W6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Hammersmith, Brook Green and West Kensington, in Hammersmith and Fulham.
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 W6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In W6, 86.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How W6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is W6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in W6 at a rate of 185.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 204.6 per 1,000 people across W.
In August 2026 alone, 611 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in W6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,728), anti-social behaviour (1,537) and other crime (1,366).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in W6 was 195.6 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 W6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so W6 has no single figure. Of its 25 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in W6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammersmith and Fulham 007B | 1,497 | 89.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 008D | 1,736 | 89.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 75.5% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 009A | 1,458 | 84.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.9% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 009B | 1,398 | 153.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.1% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 009C | 1,303 | 89.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.7% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 009D | 1,348 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 010D | 1,353 | 159.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.6% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 011A | 1,806 | 77.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 81.1% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 011B | 1,296 | 37.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.2% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 011C | 1,592 | 309.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 68.4% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 011D | 1,496 | 145.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 37.4% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 012B | 1,136 | 23.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.1% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 013A | 1,491 | 133.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.2% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 013B | 1,374 | 259.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 74.5% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 013C | 2,090 | 611.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.5% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 013D | 1,599 | 486.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.1% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 013E | 1,713 | 188.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.2% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 014A | 1,389 | 162.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.9% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 016A | 1,523 | 142.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.3% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 016B | 1,458 | 52.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 88.2% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 016C | 1,714 | 295.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 64.2% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 016D | 1,330 | 58.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 018A | 1,551 | 62.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham 018B | 2,544 | 146.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 85.8% |
| Hounslow 001D | 1,733 | 80.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.3% |
MPs for W6
- Andy SlaughterLabourMP for Hammersmith and Chiswick83% of W6’s postcodes
- Ben ColemanLabourMP for Chelsea and Fulham17% of W6’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 W64
Postcode sectors in W65
Council1
Towns in W62
Postcode districts next to W64
Nearest rail stations4
More in the W postcode area2
W6 in brief
W6 is a postcode district covering Hammersmith, Brook Green and West Kensington, in Hammersmith and Fulham.
About 37,851 people lived in W6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £719,000 in 2025 across 448 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 185.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in W6 was £719,000 in 2025.
W6 had 36,270 usual residents at the census.
In W6, 86.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In W6, 3.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.