SW1Y 5AQ

St James's · Westminster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Westminster
Postcode district
SW1Y
Postcode sector
SW1Y 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SW1Y 5AG 15 m
SW1Y 5DG 26 m
SW1Y 5AF 52 m
SW1Y 5AA 73 m
SW1Y 5AD 92 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW1Y 5AQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW1Y
Postcode sector
SW1Y 5
Latitude
51.505815
Longitude
-0.132649
British National Grid easting
529,695
British National Grid northing
180,195

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Westminster · E09000033
Parish or community
E43000236
Output area
E00023935
Lower layer super output area
Westminster 018C · E01004736
Middle layer super output area
Westminster 018 · E02000977

Postcode source versions

Explore SW1Y

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AQ 1 May 2015 £300,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
373
Primary
166
Secondary
40
  1. Soho Parish CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    670 m
  2. Harris Westminster Sixth Form

    Free schools 16 to 19

    705 m
  3. Westminster Abbey Choir School

    Other independent school

    817 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
56,357
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Theft from the person 16,641
  • Other theft 12,676
  • Violence and sexual offences 7,737
  • Shoplifting 5,867
  • Anti social behaviour 3,073

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

0 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
SW1Y 5 residents
90

This postcode contained 1.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SW1Y 5 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.

Planning applications

Mapped applications within 1,000 metres of this postcode point.

Available records
467
Records since 17 September 2020
135
Latest available record date
31 July 2025
London Borough of Camden
Partial beta coverage
This beta dataset covers only Adur, Camden, Doncaster and Worthing and is not a complete national planning register. Doncaster records have no published coordinates, so they cannot be matched to local reports.

Latest available applications

  1. 2025/3759/L Date not supplied 961 m away

    Installation of plaque at first floor level to Mercer Street elevation.

    Cambridge Theatre Earlham Street London WC2H 9HU

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  2. 2025/3736/P Date not supplied 943 m away

    Details to discharge Condition 20 (Air Quality - Dust Risk Assessment Report) and Condition 21a (Air Quality Monitoring) of planning reference 2024/5408/P dated 31/07/25 for remodelling, refurbishment and extension of the existing building to provide Use Class E commercial and retail space, amenity terraces, a new public route, relocated entrances, cycle parking, servicing and rooftop plant along with associated highway, landscaping and public realm improvements and other associated works.

    125 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2H 8AD

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  3. 2025/3260/A Date not supplied 890 m away

    Display of 1 x internally illuminated fascia sign, 1 x non-illuminated fascia sign, and 3 x externally illuminated projecting signs.

    4-10 Tower Street London WC2H 9NP

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  4. 2025/3225/P Date not supplied 890 m away

    Proposed shopfront alterations.

    4-10 Tower Street London WC2H 9NP

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  5. 2025/2567/P Date not supplied 995 m away

    Change of use from Cinema (Sui Generis) to mixed Cinema, Immersive Theatre, Live Music Venue use (Sui Generis) for a temporary period between 12 June 2025 and 31 December 2025.

    135-149 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2H 8AH

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  6. 2025/2451/P Date not supplied 976 m away

    Details of planning 6 (cycle storage) of planning permission 2023/4798/P dated 5/09/2024 for the erection of part infill extension at ground and first floor, external alterations including new entrance, replacement gates on Mercer Street and replacement of three terraces fronting Mercer Street with one at fifth floor level; erection of new roof terrace at sixth floor level.

    164 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2H 8HL

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  7. 2025/1984/P Date not supplied 895 m away

    Moving of an existing building number slightly to one side and updating the suspended signage logo, as a minor change to planning permission 2024/4534/A.

    69-71 Monmouth Street London WC2H 9DG

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  8. 2024/5617/P Date not supplied 978 m away

    Variation of conditions 3 (approved drawings), 7 (materials samples), 8 (cycle parking) and 10 (PV panels) of 2016/5190/P dated 30/06/2017 (as later amended by non-material amendment 2018/0403/P dated 28/02/2018 and planning permissions 2018/3308/P dated 18/09/2018 and 2024/2311/P dated 18/12/2024) for: (Erection of 2 storey roof extension with garden room and terrace at rooftop level to provide 2 x 2 bedroom flats) NAMELY, to make changes to internal layouts, cladding , windows and rooflights; extend the lightwell fire escape and create a new access door to enclosed walkway at 6th floor; relocation of plant and new plant and screen within enclosed external stairwell void; other ancillary external alterations at the upper levels.

    104-110 Phoenix House Charing Cross Road London WC2H 0JN

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  9. 2024/4277/L Date not supplied 940 m away

    Excavation of the existing basement level, reconfiguration and reordering of internal layouts, and removal and replacement of the existing lightwell glazed infill.

    23 Mercer Street London Camden WC2H 9QR

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  10. 2024/4161/P Date not supplied 940 m away

    Excavation of the existing basement level, and removal and replacement of the existing lightwell glazed infill.

