WC1X
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Finsbury, Holborn and Pentonville, in Camden and Islington.
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 WC1X postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In WC1X, 96.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How WC1X compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is WC1X safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WC1X at a rate of 260.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 628.2 per 1,000 people across WC.
In August 2026 alone, 214 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WC1X.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (647), anti-social behaviour (504) and violence and sexual offences (455).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WC1X was 284.8 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 WC1X, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WC1X has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in WC1X
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camden 029A | 1,365 | 338.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.1% |
| Camden 029E | 2,457 | 70.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.1% |
| Islington 021D | 1,317 | 155.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.0% |
| Islington 021E | 1,497 | 78.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| Islington 022F | 1,709 | 275.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.3% |
MPs for WC1X
- Sagal Abdi-WaliLabourMP for Holborn and St Pancras65% of WC1X’s postcodes
- Emily ThornberryLabourMP for Islington South and Finsbury35% of WC1X’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.
Postcode sectors in WC1X3
Councils WC1X covers2
Towns in WC1X2
Postcode districts next to WC1X10
Nearest rail stations4
More in the WC postcode area2
WC1X in brief
WC1X is a postcode district covering Finsbury, Holborn and Pentonville, in Camden and Islington.
About 9,562 people lived in WC1X in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £1,009,500 in 2025 across 42 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 260.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WC1X was £1,009,500 in 2025.
WC1X had 8,566 usual residents at the census.
In WC1X, 96.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In WC1X, 5.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.