SW3 5EQ

Royal Hospital · Kensington and Chelsea · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Chelsea and Fulham
Postcode district
SW3
Postcode sector
SW3 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SW3 5EB 24 m
SW3 5EG 36 m
SW3 5ED 37 m
SW3 5UE 48 m
SW3 5NN 60 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW3 5EQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW3
Postcode sector
SW3 5
Latitude
51.487054
Longitude
-0.169037
British National Grid easting
527,222
British National Grid northing
178,045

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Kensington and Chelsea · E09000020
Parish or community
E43000210
Westminster constituency
Chelsea and Fulham · E14001160
Output area
E00190376
Lower layer super output area
Kensington and Chelsea 018A · E01002899
Middle layer super output area
Kensington and Chelsea 018 · E02000594

Postcode source versions

Explore SW3

70 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Kings Court North, Flat 38, Kings Road, London, SW3 5EQ 14 November 2025 £1,050,000
Kings Court North, Flat 25, Kings Road, London, SW3 5EQ 12 November 2024 £785,000
Kings Court North, Flat 24, Kings Road, London, SW3 5EQ 1 December 2022 £400,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
358
Primary
151
Secondary
38
  1. Chelsea Open Air Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    211 m
  2. Francis Holland Preparatory School

    Other independent school

    232 m
  3. Christ Church CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    377 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
12,183
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,411
  • Other theft 1,791
  • Vehicle crime 1,427
  • Anti social behaviour 1,418
  • Shoplifting 1,351

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
48

27 female, 21 male

Postcode households
30
Residents per household
1.6
SW3 5 residents
4,404

Age bands in SW3 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.2%

503 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.7%

443 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.8%

1,191 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

1,202 residents

Age 65 and over
19.2%

792 residents

This postcode contained 1.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SW3 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.

GP practices

129

within 5 km

  • HEALTH PARTNERS AT VIOLET MELCHETT

    30 FLOOD WALK, LONDON, SW3 5RR

    ODS code E87004

    145 m

  • THE CHELSEA PRACTICE

    43 CHELSEA MANOR STREET, LONDON, SW3 5DD

    ODS code E87665

    145 m

  • THE GOOD PRACTICE

    KINGS ROAD, LONDON, SW10 0LR

    ODS code E87762

    794 m

  • ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA

    ROYAL HOSPITAL ROAD, CHELSEA, LONDON, SW3 4SR

    ODS code E87711

    815 m

  • ROSARY GARDEN SURGERY

    45 ROSARY GARDENS, LONDON, SW7 4NQ

    ODS code E87048

    1.1 km

  • STANHOPE MEWS SURGERY

    7 STANHOPE MEWS WEST, LONDON, SW7 5RB

    ODS code E87013

    1.2 km

  • BELGRAVE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E87753

    1.3 km

  • IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTH CENTRE

    40 PRINCES GARDENS, LONDON, SW7 1LY

    ODS code E87677

    1.3 km

  • KINGS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    529 KINGS ROAD, CHELSEA, LONDON, SW10 0UD

    ODS code E87063

    1.3 km

  • KNIGHTSBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    71-75 PAVILION ROAD, LONDON, SW1X 0ET

    ODS code E87738

    1.4 km

  • BRIDGE LANE GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code H85045

    1.4 km

  • BROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    237-335 OLD BROMPTON ROAD, LONDON, SW5 0EA

    ODS code E87746

    1.5 km

  • EMPEROR'S GATE SURGERY

    FIRST FLOOR, 49 EMPERORS GATE, LONDON, SW7 4HJ

    ODS code E87043

    1.6 km

  • THE SURGERY

    7 KYNANCE PLACE, LONDON, SW7 4QS

    ODS code E87702

    1.6 km

  • EARLS COURT SURGERY

    269 OLD BROMPTON ROAD, EARLS COURT, LONDON, SW5 9JA

    ODS code E87750

    1.6 km

  • BELGRAVIA SURGERY

    24 ECCLESTON STREET, BELGRAVIA, LONDON, SW1W 9PY

    ODS code E87005

    1.7 km

  • EARLS COURT MEDICAL CENTRE

    248 EARLS COURT ROAD, LONDON, SW5 9AD

    ODS code E87047

    1.7 km

  • HEALTH AND WELLBEING CENTRE, EARLS COURT

    2B HOGARTH ROAD, LONDON, SW5 0PT

    ODS code Y03441

    1.8 km

  • BATTERSEA FIELDS PRACTICE

    3 AUSTIN ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON, SW11 5JP

    ODS code H85111

    1.8 km

  • THE FULHAM MEDICAL CENTRE

    446 FULHAM ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, SW6 1BG

    ODS code E85118

    1.8 km

Showing 20 of 129 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Sydney Street / Chelsea Old Town Hall

    BCT · Chelsea

    0.1 miles
  • Sydney Street / Chelsea Old Town Hall

    BCT · Chelsea

    0.1 miles
  • Chelsea Old Town Hall

    BCT · Chelsea

    0.1 miles
  • Carlyle Square /Chelsea

    BCT · Chelsea

    0.1 miles
  • Carlyle Square /Chelsea

    BCT · Chelsea

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kensington and Chelsea 018A, 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

9,086 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 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.

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

Property market

The five-year median is £785,000 from 3 recorded sales in SW3 5EQ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Kensington and Chelsea is £1,250,149 in June 2026, down 14.7% year on year.

Schools

358 open schools are in scope, including 151 primary and 38 secondary schools. Chelsea Open Air Nursery School is the nearest published school at 211 m.

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

Recorded crime

12,183 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,015.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,411 events.

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