WC1H
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Somers Town, St Pancras and Bloomsbury, in Camden.
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 WC1H postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WC1H, 99.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WC1H compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WC1H safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WC1H at a rate of 295.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 628.2 per 1,000 people across WC.
In August 2026 alone, 210 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WC1H.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (632), anti-social behaviour (504) and violence and sexual offences (433).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WC1H was 278.8 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 WC1H, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WC1H has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WC1H
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camden 026E | 2,433 | 859.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.3% |
| Camden 029B | 1,447 | 723.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.6% |
| Camden 029C | 1,013 | 549.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Camden 029D | 1,195 | 173.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| Camden 029F | 1,585 | 128.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.5% |
| Camden 029G | 1,119 | 184.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.9% |
MPs for WC1H
- Sagal Abdi-WaliLabourMP for Holborn and St Pancras98% of WC1H’s postcodes
- Emily ThornberryLabourMP for Islington South and Finsbury2.0% of WC1H’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 WC1H1
Postcode sectors in WC1H3
Council1
Towns in WC1H1
Postcode districts next to WC1H7
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WC postcode area2
WC1H in brief
WC1H is a postcode district covering Somers Town, St Pancras and Bloomsbury, in Camden.
About 7,799 people lived in WC1H in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £350,000 in 2025 across 53 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 295.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WC1H was £350,000 in 2025.
WC1H had 6,807 usual residents at the census.
In WC1H, 99.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WC1H, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.