W1B 5DL

West End · Westminster · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
London
Local authority
Westminster
Postcode district
W1B
Postcode sector
W1B 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
W1B 5AF 6 m
W1B 5DW 10 m
W1B 5JY 10 m
W1F 9UX 13 m
W1B 5AG 14 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
W1B 5DL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
W
Postcode district
W1B
Postcode sector
W1B 5
Latitude
51.510603
Longitude
-0.136863
British National Grid easting
529,389
British National Grid northing
180,720

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Westminster · E09000033
Electoral ward
West End · E05013808
Parish or community
E43000236
Output area
E00024112
Lower layer super output area
Westminster 013G · E01035716
Middle layer super output area
Westminster 013 · E02000972

Postcode source versions

Explore W1B

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
36 - 38, Glasshouse Street, London, W1B 5DL 16 October 2024 £6,250,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
370
Primary
159
Secondary
39
  1. Soho Parish CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    215 m
  2. University of Westminster

    Higher education institutions

    823 m
  3. London Park School Mayfair and London Park School Sixth

    Other independent school

    911 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
60,795
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Theft from the person 17,937
  • Other theft 13,647
  • Violence and sexual offences 7,717
  • Shoplifting 7,319
  • Anti social behaviour 2,992

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

0 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
W1B 5 residents
18

This postcode contained 5.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider W1B 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.

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+
66.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
66.7%
Gigabit-capable
66.7%
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.

Planning applications

Mapped applications within 1,000 metres of this postcode point.

Available records
2,788
Records since 17 September 2020
758
Latest available record date
8 September 2025
London Borough of Camden
Partial beta coverage
This beta dataset covers only Adur, Camden, Doncaster and Worthing and is not a complete national planning register. Doncaster records have no published coordinates, so they cannot be matched to local reports.

Latest available applications

  1. 2025/3210/L Date not supplied 784 m away

    Installation of new shopfront in association with use of entire building for retail and internal alterations/upgrades to all floors

    59 St Giles High Street London Camden WC2H 8LH

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  2. 2025/3178/P Date not supplied 784 m away

    Installation of new shopfront in association with use of entire building for retail (See also 2025/3210/L for the same development together with internal alterations/upgrades to Listed building)

    59 St Giles High Street London Camden WC2H 8LH

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  3. 2025/3759/L Date not supplied 796 m away

    Installation of plaque at first floor level to Mercer Street elevation.

    Cambridge Theatre Earlham Street London WC2H 9HU

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  4. 2025/2699/P Date not supplied 817 m away

    Installation of rainwater pipe and hopper onto sloping roof

    Flat 14 Seven Dials Court 3 Shorts Gardens London WC2H 9AT

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  5. 2025/3736/P Date not supplied 672 m away

    Details to discharge Condition 20 (Air Quality - Dust Risk Assessment Report) and Condition 21a (Air Quality Monitoring) of planning reference 2024/5408/P dated 31/07/25 for remodelling, refurbishment and extension of the existing building to provide Use Class E commercial and retail space, amenity terraces, a new public route, relocated entrances, cycle parking, servicing and rooftop plant along with associated highway, landscaping and public realm improvements and other associated works.

    125 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2H 8AD

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  6. 2025/3169/L Date not supplied 794 m away

    Replacement of single glazed timber sliding sash windows, and a door-set with new like-for-like replacements with the addition of vacuum glass.

    18 Flat 4 Monmouth Street London Camden WC2H 9HB

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  7. 2025/3260/A Date not supplied 679 m away

    Display of 1 x internally illuminated fascia sign, 1 x non-illuminated fascia sign, and 3 x externally illuminated projecting signs.

    4-10 Tower Street London WC2H 9NP

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  8. 2025/3675/A Date not supplied 829 m away

    Display of 1 x internally illuminated fascia sign to ground floor storefront, 1 x internally illuminated projecting sign, 1 x internally illuminated curved sign to first floor storefront.

    Unit 6A 6-17 Tottenham Court Road London W1T 1BG

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  9. 2025/3225/P Date not supplied 679 m away

    Proposed shopfront alterations.

    4-10 Tower Street London WC2H 9NP

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  10. 2025/3602/P Date not supplied 827 m away

    Installation of 1 x extract duct, 1 x supply air duct, access ladder, and 1 x access hatch within the rear lightwell, and 3 x condenser units within an acoustic enclosure at roof level.

    2-4 Monmouth Street London WC2H 9HB

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  11. 2025/2567/P Date not supplied 728 m away

    Change of use from Cinema (Sui Generis) to mixed Cinema, Immersive Theatre, Live Music Venue use (Sui Generis) for a temporary period between 12 June 2025 and 31 December 2025.

