W10
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Kensington, Kensal Town and West Kilburn, in Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster.
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 W10 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In W10, 92.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How W10 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is W10 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in W10 at a rate of 154.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 204.6 per 1,000 people across W.
In August 2026 alone, 719 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in W10.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,600), anti-social behaviour (1,226) and other crime (842).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in W10 was 162.6 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 W10, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so W10 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in W10
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington and Chelsea 001A | 2,216 | 207.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.9% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 001B | 1,428 | 126.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 001C | 1,103 | 185.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 001D | 1,592 | 218.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.5% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 001E | 1,376 | 126.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.8% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 002A | 1,295 | 77.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.9% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 002B | 1,672 | 215.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.3% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 002C | 1,751 | 254.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 75.9% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 002D | 1,285 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 003A | 1,831 | 126.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.0% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 003B | 2,186 | 122.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 76.9% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 003C | 1,447 | 347.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.3% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 003D | 1,393 | 147.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 003E | 2,134 | 123.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 004E | 1,433 | 129.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.1% |
| Kensington and Chelsea 005D | 1,144 | 92.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.4% |
| Westminster 004B | 1,824 | 85.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.9% |
| Westminster 004C | 2,274 | 97.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.4% |
| Westminster 004D | 1,881 | 128.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.8% |
| Westminster 004E | 2,685 | 101.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.2% |
MPs for W10
- Joe PowellLabourMP for Kensington and Bayswater70% of W10’s postcodes
- Georgia GouldLabourMP for Queen's Park and Maida Vale27% of W10’s postcodes
- James MurrayLabour (Co-op)MP for Ealing North2.6% of W10’s postcodes
- Dr Rupa HuqLabourMP for Ealing Central and Acton0.4% of W10’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 W104
Postcode sectors in W104
Councils W10 covers2
Towns in W102
Postcode districts next to W106
Nearest rail stations4
More in the W postcode area2
W10 in brief
W10 is a postcode district covering Kensington, Kensal Town and West Kilburn, in Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster.
About 35,286 people lived in W10 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £735,000 in 2025 across 241 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 154.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in W10 was £735,000 in 2025.
W10 had 35,564 usual residents at the census.
In W10, 92.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In W10, 6.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.