W3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Acton, in Ealing.
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 W3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In W3, 83.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How W3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is W3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in W3 at a rate of 117.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 204.6 per 1,000 people across W.
In August 2026 alone, 598 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in W3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (2,001), violence and sexual offences (1,765) and other crime (1,182).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in W3 was 102.6 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 W3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so W3 has no single figure. Of its 31 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in W3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ealing 015A | 1,617 | 147.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 74.8% |
| Ealing 015C | 1,481 | 131.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 57.4% |
| Ealing 015E | 2,269 | 507.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 80.9% |
| Ealing 015F | 2,511 | 144.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.4% |
| Ealing 015G | 2,533 | 107.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 73.7% |
| Ealing 021A | 1,824 | 82.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.3% |
| Ealing 021B | 1,854 | 48.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.8% |
| Ealing 021C | 1,561 | 58.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.4% |
| Ealing 021D | 1,663 | 94.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.3% |
| Ealing 024A | 1,825 | 102.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 57.2% |
| Ealing 024B | 1,855 | 101.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 79.2% |
| Ealing 024C | 1,624 | 76.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.8% |
| Ealing 024D | 2,388 | 156.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.4% |
| Ealing 024E | 2,792 | 72.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.1% |
| Ealing 024F | 2,170 | 181.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.0% |
| Ealing 025A | 1,594 | 82.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.0% |
| Ealing 025B | 1,595 | 56.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.0% |
| Ealing 025C | 2,502 | 275.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 68.0% |
| Ealing 025D | 1,688 | 138.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 81.8% |
| Ealing 025E | 1,972 | 409.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 78.2% |
| Ealing 027A | 2,045 | 104.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 79.6% |
| Ealing 027C | 1,439 | 70.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.8% |
| Ealing 027E | 2,056 | 186.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 75.1% |
| Ealing 033A | 1,415 | 70.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 84.7% |
| Ealing 033B | 1,957 | 126.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.0% |
| Ealing 033C | 1,495 | 105.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 72.7% |
| Ealing 033D | 2,750 | 74.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.7% |
| Ealing 033E | 1,990 | 84.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 71.0% |
| Ealing 034D | 1,877 | 141.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.3% |
| Ealing 041E | 1,611 | 39.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.6% |
| Hounslow 029B | 1,629 | 107.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.4% |
MPs for W3
- Dr Rupa HuqLabourMP for Ealing Central and Acton96% of W3’s postcodes
- Andy SlaughterLabourMP for Hammersmith and Chiswick3.7% of W3’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.
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W3 in brief
W3 is a postcode district covering Acton, in Ealing.
About 61,691 people lived in W3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £526,000 in 2025 across 554 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 117.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in W3 was £526,000 in 2025.
W3 had 58,327 usual residents at the census.
In W3, 83.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In W3, 6.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.