Schools
379 open schools are in scope, including 155 primary and 41 secondary schools. More House School is the nearest published school at 430 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SW1X 8EF
Knightsbridge & Belgravia · Westminster · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- London
- Local authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
- Postcode district
- SW1X
- Postcode sector
- SW1X 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SW1X 8EF
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SW
- Postcode district
- SW1X
- Postcode sector
- SW1X 8
- Latitude
- 51.500795
- Longitude
- -0.157003
- British National Grid easting
- 528,019
- British National Grid northing
- 179,594
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
- E00023674
- Lower layer super output area
- Westminster 019E · E01004691
- Middle layer super output area
- Westminster 019 · E02000978
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 SW1X
Property
5 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 3, Capeners Close, London, SW1X 8EF | 21 August 2020 | £3,000,000 |
| 4, Capeners Close, London, SW1X 8EF | 28 December 2017 | £1,800,000 |
| 3, Capeners Close, London, SW1X 8EF | 23 April 2002 | £1,025,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 379
- Primary
- 155
- Secondary
- 41
- 430 m
More House School
Other independent school
- 458 m
Hill House School
Other independent school
- 631 m
Knightsbridge School
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 21,280
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Theft from the person 4,373
- Other theft 3,566
- Shoplifting 3,417
- Violence and sexual offences 2,968
- Anti social behaviour 1,677
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 4
- Postcode households
- 3
- Residents per household
- 1.3
- SW1X 8 residents
- 1,397
3 female, 1 male
Age bands in SW1X 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 9.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 32.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.7%
109 residents
122 residents
312 residents
377 residents
255 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SW1X 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+
- 25%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 25%
- Gigabit-capable
- 25%
- 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
146
within 5 km
KNIGHTSBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
71-75 PAVILION ROAD, LONDON, SW1X 0ET
ODS code E87738
364 m
BELGRAVIA SURGERY
24 ECCLESTON STREET, BELGRAVIA, LONDON, SW1W 9PY
ODS code E87005
872 m
IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTH CENTRE
40 PRINCES GARDENS, LONDON, SW7 1LY
ODS code E87677
1.1 km
BELGRAVE MEDICAL CENTRE
THE SURGERY, 13 PIMLICO ROAD, LONDON, SW1W 8NA
ODS code E87753
1.2 km
ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA
ROYAL HOSPITAL ROAD, CHELSEA, LONDON, SW3 4SR
ODS code E87711
1.5 km
MAYFAIR MEDICAL CENTRE
3-5 WEIGHHOUSE STREET, LONDON, W1K 5LS
ODS code E87648
1.5 km
VICTORIA MEDICAL CENTRE
29 UPPER TACHBROOK STREET, LONDON, SW1V 1SN
ODS code E87002
1.5 km
CONNAUGHT SQUARE PRACTICE
41 CONNAUGHT SQUARE, LONDON, W2 2HL
ODS code E87037
1.6 km
HEALTH PARTNERS AT VIOLET MELCHETT
30 FLOOD WALK, LONDON, SW3 5RR
ODS code E87004
1.7 km
THE CHELSEA PRACTICE
43 CHELSEA MANOR STREET, LONDON, SW3 5DD
ODS code E87665
1.7 km
THE DR HICKEY SURGERY FOR THE HOMELESS
3-7 ARNEWAY STREET, LONDON, SW1P 2BG
ODS code E87740
1.9 km
STANHOPE MEWS SURGERY
7 STANHOPE MEWS WEST, LONDON, SW7 5RB
ODS code E87013
1.9 km
PIMLICO HEALTH AT THE MARVEN SURGERY
46-50 LUPUS STREET, WESTMINSTER, LONDON, SW1V 3EB
ODS code E87034
1.9 km
THE SURGERY
7 KYNANCE PLACE, LONDON, SW7 4QS
ODS code E87702
1.9 km
MILLBANK MEDICAL CENTRE
MEDICAL CENTRE BUILDING, 20 PAGE STREET, LONDON, SW1P 4EN
ODS code E87739
2.0 km
ROSARY GARDEN SURGERY
45 ROSARY GARDENS, LONDON, SW7 4NQ
ODS code E87048
2.0 km
CRAWFORD STREET SURGERY
95-97 CRAWFORD STREET, LONDON, W1H 2HJ
ODS code E87070
2.1 km
EMPEROR'S GATE SURGERY
FIRST FLOOR, 49 EMPERORS GATE, LONDON, SW7 4HJ
ODS code E87043
2.1 km
LANCASTER GATE MEDICAL CENTRE
LEINSTER TERRACE, LONDON, W2 3ET
ODS code E87722
2.2 km
GREAT CHAPEL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
4TH FLOOR, SOHO CENTRE FOR HEALTH, 1 FRITH STREET, LONDON, W1D 3HZ
ODS code E87772
2.3 km
Showing 20 of 146 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Sloane Street / Knightsbridge Station
BCT · Knightsbridge
- 0.1 miles
Knightsbridge Station
BCT · Knightsbridge
- 0.1 miles
Knightsbridge Station
TMU · Knightsbridge
- 0.2 miles
Knightsbridge Underground Station
MET · Knightsbridge
- 0.2 miles
Knightsbridge Station
TMU · Knightsbridge
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Westminster 019E, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
25,385 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 10 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 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
Recorded crime
21,280 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,773.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Theft from the person with 4,373 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.