SW5 9QL

Abingdon · 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
Postcode district
SW5
Postcode sector
SW5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
W8 6QP 31 m
SW5 9QN 69 m
W8 6DE 74 m
W8 6DF 74 m
SW5 9SJ 85 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW5 9QL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW5
Postcode sector
SW5 9
Latitude
51.494134
Longitude
-0.197695
British National Grid easting
525,213
British National Grid northing
178,783

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Kensington and Chelsea · E09000020
Electoral ward
Abingdon · E05009388
Parish or community
E43000210
Westminster constituency
Kensington and Bayswater · E14001310
Output area
E00014058
Lower layer super output area
Kensington and Chelsea 015A · E01002814
Middle layer super output area
Kensington and Chelsea 015 · E02000591

Postcode source versions

Explore SW5

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
42, Flat 11, West Cromwell Road, London, SW5 9QL 19 September 2008 £1,900,000
38a, West Cromwell Road, London, SW5 9QL 9 December 1999 £840,000
40, West Cromwell Road, London, SW5 9QL 17 September 1999 £875,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
321
Primary
139
Secondary
32
  1. St Barnabas and St Philip's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    394 m
  2. Kensington Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    604 m
  3. Avonmore Primary School

    Community school

    630 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
12,991
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,268
  • Anti social behaviour 1,735
  • Other theft 1,656
  • Shoplifting 1,216
  • Vehicle crime 1,024

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
61

28 female, 33 male

Postcode households
39
Residents per household
1.6
SW5 9 residents
7,673

Age bands in SW5 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
9.9%

764 residents

Age 15 to 24
17.6%

1,355 residents

Age 25 to 44
37.4%

2,875 residents

Age 45 to 64
23%

1,769 residents

Age 65 and over
11.9%

916 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SW5 9 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+
64%
Gigabit-capable
32%
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

123

within 5 km

  • THE ABINGDON HEALTH CENTRE

    88-92 EARLS COURT ROAD, KENSINGTON, LONDON, W8 6EG

    ODS code E87701

    221 m

  • HEALTH AND WELLBEING CENTRE, EARLS COURT

    2B HOGARTH ROAD, LONDON, SW5 0PT

    ODS code Y03441

    388 m

  • EARLS COURT MEDICAL CENTRE

    248 EARLS COURT ROAD, LONDON, SW5 9AD

    ODS code E87047

    437 m

  • SCARSDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 SCARSDALE PLACE, LONDON, W8 5SX

    ODS code E87715

    710 m

  • EARLS COURT SURGERY

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

    ODS code E87750

    725 m

  • BROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E87746

    755 m

  • EMPEROR'S GATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code E87043

    827 m

  • NORTH END MEDICAL CENTRE

    160 NORTH END ROAD, WEST KENSINGTON, LONDON, W14 9PR

    ODS code E85003

    831 m

  • HOLLAND PARK SURGERY

    LOWER GROUND FLOOR, 12 PHILLIMORE WALK, LONDON, W8 7RX

    ODS code E87016

    841 m

  • KENSINGTON PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    75 RUSSELL ROAD, LONDON, W14 8HW

    ODS code E87720

    847 m

  • NORTH FULHAM SURGERY

    82 LILLIE ROAD, LONDON, SW6 1TN

    ODS code E85008

    868 m

  • THE SURGERY

    7 KYNANCE PLACE, LONDON, SW7 4QS

    ODS code E87702

    994 m

  • ROSARY GARDEN SURGERY

    45 ROSARY GARDENS, LONDON, SW7 4NQ

    ODS code E87048

    1.0 km

  • STANHOPE MEWS SURGERY

    7 STANHOPE MEWS WEST, LONDON, SW7 5RB

    ODS code E87013

    1.1 km

  • GP AT HAND

    139 LILLIE ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, SW6 7SX

    ODS code E85124

    1.1 km

  • STERNDALE SURGERY

    MILSON ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, 1-13 MILSON ROAD, LONDON, W14 0LJ

    ODS code E85125

    1.5 km

  • WEST KENSINGTON GP SURGERY

    MILSON ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, 1-13 MILSON ROAD, LONDON, W14 0LJ

    ODS code E85074

    1.5 km

  • THE FULHAM MEDICAL CENTRE

    446 FULHAM ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON, SW6 1BG

    ODS code E85118

    1.5 km

  • BROOK GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    BUTE GARDENS, HAMMERSMITH, LONDON, W6 7EG

    ODS code E85020

    1.6 km

  • PORTLAND ROAD PRACTICE

    16 PORTLAND ROAD, LONDON, W11 4LA

    ODS code E87029

    1.6 km

Showing 20 of 123 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

  • West Cromwell Road / Tesco

    BCT · Earls Court

    0.1 miles
  • Cromwell Road (W8)

    BCT · Earls Court

    0.1 miles
  • Earls Court Road

    BCT · Earls Court

    0.1 miles
  • Pembroke Road (W8)

    BCT · Earls Court

    0.1 miles
  • Scarsdale Villas

    BCT · Earls Court

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kensington and Chelsea 015A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,020 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
3 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
2
Medium risk addresses
2
Low risk addresses
11
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

321 open schools are in scope, including 139 primary and 32 secondary schools. St Barnabas and St Philip's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 394 m.

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

Recorded crime

12,991 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,082.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,268 events.

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