W5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ealing and West 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 W5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In W5, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How W5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is W5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in W5 at a rate of 120.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 204.6 per 1,000 people across W.
In August 2026 alone, 519 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in W5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (1,438), violence and sexual offences (1,346) and other crime (1,061).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in W5 was 135.2 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 W5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so W5 has no single figure. Of its 30 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in W5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ealing 011B | 2,041 | 105.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.4% |
| Ealing 011C | 2,081 | 175.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 80.2% |
| Ealing 011D | 1,816 | 78.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.1% |
| Ealing 013A | 1,683 | 94.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.1% |
| Ealing 013B | 1,737 | 42.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.4% |
| Ealing 013C | 1,492 | 56.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Ealing 013D | 1,573 | 31.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| Ealing 019C | 1,513 | 49.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.7% |
| Ealing 019E | 1,834 | 90.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.9% |
| Ealing 027B | 1,370 | 154.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.8% |
| Ealing 027D | 1,584 | 58.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.5% |
| Ealing 031A | 1,518 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Ealing 031B | 1,370 | 84.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.7% |
| Ealing 031C | 1,558 | 38.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.6% |
| Ealing 031D | 1,444 | 128.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% |
| Ealing 031E | 1,563 | 98.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Ealing 031F | 1,798 | 119.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.7% |
| Ealing 032A | 1,725 | 78.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Ealing 039A | 1,615 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| Ealing 039B | 1,886 | 101.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 67.1% |
| Ealing 039C | 1,602 | 70.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.7% |
| Ealing 039D | 1,658 | 32.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.8% |
| Ealing 041A | 1,811 | 201.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.6% |
| Ealing 041B | 1,454 | 65.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 87.0% |
| Ealing 041C | 1,675 | 67.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.6% |
| Ealing 041D | 1,800 | 62.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.1% |
| Ealing 042A | 1,860 | 844.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 84.7% |
| Ealing 042B | 1,312 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.2% |
| Ealing 042C | 1,476 | 45.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.4% |
| Ealing 042D | 1,775 | 113.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.7% |
MPs for W5
- Dr Rupa HuqLabourMP for Ealing Central and Acton71% of W5’s postcodes
- Deirdre CostiganLabourMP for Ealing Southall20% of W5’s postcodes
- James MurrayLabour (Co-op)MP for Ealing North7.8% of W5’s postcodes
- Ruth CadburyLabourMP for Brentford and Isleworth0.7% of W5’s postcodes
- Andy SlaughterLabourMP for Hammersmith and Chiswick0.4% of W5’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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W5 in brief
W5 is a postcode district covering Ealing and West Acton, in Ealing.
About 52,666 people lived in W5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £627,000 in 2025 across 575 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 120.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in W5 was £627,000 in 2025.
W5 had 51,443 usual residents at the census.
In W5, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In W5, 4.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.