W1S 1BL

West End · Westminster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Westminster
Postcode district
W1S
Postcode sector
W1S 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
W1S 1AJ 11 m
W1S 1AL 11 m
W1S 1AN 11 m
W1S 1AW 11 m
W1S 1AE 22 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
W1S 1BL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2012
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
W
Postcode district
W1S
Postcode sector
W1S 1
Latitude
51.514321
Longitude
-0.145633
British National Grid easting
528,770
British National Grid northing
181,118

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
E00190391
Lower layer super output area
Westminster 013G · E01035716
Middle layer super output area
Westminster 013 · E02000972

Postcode source versions

Explore W1S

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Verge Apartments, 24, Apartment 12, Dering Street, London, W1S 1BL 15 July 2022 £3,900,000
Verge Apartments, 24, Apartment 18, Dering Street, London, W1S 1BL 19 April 2022 £61,500,000
Verge Apartments, 24, Apartment 6, Dering Street, London, W1S 1BL 25 April 2019 £1,120,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
392
Primary
163
Secondary
39
  1. University of Westminster

    Higher education institutions

    318 m
  2. Queen's College, London

    Other independent school

    470 m
  3. Wetherby Senior School

    Other independent school

    491 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
56,747
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Theft from the person 16,513
  • Other theft 12,259
  • Violence and sexual offences 7,057
  • Shoplifting 7,054
  • Anti social behaviour 2,878

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

4 female, 8 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
1.7
W1S 1 residents
98

Age bands in W1S 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
6.4%

13 residents

Age 15 to 24
13.8%

28 residents

Age 25 to 44
62.1%

126 residents

Age 45 to 64
14.3%

29 residents

Age 65 and over
3.4%

7 residents

This postcode contained 12.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider W1S 1 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.

Planning applications

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

Available records
1,223
Records since 17 September 2020
321
Latest available record date
29 August 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. 2025/3593/P Date not supplied 970 m away

    Details pursuant to Conditions 6 (Green Roof) and 7 (Cycle Storage) of planning permission 2021/3245/P, dated 25/01/2023, for the 'Erection of single storey roof extension to provide two flats (Class C3)'.

    Cleveland Court 86-90 Cleveland Street London W1T 6NH

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  2. 2025/3360/P Date not supplied 862 m away

    Application under section 106A (3) to modify a legal agreement and amend clause 4.2.2 (Bedford Passage Access Plan), clause 4.5.4 (Community Involvement Programme Plan), clause 4.8.5 (Detailed Basement Construction Plan) and 4.18.2 (Service Management Plan) of the S106 associated with planning permission 2021/3087/P (Appeal Ref: APP/X5210/W/22/3300894 dated 01/12/22) which varied planning permission 2017/0414/P, dated 15/01/2018 (as amended by 2018/1584/P, dated 30/09/2019 and 2021/3088/P, dated 12/07/2021) (for Refurbishment of the existing Workhouse and North and South Houses, part demolition of the South House and redevelopment of the remainder of the site. (abbrev.)), NAMELY to allow occupation of the North House prior to the submission of the Bedford Passage Access Plan, Community Involvement Programme Plan, Detailed Basement Construction Plan and Service Management Plan.

    Middlesex Hospital Annexe 44 Cleveland Street London W1T 4JT

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  3. 2024/4958/P Date not supplied 914 m away

    Works to Shopfront including replacement of windows and doors.

    66 Cleveland Street London Camden W1T 6LU

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  4. 2025/1707/A Date not supplied 903 m away

    Display of 1 x internally illuminated projecting sign on ground floor shopfront.

    36 Charlotte Street London W1T 2NJ

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  5. 2025/1712/P Date not supplied 903 m away

    Alterations at ground floor level to open up existing window opening on side wall on Colville Place elevation and replace glass in existing timber window frame with opaque, grey-tinted glass and alterations to make the window permanently fixed shut. (REVISED DESCRIPTION OF DEVELOPMENT AND DRAWINGS FOR RECONSULTATION PURPOSES - THIS INCLUDES OMISSION OF FIXED BENCH SEATING AND AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE OPAQUE & TINTED GLASS TO EXISTING SIDE WINDOW WHICH WILL BE PERMANENTLY FIXED SHUT).

    36 Charlotte Street London W1T 2NJ

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  6. 2025/1697/P Date not supplied 903 m away

    Alterations to ground floor shopfront, including installation of retractable canvas awning and aluminium frame sliding door with fixed glazing panel. (REVISED DESCRIPTION OF DEVELOPMENT AND DRAWINGS FOR RECONSULTATION PURPOSES - THIS INCLUDES OMISSION OF STEEL BALUSTRADE AND REVISED SLIDING DOOR ARRANGEMENT).