    23 Mercer Street London WC2H 9QR

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  11. 2024/1235/P Date not supplied 891 m away

    Shopfront alterations and excavation of existing basement and vaults to create level floor surface and increase head height.

    50-52 Monmouth Street London WC2H 9EP

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  12. 2024/5408/P Decision dated 31 July 2025 943 m away

    Remodelling, refurbishment and extension of the existing building to provide Use Class E commercial and retail space, amenity terraces, a new public route, relocated entrances, cycle parking, servicing and rooftop plant along with associated highway, landscaping and public realm improvements and other associated works.

    125 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2H 8AD

    London Borough of Camden Granted Subject to a Section 106 Legal Agreement

Source: MHCLG Planning Data, snapshot 2025-09-17, version 2025-09-17-beta. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Record dates use the submitted date where published, otherwise the decision date.

GP practices

135

within 5 km straight-line

  • GREAT CHAPEL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    4TH FLOOR, SOHO CENTRE FOR HEALTH, 1 FRITH STREET, LONDON, W1D 3HZ

    ODS code E87772

    971 m

  • SOHO CENTRE FOR HEALTH AND CARE

    1ST FLOOR, 30 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W1D 3QS

    ODS code E87069

    971 m

  • SOHO SQUARE GENERAL PRACTICE

    1ST FLOOR, 1 FRITH STREET, LONDON, W1D 3HZ

    ODS code E87714

    971 m

  • THE DR HICKEY SURGERY FOR THE HOMELESS

    3-7 ARNEWAY STREET, LONDON, SW1P 2BG

    ODS code E87740

    1.1 km

  • COVENT GARDEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    47 SHORTS GARDENS, LONDON, WC2H 9AA

    ODS code E87045

    1.1 km

  • KINGS COLLEGE HEALTH CENTRE

    3RD FLOOR, BUSH HOUSE, SOUTH EAST WING, 300 STRAND, LONDON, WC2B 4PJ

    ODS code E87768

    1.3 km

  • MILLBANK MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E87739

    1.3 km

  • WATERLOO HEALTH CENTRE

    114-118 LOWER MARSH, WATERLOO, LONDON, SE1 7AE

    ODS code G85136

    1.4 km

  • MUSEUM PRACTICE

    58 GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON, WC1B 3BA

    ODS code F83061

    1.5 km

  • MAYFAIR MEDICAL CENTRE

    3-5 WEIGHHOUSE STREET, LONDON, W1K 5LS

    ODS code E87648

    1.5 km

  • ST PHILIPS MEDICAL CENTRE

    TOWER 3, 2ND FLOOR CLEMENTS INN, LONDON, WC2A 2AZ

    ODS code F83672

    1.5 km

  • VICTORIA MEDICAL CENTRE

    29 UPPER TACHBROOK STREET, LONDON, SW1V 1SN

    ODS code E87002

    1.5 km

  • GOWER STREET PRACTICE

    20 GOWER STREET, LONDON, WC1E 6DP

    ODS code F83005

    1.6 km

  • BELGRAVIA SURGERY

    24 ECCLESTON STREET, BELGRAVIA, LONDON, SW1W 9PY

    ODS code E87005

    1.6 km

  • RIDGMOUNT PRACTICE

    8 RIDGMOUNT STREET, LONDON, WC1E 7AA

    ODS code F83043

    1.6 km

  • BLACKFRIARS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BLACKFRIARS MEDICAL PRACT, 45 COLOMBO STREET, LONDON, SE1 8EE

    ODS code G85642

    1.9 km

  • FITZROVIA MEDICAL CENTRE

    31 FITZROY SQUARE, LONDON, W1T 6EU

    ODS code E87066

    1.9 km

  • PIMLICO HEALTH AT THE MARVEN SURGERY

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

    ODS code E87034

    2.0 km

  • GRAY'S INN MEDICAL GROUP VAUXHALL

    8 JONATHAN STREET, KENNINGTON, LONDON, SE11 5NH

    ODS code G85102

    2.0 km

  • HOLBORN MEDICAL CENTRE

    64-66 LAMBS CONDUIT STREET, LONDON, WC1N 3NA

    ODS code F83058

    2.1 km

Showing 20 of 135 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Pall Mall / St James's Palace

    BCT · St James

    0.1 miles
  • Charles II Street

    BCT · St James

    0.1 miles
  • Charles II Street

    BCT · St James

    0.2 miles
  • Trafalgar Square

    BCT · Charing Cross

    0.2 miles
  • Trafalgar Square

    BCT · Charing Cross

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Westminster 018C, 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

24,593 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
8 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

Schools

373 open schools are in scope, including 166 primary and 40 secondary schools. Soho Parish CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 670 m.

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

Recorded crime

56,357 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4,696.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Theft from the person with 16,641 events.

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