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SW7 2RL

Brompton & Hans Town · Kensington and Chelsea · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Brompton & Hans Town
Local authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater
Postcode district
SW7
Postcode sector
SW7 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SW7 2PS 104 m
SW7 2PA 129 m
SW7 2PR 129 m
SW7 2RZ 154 m
SW7 2PP 156 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SW7 2RL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SW
Postcode district
SW7
Postcode sector
SW7 2
Latitude
51.496941
Longitude
-0.172199
British National Grid easting
526,975
British National Grid northing
179,139

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Kensington and Chelsea · E09000020
Electoral ward
Brompton & Hans Town · E05009389
Parish or community
E43000210
Westminster constituency
Kensington and Bayswater · E14001310
Output area
E00014093
Lower layer super output area
Kensington and Chelsea 012B · E01002819
Middle layer super output area
Kensington and Chelsea 012 · E02000588

Postcode source versions

Explore SW7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
368
Primary
150
Secondary
39

  1. Brighton College Prep Kensington

    Other independent school

    361 m

  2. Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle

    Other independent school

    365 m

  3. Royal College of Music

    Higher education institutions

    417 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
11,969
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,207
  • Other theft 1,882
  • Shoplifting 1,511
  • Vehicle crime 1,359
  • Theft from the person 1,294

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
SW7 2 residents
1,744

Age bands in SW7 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
8.8%

203 residents

Age 15 to 24
41.1%

954 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.1%

444 residents

Age 45 to 64
20.5%

476 residents

Age 65 and over
10.4%

242 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SW7 2 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.

GP practices

143

within 5 km straight-line

  • IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTH CENTRE

    40 PRINCES GARDENS, LONDON, SW7 1LY

    ODS code E87677

    191 m

  • STANHOPE MEWS SURGERY

    7 STANHOPE MEWS WEST, LONDON, SW7 5RB

    ODS code E87013

    728 m

  • THE SURGERY

    7 KYNANCE PLACE, LONDON, SW7 4QS

    ODS code E87702

    859 m

  • KNIGHTSBRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    71-75 PAVILION ROAD, LONDON, SW1X 0ET

    ODS code E87738

    864 m

  • ROSARY GARDEN SURGERY

    45 ROSARY GARDENS, LONDON, SW7 4NQ

    ODS code E87048

    925 m

  • EMPEROR'S GATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code E87043

    982 m

  • HEALTH PARTNERS AT VIOLET MELCHETT

    30 FLOOD WALK, LONDON, SW3 5RR

    ODS code E87004

    1.2 km

  • THE CHELSEA PRACTICE

    43 CHELSEA MANOR STREET, LONDON, SW3 5DD

    ODS code E87665

    1.2 km

  • SCARSDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 SCARSDALE PLACE, LONDON, W8 5SX

    ODS code E87715

    1.4 km

  • ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA

    ROYAL HOSPITAL ROAD, CHELSEA, LONDON, SW3 4SR

    ODS code E87711

    1.5 km

  • BROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E87746

    1.5 km

  • HEALTH AND WELLBEING CENTRE, EARLS COURT

    2B HOGARTH ROAD, LONDON, SW5 0PT

    ODS code Y03441

    1.5 km

  • EARLS COURT MEDICAL CENTRE

    248 EARLS COURT ROAD, LONDON, SW5 9AD

    ODS code E87047

    1.5 km

  • BELGRAVE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E87753

    1.6 km

  • HOLLAND PARK SURGERY

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

    ODS code E87016

    1.6 km

  • THE GOOD PRACTICE

    KINGS ROAD, LONDON, SW10 0LR

    ODS code E87762

    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

  • THE ABINGDON HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code E87701

    1.7 km

  • LANCASTER GATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    LEINSTER TERRACE, LONDON, W2 3ET

    ODS code E87722

    1.8 km

Showing 20 of 143 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • South Kensington Station

    BCT · South Kensington

    0.1 miles

  • Victoria & Albert Museum

    BCT · Brompton

    0.1 miles

  • Victoria & Albert Museum

    BCT · Brompton

    0.1 miles

  • South Kensington Museums

    BCT · Brompton

    0.1 miles

  • Victoria and Albert Museum

    BCT · Brompton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Kensington and Chelsea 012B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,852 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 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

368 open schools are in scope, including 150 primary and 39 secondary schools. Brighton College Prep Kensington is the nearest published school at 361 m.

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

Recorded crime

11,969 published events cover 12 months, averaging 997.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,207 events.

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