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W11

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Kensington and Notting Hill, 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 W11 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In W11, 92.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£1,196,000
13th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
29,856
934th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
92.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How W11 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

W11Middle
Median sale price20 postcode districts, W · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in W20 areas from £526,000 to £4,250,000. The middle area is £787,500. W11 is £1,196,000.
£1,196,0007th most expensive
Population24 postcode districts, W · 2021
Population: every postcode district in W24 areas from 100 to 58,327. The middle area is 23,776. W11 is 29,856.
29,85612th most populated
Gigabit broadband coverage24 postcode districts, W · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in W24 areas from 83.8% to 97.3%. The middle area is 91.2%. W11 is 92.0%.
92.0%10th highest
Claimant rate22 postcode districts, W · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in W22 areas from 1.2% to 7.0%. The middle area is 3.9%. W11 is 4.7%.
4.7%joint 6th highest

Is W11 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in W11 at a rate of 209.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 204.6 per 1,000 people across W.

In August 2026 alone, 868 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in W11.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (1,472), violence and sexual offences (1,038) and anti-social behaviour (1,005).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in W11 was 227.7 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 W11, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so W11 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
  • 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 W11

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Hammersmith and Fulham 004B1,680140.7 per 1,000190.2%
Kensington and Chelsea 004A1,391204.0 per 1,000398.6%
Kensington and Chelsea 004B1,724279.7 per 1,000395.9%
Kensington and Chelsea 004C1,718389.6 per 1,000292.7%
Kensington and Chelsea 004D1,632165.3 per 1,000497.4%
Kensington and Chelsea 005A1,593823.5 per 1,000287.3%
Kensington and Chelsea 005B1,349158.3 per 1,000285.2%
Kensington and Chelsea 005C1,94674.0 per 1,000397.9%
Kensington and Chelsea 005E1,361107.4 per 1,000299.1%
Kensington and Chelsea 006A1,046171.1 per 1,000599.4%
Kensington and Chelsea 006B1,479164.9 per 1,000783.3%
Kensington and Chelsea 006C1,384353.4 per 1,000573.1%
Kensington and Chelsea 006E1,319201.1 per 1,000786.1%
Kensington and Chelsea 007A1,210280.0 per 1,000598.3%
Kensington and Chelsea 007B1,463170.0 per 1,000885.7%
Kensington and Chelsea 007C1,36196.9 per 1,000671.2%
Kensington and Chelsea 007D1,134181.6 per 1,000598.2%
Kensington and Chelsea 007E1,26054.1 per 1,000993.0%
Westminster 010G1,234119.8 per 1,0002100.0%
Westminster 014E1,68869.4 per 1,000497.8%

MPs for W11

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 W114

Postcode sectors in W115

Council1

Towns in W113

Postcode districts next to W116

Nearest rail stations4

More in the W postcode area2

W11 in brief

W11 is a postcode district covering Kensington and Notting Hill, in Kensington and Chelsea.

About 28,915 people lived in W11 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £1,196,000 in 2025 across 296 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 209.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in W11 was £1,196,000 in 2025.

W11 had 29,856 usual residents at the census.

In W11, 92.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In W11, 4.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.