# WC2A 3JH: area report for a postcode in Camden

WC2A 3JH is a postcode in Camden.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Camden. Open the map at WC2A 3JH for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Camden](https://openindex.co.uk/camden) › [WC2A](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc2a) › [WC2A 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc2a-3)

## Around this postcode

- **327 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 11% on July. Camden 028C: 688 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.1190,51.5168,WC2A3JH
- **Holborn, 130 m**: About 2 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.1190,51.5168,WC2A3JH
- **11 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 210 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.1190,51.5168,WC2A3JH
- **No property in WC2A 3JH listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.1190,51.5168,WC2A3JH
- **England’s most deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Camden 028C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.1190,51.5168,WC2A3JH
- **£815,159 average price**: For the whole of Camden, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.1190,51.5168,WC2A3JH
- **12 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 420 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.1190,51.5168,WC2A3JH
- **27 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 70 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.1190,51.5168,WC2A3JH
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at WC2A 3JH**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.1190,51.5168,WC2A3JH
- **Loud road and rail noise at WC2A 3JH**: Road 68 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.1190,51.5168,WC2A3JH
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.1190,51.5168,WC2A3JH
- **28.0 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.1190,51.5168,WC2A3JH

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St Josephs Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-catholic-primary-school-e100041) | Primary | 210 m (3 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [City Lit](https://openindex.co.uk/school/city-lit-e130401) | Sixth form and further education | 230 m (3 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Guildhouse School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/guildhouse-school-e137333) | Independent | 280 m (4 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St Clement Danes CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-clement-danes-cofe-primary-school-e101127) | Primary | 360 m (5 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | 100% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [City Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/city-junior-school-e149158) | Independent | 480 m (6 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [The Royal Ballet School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-royal-ballet-school-e102947) | Independent | 500 m (6 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Children's Hospital School at Gt Ormond Street and UCH](https://openindex.co.uk/school/childrens-hospital-school-at-gt-ormond-street-and-uch-e100060) | Special | 600 m (8 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, November 2023 | – |
| [Odyssey House School - Bloomsbury](https://openindex.co.uk/school/odyssey-house-school-bloomsbury-e149566) | Special | 630 m (8 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| October 2024 | £2,200,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 80 m |
| March 2025 | £775,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 150 m |
| December 2023 | £525,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 150 m |
| February 2025 | £3,600,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 160 m |
| January 2025 | £1,925,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 180 m |
| January 2025 | £600,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 190 m |
| March 2026 | £1,950,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 190 m |
| June 2024 | £5,235,350 | Flat or maisonette, new build, leasehold | 210 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Holborn (130 m, 2 minutes on foot); Chancery Lane (540 m, 7 minutes on foot); Covent Garden (560 m, 7 minutes on foot); Temple (730 m, 9 minutes on foot); Tottenham Court Road (780 m, 10 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: ST PHILIPS MEDICAL CENTRE (420 m); COVENT GARDEN MEDICAL CENTRE (480 m); MUSEUM PRACTICE (500 m); KINGS COLLEGE HEALTH CENTRE (510 m); HOLBORN MEDICAL CENTRE (600 m)
- Pharmacies: SUPERDRUG PHARMACY (100 m); BOOTS (120 m); ESSENTIALS PHARMACY (300 m); KERRS CHEMIST (380 m); HOLBORN PHARMACY (400 m)
- Dental practices: SMILEPOD HOLBORN (150 m); MALMIN ORTHODONTIC (HIGH HOLBORN) (190 m); SARDINIA HOUSE DENTAL PRACTICE (220 m); SARDINIA HOUSE DENTAL PRACTICE (220 m); FOREST AND RAY DENTAL (440 m)
- Supermarkets: Little Waitrose High Holborn (70 m, Waitrose); Sainsburys Holborn Local (130 m, Sainsburys); Co-op Kingsway (340 m, The Co-operative Group); Sainsburys Bloomsbury Southampton Row Local (340 m, Sainsburys); Tesco Covent Garden Endell Street Express (470 m, Tesco)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £815,159** (July 2026). Camden’s average house price was £815,159 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 10.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £53,133** (2025). Full-time workers living in Camden earned a median of £53,133 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 4th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 15.3×** (2025). A home in Camden costs 15.3 times local full-time pay. 4th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 23.7** (2025). Camden has a deprivation score of 23.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 96th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Camden 028C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 23.5** (2025). Camden 028C has a deprivation score of 23.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 12,091st most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £830,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Camden 028C was £830,000 in 2025. Joint 862nd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,792** (2021). Camden 028C had 1,792 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 10,097th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.7%** (January 2026). In Camden 028C, 95.7% 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.

## WC2A (Postcode district)

- **Population: 440** (2021). WC2A had 440 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 105th least 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.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in WC2A 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.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 87.4%** (January 2026). In WC2A, 87.4% 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.
- **Aged 15 to 64: 88.5%** (2021). 88.5% of residents in WC2A were aged 15 to 64 at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 33rd highest of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Camden](https://openindex.co.uk/camden)
- Centre: 51.5168, -0.1190

Council: [Camden](https://openindex.co.uk/camden) (London borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Holborn and St Pancras](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/holborn-and-st-pancras): Sagal Abdi-Wali (Labour), MP since October 2026.

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

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.1190,51.5168,WC2A3JH

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