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SW1W 8RX

Knightsbridge & Belgravia · Westminster · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Knightsbridge & Belgravia
Local authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster
Postcode district
SW1W
Postcode sector
SW1W 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SW1W 8SA 14 m
SW1W 8RY 32 m
SW1W 8RG 40 m
SW1W 8RH 48 m
SW1W 8QN 55 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW1W 8RX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW1W
Postcode sector
SW1W 8
Latitude
51.486951
Longitude
-0.150431
British National Grid easting
528,514
British National Grid northing
178,066

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Westminster · E09000033
Electoral ward
Knightsbridge & Belgravia · E05013797
Parish or community
E43000236
Westminster constituency
Cities of London and Westminster · E14001172
Output area
E00023541
Lower layer super output area
Westminster 023F · E01033597
Middle layer super output area
Westminster 023 · E02000982

Postcode source versions

Explore SW1W

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
355
Primary
151
Secondary
38

  1. Ada National College for Digital Skills

    Further education

    334 m

  2. St Barnabas' CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    407 m

  3. St Gabriel's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    553 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
14,053
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,686
  • Theft from the person 2,070
  • Other theft 1,839
  • Anti social behaviour 1,725
  • Shoplifting 1,531

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
46

26 female, 20 male

Postcode households
31
Residents per household
1.5
SW1W 8 residents
4,375

Age bands in SW1W 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.4%

524 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.4%

525 residents

Age 25 to 44
31.8%

1,460 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.9%

1,469 residents

Age 65 and over
13.5%

620 residents

This postcode contained 1.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SW1W 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
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

  • BELGRAVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE SURGERY, 13 PIMLICO ROAD, LONDON, SW1W 8NA

    ODS code E87753

    417 m

  • ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA

    ROYAL HOSPITAL ROAD, CHELSEA, LONDON, SW3 4SR

    ODS code E87711

    481 m

  • PIMLICO HEALTH AT THE MARVEN SURGERY

    46-50 LUPUS STREET, WESTMINSTER, LONDON, SW1V 3EB

    ODS code E87034

    896 m

  • BELGRAVIA SURGERY

    24 ECCLESTON STREET, BELGRAVIA, LONDON, SW1W 9PY

    ODS code E87005

    906 m

  • VICTORIA MEDICAL CENTRE

    29 UPPER TACHBROOK STREET, LONDON, SW1V 1SN

    ODS code E87002

    1.0 km

  • HEALTH PARTNERS AT VIOLET MELCHETT

    30 FLOOD WALK, LONDON, SW3 5RR

    ODS code E87004

    1.1 km

  • THE CHELSEA PRACTICE

    43 CHELSEA MANOR STREET, LONDON, SW3 5DD

    ODS code E87665

    1.1 km

  • KNIGHTSBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    71-75 PAVILION ROAD, LONDON, SW1X 0ET

    ODS code E87738

    1.4 km

  • BATTERSEA FIELDS PRACTICE

    3 AUSTIN ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 5JP

    ODS code H85111

    1.5 km

  • MILLBANK MEDICAL CENTRE

    MEDICAL CENTRE BUILDING, 20 PAGE STREET, LONDON, SW1P 4EN

    ODS code E87739

    1.6 km

  • THE DR HICKEY SURGERY FOR THE HOMELESS

    3-7 ARNEWAY STREET, LONDON, SW1P 2BG

    ODS code E87740

    1.6 km

  • BRIDGE LANE GROUP PRACTICE

    BRIDGE LANE HEALTH CENTRE, 20 BRIDGE LANE, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 3AD

    ODS code H85045

    1.8 km

  • MAWBEY GROUP PRACTICE

    MAWBREY BROUGH HEALTH CENTRE, 39 WILCOX CLOSE, LONDON, SW8 2UD

    ODS code G85130

    1.9 km

  • THE GOOD PRACTICE

    KINGS ROAD, LONDON, SW10 0LR

    ODS code E87762

    2.0 km

  • IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTH CENTRE

    40 PRINCES GARDENS, LONDON, SW7 1LY

    ODS code E87677

    2.0 km

  • SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE

    110 UNION ROAD, LONDON, SW8 2SH

    ODS code G85673

    2.2 km

  • STOCKWELLBEING AH

    SPRINGFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE, 110 UNION ROAD, LONDON, SW8 2SH

    ODS code Y05187

    2.2 km

  • THE SOUTH LAMBETH RD PRACTICE

    1 SELWAY HOUSE, 272 SOUTH LAMBETH ROAD, LONDON, SW8 1UL

    ODS code G85086

    2.2 km

  • QUEENSTOWN ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    14 QUEENSTOWN ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW8 3RX

    ODS code H85003

    2.2 km

  • GRAY'S INN MEDICAL GROUP VAUXHALL

    8 JONATHAN STREET, KENNINGTON, LONDON, SE11 5NH

    ODS code G85102

    2.3 km

Showing 20 of 129 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Lister Hospital

    BCT · Pimlico

    0.0 miles

  • Lister Hospital

    BCT · Pimlico

    0.1 miles

  • Ebury Bridge Road / Chelsea Bridge Road

    BCT · Pimlico

    0.1 miles

  • Ebury Bridge Road

    BCT · Pimlico

    0.1 miles

  • Royal Hospital Chelsea

    BCT · Pimlico

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Westminster 023F, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

5,798 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
2 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

355 open schools are in scope, including 151 primary and 38 secondary schools. Ada National College for Digital Skills is the nearest published school at 334 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

14,053 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,171.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,686 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.