SW5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Kensington, Earl's Court and West Brompton, 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 SW5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SW5, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SW5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SW5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SW5 at a rate of 161.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.0 per 1,000 people across SW.
In August 2026 alone, 183 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SW5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (834), violence and sexual offences (487) and other crime (401).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SW5 was 181.2 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 SW5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SW5 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SW5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington and Chelsea 013B | 1,243 | 48.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 013C | 1,537 | 157.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.4% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 013D | 1,405 | 364.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.4% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 015B | 1,393 | 323.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.9% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 015C | 1,252 | 169.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.1% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 015D | 1,335 | 348.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.0% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 016D | 1,310 | 68.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 017A | 1,289 | 78.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.7% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 017B | 1,541 | 91.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.3% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 017E | 1,667 | 80.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
MPs for SW5
- Joe PowellLabourMP for Kensington and Bayswater79% of SW5’s postcodes
- Ben ColemanLabourMP for Chelsea and Fulham21% of SW5’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 SW53
Postcode sectors in SW53
Council1
Towns in SW51
Postcode districts next to SW55
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SW postcode area2
SW5 in brief
SW5 is a postcode district covering Kensington, Earl's Court and West Brompton, in Kensington and Chelsea.
About 14,765 people lived in SW5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £822,500 in 2025 across 158 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 161.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SW5 was £822,500 in 2025.
SW5 had 14,503 usual residents at the census.
In SW5, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SW5, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.