# WC2B

Postcode district covering St Giles and Strand, in Camden and Westminster.

WC2B is a postcode district covering St Giles and Strand, in Camden and Westminster. Median sale price £1,137,500 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code WC2B. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [WC](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc)

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 WC2B postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £1,137,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in WC2B was £1,137,500 in 2025. 16th 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/wc2b#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 1,726** (2021). WC2B had 1,726 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 259th 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc2b#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in WC2B 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/wc2b#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.8%** (January 2026). In WC2B, 93.8% 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/wc2b#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=WC2B) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in WC2B 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=WC2B) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 14 homes were sold in WC2B in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=WC2B) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for WC2B.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=WC2B) (Census 2021, England and Wales): WC2B had 1,726 usual residents at the census.

## How WC2B compares

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

| Measure | WC2B | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £1,137,500 | 3rd most expensive | 7 postcode districts, WC · 2025 |
| Population | 1,726 | 5th most populated | 13 postcode districts, WC · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 13 postcode districts, WC · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.8% | 6th lowest | 13 postcode districts, WC · Jan 2026 |

## Is WC2B safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in WC2B at a rate of 892.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 628.2 per 1,000 people across the WC postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 124 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in WC2B.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (664), anti-social behaviour (322) and theft from the person (281).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in WC2B was 1,097.4 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 WC2B, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so WC2B has no single figure. Of its 1 neighbourhood with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in WC2B

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Westminster 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/westminster/neighbourhood/e01004735) | 2,027 | 1,312.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.7% |

## Your MP

- [Holborn and St Pancras](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/holborn-and-st-pancras): Sagal Abdi-Wali (Labour), MP since October 2026. 50% of the people here.
- [Cities of London and Westminster](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/cities-of-london-and-westminster): Rachel Blake (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024. 47% of the people here.
- [Islington South and Finsbury](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/islington-south-and-finsbury): Emily Thornberry (Labour), MP since July 2024. 2.3% 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.

## Postcode sectors in WC2B

[WC2B 4 (43 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc2b-4), [WC2B 5 (101 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc2b-5), [WC2B 6 (31 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc2b-6)

## Councils WC2B covers

[Camden](https://openindex.co.uk/camden), [Westminster](https://openindex.co.uk/westminster)

## Towns in WC2B

[City of Westminster](https://openindex.co.uk/town/city-of-westminster)

## Postcode districts next to WC2B

[WC1A](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc1a), [WC1R](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc1r), [WC2A](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc2a), [WC2E](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc2e), [WC2H](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc2h), [WC2N](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc2n), [WC2R](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc2r)

## Nearest rail stations

[Holborn (200 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.1205,51.5176), [Covent Garden (400 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.1244,51.5131), [Tottenham Court Road (550 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.1301,51.5158), [Tottenham Court Road (600 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-0.1304,51.5164)

## More in the WC postcode area

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

## WC2B in brief

WC2B is a postcode district covering St Giles and Strand, in Camden and Westminster.
About 1,931 people lived in WC2B in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £1,137,500 in 2025 across 14 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 892.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in WC2B was £1,137,500 in 2025.
WC2B had 1,726 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in WC2B live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In WC2B, 93.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: WC2B
- Postcode area: [WC](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc)
- Constituency: [Holborn and St Pancras †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/holborn-and-st-pancras)
- Council: [Camden †](https://openindex.co.uk/camden)
- Area: 0.25 km²
- People, mid-2024: 1,931*
- Neighbourhoods: 1
- Output areas: 8

* 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

[WC2A](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc2a), [WC2E](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc2e), [WC2N](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc2n), [WC2R](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc2r), [WC2H](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc2h), [WC1A](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc1a)

## Latest updates for WC2B

- 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.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/WC2B

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc2b, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc2b#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/wc2b