W1A

UK postcode district

Updated September 2026

District overview

Postcode units
2,847
Current units
141
Coordinate coverage
97%
Electoral wards
6

Coverage context

Countries represented
England
English regions represented
London
Local authority codes
3
Terminated postcode units
2,706

Postcode sectors in W1A

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10 sectors
1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Transformer Chamber, Wells Street, London, W1A 3AE 19 October 2018 £65,455,000

Recorded crime

Across this district

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Published events
8,013
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Theft from the person 2,981
  • Other theft 2,000
  • Violence and sexual offences 916
  • Shoplifting 564
  • Robbery 350

Fixed broadband coverage

The median Ofcom availability percentage across 3 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.

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%

2 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 2 had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, and 0 had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.

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.

Evidence in context

Recorded crime

8,013 published events cover 12 months, averaging 667.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Theft from the person with 2,981 events.

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