Schools
348 open schools are in scope, including 149 primary and 38 secondary schools. Cameron Vale School is the nearest published school at 122 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SW3 5BU
Chelsea Riverside · Kensington and Chelsea · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Chelsea Riverside
- Local authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Constituency
- Chelsea and Fulham
- Postcode district
- SW3
- Postcode sector
- SW3 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SW3 5BU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 February 1990
- Terminated
- 1 July 1995
- Postcode area
- SW
- Postcode district
- SW3
- Postcode sector
- SW3 5
- Latitude
- 51.484924
- Longitude
- -0.173760
- British National Grid easting
- 526,900
- British National Grid northing
- 177,800
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Kensington and Chelsea · E09000020
- Electoral ward
- Chelsea Riverside · E05009391
- Parish or community
- E43000210
- Westminster constituency
- Chelsea and Fulham · E14001160
- Output area
- E00014231
- Lower layer super output area
- Kensington and Chelsea 019B · E01002845
- Middle layer super output area
- Kensington and Chelsea 019 · E02000595
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 SW3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 348
- Primary
- 149
- Secondary
- 38
- 122 m
Cameron Vale School
Other independent school
- 247 m
Francis Holland Preparatory School
Other independent school
- 303 m
Park Walk Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 11,836
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,660
- Other theft 1,634
- Anti social behaviour 1,453
- Vehicle crime 1,269
- Shoplifting 1,138
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SW3 5 residents
- 4,404
Age bands in SW3 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 12.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.2%
503 residents
443 residents
1,191 residents
1,202 residents
792 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.
GP practices
129
within 5 km straight-line
THE GOOD PRACTICE
KINGS ROAD, LONDON, SW10 0LR
ODS code E87762
390 m
HEALTH PARTNERS AT VIOLET MELCHETT
30 FLOOD WALK, LONDON, SW3 5RR
ODS code E87004
515 m
THE CHELSEA PRACTICE
43 CHELSEA MANOR STREET, LONDON, SW3 5DD
ODS code E87665
515 m
KINGS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
529 KINGS ROAD, CHELSEA, LONDON, SW10 0UD
ODS code E87063
917 m
ROSARY GARDEN SURGERY
45 ROSARY GARDENS, LONDON, SW7 4NQ
ODS code E87048
1.0 km
ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA
ROYAL HOSPITAL ROAD, CHELSEA, LONDON, SW3 4SR
ODS code E87711
1.2 km
STANHOPE MEWS SURGERY
7 STANHOPE MEWS WEST, LONDON, SW7 5RB
ODS code E87013
1.2 km
BROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE
237-335 OLD BROMPTON ROAD, LONDON, SW5 0EA
ODS code E87746
1.2 km
BRIDGE LANE GROUP PRACTICE
BRIDGE LANE HEALTH CENTRE, 20 BRIDGE LANE, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 3AD
ODS code H85045
1.3 km
EARLS COURT SURGERY
269 OLD BROMPTON ROAD, EARLS COURT, LONDON, SW5 9JA
ODS code E87750
1.3 km
THE FULHAM MEDICAL CENTRE
446 FULHAM ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, SW6 1BG
ODS code E85118
1.4 km
EARLS COURT MEDICAL CENTRE
248 EARLS COURT ROAD, LONDON, SW5 9AD
ODS code E87047
1.5 km
IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTH CENTRE
40 PRINCES GARDENS, LONDON, SW7 1LY
ODS code E87677
1.5 km
EMPEROR'S GATE SURGERY
FIRST FLOOR, 49 EMPERORS GATE, LONDON, SW7 4HJ
ODS code E87043
1.5 km
HEALTH AND WELLBEING CENTRE, EARLS COURT
2B HOGARTH ROAD, LONDON, SW5 0PT
ODS code Y03441
1.6 km
THE SURGERY
7 KYNANCE PLACE, LONDON, SW7 4QS
ODS code E87702
1.6 km
BELGRAVE MEDICAL CENTRE
THE SURGERY, 13 PIMLICO ROAD, LONDON, SW1W 8NA
ODS code E87753
1.7 km
KNIGHTSBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
71-75 PAVILION ROAD, LONDON, SW1X 0ET
ODS code E87738
1.8 km
NORTH FULHAM SURGERY
82 LILLIE ROAD, LONDON, SW6 1TN
ODS code E85008
1.8 km
SANDS END HEALTH CLINIC
BRIDGE HOUSE CENTRE FOR HEALTH, 1 BROUGHTON APPROACH ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, SW6 2FE
ODS code E85128
1.8 km
Showing 20 of 129 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Old Church Street Chelsea
BCT · Chelsea
- 0.1 miles
Beaufort Street
BCT · Chelsea
- 0.1 miles
Beaufort Street / Kings Road
BCT · Chelsea
- 0.1 miles
Beaufort Street / Kings Road
BCT · Chelsea
- 0.1 miles
Beaufort Street
BCT · Chelsea
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kensington and Chelsea 019B, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
10,009 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
11,836 published events cover 12 months, averaging 986.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,660 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.