# W6

Postcode district covering Hammersmith, Brook Green and West Kensington, in Hammersmith and Fulham.

W6 is a postcode district covering Hammersmith, Brook Green and West Kensington, in Hammersmith and Fulham. Median sale price £719,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code W6. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [W](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £719,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in W6 was £719,000 in 2025. 70th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w6#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 36,270** (2021). W6 had 36,270 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 585th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w6#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in W6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w6#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 86.2%** (January 2026). In W6, 86.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w6#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=W6) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in W6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=W6) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 448 homes were sold in W6 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=W6) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for W6.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=W6) (Census 2021, England and Wales): W6 had 36,270 usual residents at the census.

## How W6 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | W6 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £719,000 | 8th cheapest | 20 postcode districts, W · 2025 |
| Population | 36,270 | 6th most populated | 24 postcode districts, W · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | – | 24 postcode districts, W · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 86.2% | 5th lowest | 24 postcode districts, W · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the W postcode area.
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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in W6

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001853) | 1,497 | 89.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001930) | 1,736 | 89.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 75.5% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001895) | 1,458 | 84.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.9% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001896) | 1,398 | 153.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.1% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001897) | 1,303 | 89.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 86.7% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001929) | 1,348 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001869) | 1,353 | 159.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.6% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001928) | 1,806 | 77.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 81.1% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001931) | 1,296 | 37.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.2% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001932) | 1,592 | 309.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 68.4% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001933) | 1,496 | 145.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 37.4% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001867) | 1,136 | 23.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.1% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001893) | 1,491 | 133.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.2% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001894) | 1,374 | 259.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 74.5% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001898) | 2,090 | 611.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.5% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001899) | 1,599 | 486.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.1% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001900) | 1,713 | 188.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.2% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001889) | 1,389 | 162.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.9% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001886) | 1,523 | 142.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.3% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001887) | 1,458 | 52.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 88.2% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001890) | 1,714 | 295.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 64.2% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001892) | 1,330 | 58.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001888) | 1,551 | 62.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| [Hammersmith and Fulham 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/neighbourhood/e01001891) | 2,544 | 146.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 85.8% |
| [Hounslow 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/hounslow/neighbourhood/e01002574) | 1,733 | 80.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.3% |

## Your MP

- [Hammersmith and Chiswick](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hammersmith-and-chiswick): Andy Slaughter (Labour), MP since July 2024. 83% of the people here.
- [Chelsea and Fulham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chelsea-and-fulham): Ben Coleman (Labour), MP since July 2024. 17% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in W6

[Brackenbury](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/brackenbury), [Hammersmith Broadway](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/hammersmith-broadway), [Lillie Road & Greyhound Road](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/lillie-road-and-greyhound-road), [Ravenscourt Park South](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham/ravenscourt-park-south)

## Postcode sectors in W6

[W6 0 (232 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w6-0), [W6 6 (39 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w6-6), [W6 7 (128 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w6-7), [W6 8 (140 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w6-8), [W6 9 (234 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w6-9)

## Council

[Hammersmith and Fulham](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham)

## Towns in W6

[Hammersmith and Fulham](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham), [Hounslow](https://openindex.co.uk/hounslow)

## Postcode districts next to W6

[SW6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sw6), [W4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w4), [W12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w12), [W14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w14)

## Nearest rail stations

[Ravenscourt Park (350 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-0.2359,51.4941), [Hammersmith (H&C Line) (450 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-0.2250,51.4935), [Hammersmith (Dist&Picc Line) (600 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-0.2236,51.4923), [Goldhawk Road (800 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations#around=-0.2267,51.5020)

## More in the W postcode area

[All W postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 0% of people in W6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In W6, 86.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: W6
- Postcode area: [W](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w)
- Constituency: [Hammersmith and Chiswick †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hammersmith-and-chiswick)
- Council: [Hammersmith and Fulham †](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham)
- Area: 3.09 km²
- People, mid-2024: 37,851*
- Neighbourhoods: 25
- Output areas: 130

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[W14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w14), [W12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w12), [SW6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sw6), [W4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w4)

## Latest updates for W6

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w6, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w6#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/w6