# TW9 3HQ: area report for a postcode in Richmond upon Thames

TW9 3HQ is a postcode in Richmond upon Thames.

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 Richmond upon Thames. Open the map at TW9 3HQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Richmond upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/richmond-upon-thames) › [TW9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tw9) › [TW9 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tw9-3)

## Around this postcode

- **44 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 63% on July. Richmond upon Thames 002B: 94 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.2850,51.4804,TW93HQ
- **Kew Gardens, 370 m**: About 5 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.2850,51.4804,TW93HQ
- **5 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 30 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.2850,51.4804,TW93HQ
- **16 of 22 properties in TW9 3HQ at very low risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 3. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.2850,51.4804,TW93HQ
- **England’s least deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Richmond upon Thames 002B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.2850,51.4804,TW93HQ
- **£803,249 average price**: For the whole of Richmond upon Thames, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.2850,51.4804,TW93HQ
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 520 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.2850,51.4804,TW93HQ
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 380 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.2850,51.4804,TW93HQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at TW9 3HQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.2850,51.4804,TW93HQ
- **Low road and rail noise at TW9 3HQ**: Road 54 dB, rail 44 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.2850,51.4804,TW93HQ
- **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=-0.2850,51.4804,TW93HQ
- **15.1 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.2850,51.4804,TW93HQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Kew College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kew-college-e102940) | Independent | 30 m (1 minute on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [The King's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-kings-church-of-england-primary-school-e102921) | Primary | 100 m (1 minute on foot) | Good (overall), July 2024 | 88% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Broomfield House School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/broomfield-house-school-e102938) | Independent | 290 m (4 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Unicorn School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/unicorn-school-e102944) | Independent | 580 m (7 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Kew Green Preparatory School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kew-green-preparatory-school-e134932) | Independent | 700 m (9 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Strand-on-the-Green Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/strand-on-the-green-junior-school-e102503) | Primary | 850 m (11 minutes on foot) | Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met | 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Strand-on-the-Green Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/strand-on-the-green-infant-and-nursery-school-e102504) | Primary | 850 m (11 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), December 2022 | – |
| [Kew Riverside Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kew-riverside-primary-school-e133343) | Primary | 900 m (11 minutes on foot) | Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 2023 | £5,000,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| June 2026 | £1,999,999 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| July 2026 | £537,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 110 m |
| April 2026 | £355,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 120 m |
| January 2025 | £800,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 150 m |
| January 2026 | £470,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 150 m |
| July 2025 | £500,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 150 m |
| February 2026 | £2,900,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 150 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Kew Gardens (370 m, 5 minutes on foot); Kew Gardens (370 m, 5 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: KEW MEDICAL PRACTICE (520 m); GROVE PARK TERRACE SURGERY (940 m)
- Pharmacies: KEW PHARMACY (340 m); PYRAMID PHARMACY (340 m); BOOTS (480 m)
- Dental practices: WHITEHOUSE DENTAL CLINIC (270 m); GARDENS DENTAL CENTRE (280 m); DENTAL SURGERY (740 m); QUINTIDENTAL (870 m); KEW BRIDGE DENTAL (990 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Kew Gardens Express (380 m, Tesco); M&S Kew (540 m, Marks and Spencer); Sainsburys Brentford Kew Bridge Road Local (920 m, Sainsburys)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £803,249** (July 2026). Richmond upon Thames’s average house price was £803,249 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 0.8% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £57,233** (2025). Full-time workers living in Richmond upon Thames earned a median of £57,233 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 2nd highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 14.0×** (2025). A home in Richmond upon Thames costs 14.0 times local full-time pay. 8th 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: 9.5** (2025). Richmond upon Thames has a deprivation score of 9.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 15th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Richmond upon Thames 002B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 7.5** (2025). Richmond upon Thames 002B has a deprivation score of 7.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 5,634th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £570,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Richmond upon Thames 002B was £570,000 in 2025. Joint 3,158th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,692** (2021). Richmond upon Thames 002B had 1,692 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 13,865th most 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: 87.6%** (January 2026). In Richmond upon Thames 002B, 87.6% 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.

## TW9 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £750,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in TW9 was £750,000 in 2025. Joint 56th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 23,189** (2021). TW9 had 23,189 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,271st 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 TW9 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: 87.5%** (January 2026). In TW9, 87.5% 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: [Richmond upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/richmond-upon-thames)
- Centre: 51.4804, -0.2850

Council: [Richmond upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/richmond-upon-thames) (London borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Richmond Park](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/richmond-park): Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat), 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=-0.2850,51.4804,TW93HQ

## How to cite

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