VICTORIA MEDICAL CENTRE (280 m); MILLBANK MEDICAL CENTRE (760 m); BELGRAVIA SURGERY (810 m); THE DR HICKEY SURGERY FOR THE HOMELESS (810 m)
- Pharmacies: WARWICK PHARMACY (180 m); GEE CHEMIST (240 m); PAXALL CHEMIST (250 m); CLINICHEM PHARMACY (280 m); PORTMANS PHARMACY (310 m)
- Dental practices: MCKENNELL DENTAL PRACTICE (140 m); THE LONDON DENTAL STUDIO (240 m); DENTAL SURGERY (330 m); 12 CHAPTER CHAMBERS (DENTAL SURGERY) (470 m); PIMLICO DENTAL CARE (500 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Victoria Express (210 m, Tesco); Little Waitrose Pimlico (230 m, Waitrose); Sainsburys Pimlico (300 m, Sainsburys); Tesco Pimlico Express (320 m, Tesco); Sainsburys Victoria Place Local (570 m, Sainsburys)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £876,788** (July 2026). Westminster’s average house price was £876,788 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 20.7% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £52,610** (2025). Full-time workers living in Westminster earned a median of £52,610 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 5th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 16.7×** (2025). A home in Westminster costs 16.7 times local full-time pay. 2nd least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 23.9** (2025). Westminster has a deprivation score of 23.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 92nd most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Westminster 022D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 34.1** (2025). Westminster 022D has a deprivation score of 34.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 6,479th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £630,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Westminster 022D was £630,000 in 2025. Joint 2,259th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,362** (2021). Westminster 022D had 1,362 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 16,615th least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.7%** (January 2026). In Westminster 022D, 98.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## SW1V (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £655,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SW1V was £655,000 in 2025. Joint 100th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 21,590** (2021). SW1V had 21,590 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,363rd most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in SW1V live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.0%** (January 2026). In SW1V, 91.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Westminster](https://openindex.co.uk/westminster)
- Centre: 51.4904, -0.1395

Council: [Westminster](https://openindex.co.uk/westminster) (London borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Cities of London and Westminster](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/cities-of-london-and-westminster): Rachel Blake (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.1395,51.4904,SW1V2HE

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