    36 Charlotte Street London W1T 2NJ

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  7. 2025/2680/P Date not supplied 960 m away

    Installation of three glazed balustrades across the existing double-doors on the front facade.

    12 Stephen Mews London W1T 1AH

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  8. 2025/2273/P Date not supplied 948 m away

    Shopfront alterations, installation of skylight on rear roof and changes to fenestration at rear first floor level.

    27 Goodge Street London Camden W1T 2LD

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  9. 2025/0223/P Date not supplied 923 m away

    Excavation to create light well at rear basement level, installation of walk-on glazing to front light well, replacement of raised platform to rear ground floor, enlargement of windows to doors at rear lower ground to first floor level, and replacement windows from casement to timber box sash windows to front elevation and rear second and third floor level.

    17 Colville Place London W1T 2BN

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  10. 2024/5272/A Date not supplied 914 m away

    Works to Shopfront including replacement of windows and doors.

    66 Cleveland Street London Camden W1T 6LU

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  11. 2024/5376/P Date not supplied 902 m away

    Internal alterations and refurbishment to upper flat, including addition of a mezzanine to rear studio and replacement of rear roof structure, installation of an air source heat pump and solar panels to facilitate the ongoing use of the property as a family dwelling (C3)

    Upper Flat 28 Charlotte Street London W1T 2NF

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  12. 2024/5569/L Date not supplied 902 m away

    Internal alterations and refurbishment to upper flat, including addition of a mezzanine to rear studio and replacement of rear roof structure, installation of an air source heat pump and solar panels to facilitate the ongoing use of the property as a family dwelling (C3)

    Upper Flat 28 Charlotte Street London W1T 2NF

    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

136

within 5 km

  • MAYFAIR MEDICAL CENTRE

    3-5 WEIGHHOUSE STREET, LONDON, W1K 5LS

    ODS code E87648

    325 m

  • GREAT CHAPEL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code E87772

    954 m

  • SOHO CENTRE FOR HEALTH AND CARE

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

    ODS code E87069

    954 m

  • SOHO SQUARE GENERAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code E87714

    954 m

  • FITZROVIA MEDICAL CENTRE

    31 FITZROY SQUARE, LONDON, W1T 6EU

    ODS code E87066

    978 m

  • CAVENDISH HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code E87745

    1.0 km

  • MARYLEBONE HEALTH CENTRE

    17 MARYLEBONE ROAD, LONDON, NW1 5LT

    ODS code E87737

    1.0 km

  • CRAWFORD STREET SURGERY

    95-97 CRAWFORD STREET, LONDON, W1H 2HJ

    ODS code E87070

    1.2 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

    1.3 km

  • CONNAUGHT SQUARE PRACTICE

    41 CONNAUGHT SQUARE, LONDON, W2 2HL

    ODS code E87037

    1.3 km

  • COVENT GARDEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    47 SHORTS GARDENS, LONDON, WC2H 9AA

    ODS code E87045

    1.4 km

  • MUSEUM PRACTICE

    58 GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON, WC1B 3BA

    ODS code F83061

    1.4 km

  • CAMDEN HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PRACTICE

    THE MARGARETE CENTRE, 108 HAMPSTEAD ROAD, LONDON, NW1 2LS

    ODS code Y02674

    1.6 km

  • BRUNSWICK MEDICAL CENTRE UHPC

    39 BRUNSWICK CENTRE, LONDON, WC1N 1AF

    ODS code F83048

    1.9 km

  • KINGS COLLEGE HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code E87768

    1.9 km

  • LISSON GROVE HEALTH CENTRE

    GATEFORTH STREET, LONDON, NW8 8EG

    ODS code E87011

    2.0 km

  • THE BLOOMSBURY SURGERY

    1 HANDEL STREET, LONDON, WC1N 1PD

    ODS code F83044

    2.0 km

  • KINGS CROSS SURGERY

    77-83 CHALTON STREET, LONDON, NW1 1HY

    ODS code F83635

    2.0 km

  • SOMERS TOWN MEDICAL CENTRE

    CHALTON STREET, LONDON, NW1 1HY

    ODS code F83683

    2.0 km

Showing 20 of 136 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

  • Oxford Street / John Lewis

    BCT · Oxford Circus

    0.0 miles
  • Bond Street Station

    RSE · Bond Street

    0.0 miles
  • Oxford Circus Station / John Lewis

    BCT · Oxford Circus

    0.1 miles
  • Bond Street Station

    TMU · Bond Street

    0.1 miles
  • Holles Street

    BCT · Oxford 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.

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 £32,700,000 from 2 recorded sales in W1S 1BL. 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

392 open schools are in scope, including 163 primary and 39 secondary schools. University of Westminster is the nearest published school at 318 m.

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

Recorded crime

56,747 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4,728.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Theft from the person with 16,513 events.

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