Schools
375 open schools are in scope, including 167 primary and 40 secondary schools. Westminster School is the nearest published school at 507 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SW1A 2NS
St James's · Westminster · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- London
- Ward
- St James's
- Local authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
- Postcode district
- SW1A
- Postcode sector
- SW1A 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SW1A 2NS
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1991
- Terminated
- 1 November 2017
- Postcode area
- SW
- Postcode district
- SW1A
- Postcode sector
- SW1A 2
- Latitude
- 51.502487
- Longitude
- -0.125293
- British National Grid easting
- 530,215
- British National Grid northing
- 179,838
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Westminster · E09000033
- Electoral ward
- St James's · E05013806
- Parish or community
- E43000236
- Westminster constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster · E14001172
- Output area
- E00023945
- Lower layer super output area
- Westminster 020C · E01004733
- Middle layer super output area
- Westminster 020 · E02000979
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore SW1A
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Richmond House, 79, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2NS | 5 September 2019 | £107,400,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 375
- Primary
- 167
- Secondary
- 40
- 507 m
Westminster School
Other independent school
- 514 m
Westminster Abbey Choir School
Other independent school
- 522 m
Harris Westminster Sixth Form
Free schools 16 to 19
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 46,692
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Theft from the person 13,342
- Other theft 10,071
- Violence and sexual offences 7,374
- Shoplifting 3,768
- Anti social behaviour 2,890
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SW1A 2 residents
- 136
Age bands in SW1A 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 4.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 40.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 16.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 10.5%
15 residents
142 residents
102 residents
57 residents
37 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 0%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
129
within 5 km straight-line
WATERLOO HEALTH CENTRE
114-118 LOWER MARSH, WATERLOO, LONDON, SE1 7AE
ODS code G85136
831 m
THE DR HICKEY SURGERY FOR THE HOMELESS
3-7 ARNEWAY STREET, LONDON, SW1P 2BG
ODS code E87740
864 m
MILLBANK MEDICAL CENTRE
MEDICAL CENTRE BUILDING, 20 PAGE STREET, LONDON, SW1P 4EN
ODS code E87739
1.0 km
KINGS COLLEGE HEALTH CENTRE
3RD FLOOR, BUSH HOUSE, SOUTH EAST WING, 300 STRAND, LONDON, WC2B 4PJ
ODS code E87768
1.2 km
COVENT GARDEN MEDICAL CENTRE
47 SHORTS GARDENS, LONDON, WC2H 9AA
ODS code E87045
1.4 km
BLACKFRIARS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BLACKFRIARS MEDICAL PRACT, 45 COLOMBO STREET, LONDON, SE1 8EE
ODS code G85642
1.4 km
GREAT CHAPEL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
4TH FLOOR, SOHO CENTRE FOR HEALTH, 1 FRITH STREET, LONDON, W1D 3HZ
ODS code E87772
1.4 km
SOHO CENTRE FOR HEALTH AND CARE
1ST FLOOR, 30 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W1D 3QS
ODS code E87069
1.4 km
SOHO SQUARE GENERAL PRACTICE
1ST FLOOR, 1 FRITH STREET, LONDON, W1D 3HZ
ODS code E87714
1.4 km
VICTORIA MEDICAL CENTRE
29 UPPER TACHBROOK STREET, LONDON, SW1V 1SN
ODS code E87002
1.4 km
ST PHILIPS MEDICAL CENTRE
TOWER 3, 2ND FLOOR CLEMENTS INN, LONDON, WC2A 2AZ
ODS code F83672
1.4 km
GRAY'S INN MEDICAL GROUP VAUXHALL
8 JONATHAN STREET, KENNINGTON, LONDON, SE11 5NH
ODS code G85102
1.5 km
MUSEUM PRACTICE
58 GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON, WC1B 3BA
ODS code F83061
1.7 km
PIMLICO HEALTH AT THE MARVEN SURGERY
46-50 LUPUS STREET, WESTMINSTER, LONDON, SW1V 3EB
ODS code E87034
1.8 km
NEXUS HEALTH GROUP
PRINCESS STREET GROUP PRACTICE, 2 PRINCESS STREET, LONDON, SE1 6JP
ODS code G85034
1.8 km
BELGRAVIA SURGERY
24 ECCLESTON STREET, BELGRAVIA, LONDON, SW1W 9PY
ODS code E87005
1.8 km
HURLEY AND RIVERSIDE PRACTICES
EBENEZER HOUSE, KENNINGTON LANE, LONDON, SE11 4HJ
ODS code G85053
1.8 km
GOWER STREET PRACTICE
20 GOWER STREET, LONDON, WC1E 6DP
ODS code F83005
2.0 km
RIDGMOUNT PRACTICE
8 RIDGMOUNT STREET, LONDON, WC1E 7AA
ODS code F83043
2.0 km
MAYFAIR MEDICAL CENTRE
3-5 WEIGHHOUSE STREET, LONDON, W1K 5LS
ODS code E87648
2.1 km
Showing 20 of 129 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Westminster Station / Parliament Square
BCT · Westminster
- 0.1 miles
Westminster Station / Parliament Square
BCT · Westminster
- 0.1 miles
Westminster Station / Parliament Square
BCT · Westminster
- 0.1 miles
Westminster Station / Parliament Square
BCT · Westminster
- 0.1 miles
Westminster Underground Station
MET · Westminster
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Westminster 020C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
7 of 10
Overall England rank
21,213 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
46,692 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3,891 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Theft from the person with 13,342 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.