    135-149 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2H 8AH

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  12. 2025/3497/P Date not supplied 752 m away

    Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 2022/3338/P, granted on 13/03/2023 for Repair and refurbishment of existing building to provide flexible office space (Class E), with associated ancillary accommodation, plant and an external terrace to the rear of the building and roof. External alternations to include repairs, new doors and doorways, replacement of gallery glazing. Internal alterations to include basement waterproofing, existing staircase to be replaced/extended and enclosed, new spiral staircase and platform lift, namely for modifications to the East Gallery Stair (basement to first floor), adaptations to the spiral staircase and installation of an electrical release mechanism on two external doors.

    1-5 Flitcroft Street London Camden WC2H 8DH

    London Borough of Camden Registered

Source: MHCLG Planning Data, snapshot 2025-09-17, version 2025-09-17-beta. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Record dates use the submitted date where published, otherwise the decision date.

GP practices

139

within 5 km

  • GREAT CHAPEL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    4TH FLOOR, SOHO CENTRE FOR HEALTH, 1 FRITH STREET, LONDON, W1D 3HZ

    ODS code E87772

    557 m

  • SOHO CENTRE FOR HEALTH AND CARE

    1ST FLOOR, 30 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W1D 3QS

    ODS code E87069

    557 m

  • SOHO SQUARE GENERAL PRACTICE

    1ST FLOOR, 1 FRITH STREET, LONDON, W1D 3HZ

    ODS code E87714

    557 m

  • COVENT GARDEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    47 SHORTS GARDENS, LONDON, WC2H 9AA

    ODS code E87045

    938 m

  • MAYFAIR MEDICAL CENTRE

    3-5 WEIGHHOUSE STREET, LONDON, W1K 5LS

    ODS code E87648

    978 m

  • MUSEUM PRACTICE

    58 GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON, WC1B 3BA

    ODS code F83061

    1.1 km

  • RIDGMOUNT PRACTICE

    8 RIDGMOUNT STREET, LONDON, WC1E 7AA

    ODS code F83043

    1.2 km

  • GOWER STREET PRACTICE

    20 GOWER STREET, LONDON, WC1E 6DP

    ODS code F83005

    1.2 km

  • FITZROVIA MEDICAL CENTRE

    31 FITZROY SQUARE, LONDON, W1T 6EU

    ODS code E87066

    1.3 km

  • KINGS COLLEGE HEALTH CENTRE

    3RD FLOOR, BUSH HOUSE, SOUTH EAST WING, 300 STRAND, LONDON, WC2B 4PJ

    ODS code E87768

    1.3 km

  • ST PHILIPS MEDICAL CENTRE

    TOWER 3, 2ND FLOOR CLEMENTS INN, LONDON, WC2A 2AZ

    ODS code F83672

    1.5 km

  • THE DR HICKEY SURGERY FOR THE HOMELESS

    3-7 ARNEWAY STREET, LONDON, SW1P 2BG

    ODS code E87740

    1.7 km

  • CAVENDISH HEALTH CENTRE

    LOWER GROUND FLOOR, 15 MARYLEBONE ROAD, LONDON, NW1 5JD

    ODS code E87745

    1.7 km

  • MARYLEBONE HEALTH CENTRE

    17 MARYLEBONE ROAD, LONDON, NW1 5LT

    ODS code E87737

    1.7 km

  • BRUNSWICK MEDICAL CENTRE UHPC

    39 BRUNSWICK CENTRE, LONDON, WC1N 1AF

    ODS code F83048

    1.8 km

  • HOLBORN MEDICAL CENTRE

    64-66 LAMBS CONDUIT STREET, LONDON, WC1N 3NA

    ODS code F83058

    1.8 km

  • MILLBANK MEDICAL CENTRE

    MEDICAL CENTRE BUILDING, 20 PAGE STREET, LONDON, SW1P 4EN

    ODS code E87739

    1.9 km

  • BELGRAVIA SURGERY

    24 ECCLESTON STREET, BELGRAVIA, LONDON, SW1W 9PY

    ODS code E87005

    1.9 km

  • THE BLOOMSBURY SURGERY

    1 HANDEL STREET, LONDON, WC1N 1PD

    ODS code F83044

    1.9 km

  • CONNAUGHT SQUARE PRACTICE

    41 CONNAUGHT SQUARE, LONDON, W2 2HL

    ODS code E87037

    1.9 km

Showing 20 of 139 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

  • Piccadilly Circus

    BCT · Piccadilly Circus

    0.0 miles
  • Piccadilly Circus

    BCT · Piccadilly Circus

    0.1 miles
  • Piccadilly Circus

    TMU · Piccadilly Circus

    0.1 miles
  • Piccadilly Circus Underground Station

    PLT · Piccadilly Circus

    0.1 miles
  • Piccadilly Circus Underground Station

    PLT · Piccadilly Circus

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Westminster 013G, 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

13,000 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
5 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

Property market

The five-year median is £6,250,000 from 1 recorded sale in W1B 5DL. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for City of Westminster is £854,198 in June 2026, down 25.4% year on year.

Schools

370 open schools are in scope, including 159 primary and 39 secondary schools. Soho Parish CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 215 m.

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

Recorded crime

60,795 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5,066.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Theft from the person with 17,937 events.

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