Schools
368 open schools are in scope, including 146 primary and 37 secondary schools. United Colleges Group is the nearest published school at 77 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
W2 1XF
Little Venice · Westminster · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Little Venice
- Local authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Queen's Park and Maida Vale
- Postcode district
- W2
- Postcode sector
- W2 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- W2 1XF
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 July 1986
- Terminated
- 1 August 2003
- Postcode area
- W
- Postcode district
- W2
- Postcode sector
- W2 1
- Latitude
- 51.522003
- Longitude
- -0.174482
- British National Grid easting
- 526,747
- British National Grid northing
- 181,922
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- London · E12000007
- Local authority district
- Westminster · E09000033
- Electoral ward
- Little Venice · E05013799
- Parish or community
- E43000236
- Westminster constituency
- Queen's Park and Maida Vale · E14001435
- Output area
- E00023760
- Lower layer super output area
- Westminster 009E · E01004702
- Middle layer super output area
- Westminster 009 · E02000968
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore W2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 368
- Primary
- 146
- Secondary
- 37
- 77 m
United Colleges Group
Further education
- 173 m
L'Ecole Bilingue Elementaire
Other independent school
- 372 m
Ark King Solomon Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 19,566
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,870
- Other theft 2,971
- Theft from the person 2,398
- Anti social behaviour 2,309
- Shoplifting 1,844
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- W2 1 residents
- 7,628
Age bands in W2 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 12.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 22.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 35%
- Age 45 to 64
- 21.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 9.3%
1,065 residents
1,954 residents
3,062 residents
1,851 residents
818 residents
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
140
within 5 km straight-line
PADDINGTON GREEN HEALTH CENTRE
4 PRINCESS LOUISE CLOSE, LONDON, W2 1LQ
ODS code E87008
147 m
CROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE
1 CROMPTON STREET, LONDON, W2 1ND
ODS code E87052
251 m
LITTLE VENICE MEDICAL CENTRE
2 CROMPTON STREET, LONDON, W2 1ND
ODS code E87006
251 m
LISSON GROVE HEALTH CENTRE
GATEFORTH STREET, LONDON, NW8 8EG
ODS code E87011
471 m
CRAWFORD STREET SURGERY
95-97 CRAWFORD STREET, LONDON, W1H 2HJ
ODS code E87070
969 m
THE GARWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
PICKERING HOUSE, HALLFIELD ESTATE, LONDON, W2 6HF
ODS code E87009
1.1 km
CONNAUGHT SQUARE PRACTICE
41 CONNAUGHT SQUARE, LONDON, W2 2HL
ODS code E87037
1.1 km
GRAND UNION HEALTH CENTRE
209 HARROW ROAD, PADDINGTON, LONDON, W2 5EH
ODS code E87637
1.2 km
WELLINGTON HEALTH CENTRE
16 WELLINGTON ROAD, ST JOHNS WOOD, LONDON, NW8 9SP
ODS code E87754
1.2 km
THE WESTBOURNE GREEN SURGERY
HEALTH AT THE STOWE, 260 HARROW ROAD, LONDON, W2 5ES
ODS code Y00902
1.2 km
THIRD FLOOR LANARK ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
165 LANARK ROAD, LONDON, W9 1NZ
ODS code E87663
1.2 km
THE RANDOLPH SURGERY
235A ELGIN AVENUE, LONDON, W9 1NH
ODS code E87046
1.2 km
MAIDA VALE MEDICAL CENTRE
40 BIDDULPH MANSIONS, ELGIN AVENUE, LONDON, W9 1HT
ODS code E87010
1.2 km
ST JOHNS WOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE
BRAMPTON HOUSE, 60 GROVE END ROAD, LONDON, NW8 9NH
ODS code E87609
1.3 km
LANCASTER GATE MEDICAL CENTRE
LEINSTER TERRACE, LONDON, W2 3ET
ODS code E87722
1.3 km
NEWTON MEDICAL CENTRE
BAYSWATER CENTRE 14-18, NEWTON ROAD, LONDON, W2 5LT
ODS code E87681
1.4 km
CAVENDISH HEALTH CENTRE
LOWER GROUND FLOOR, 15 MARYLEBONE ROAD, LONDON, NW1 5JD
ODS code E87745
1.6 km
MARYLEBONE HEALTH CENTRE
17 MARYLEBONE ROAD, LONDON, NW1 5LT
ODS code E87737
1.6 km
WOODFIELD ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
THE MEDICAL CENTRE 7E, WOODFIELD ROAD, LONDON, W9 3XZ
ODS code E87741
1.6 km
ELGIN CLINIC
40 ELGIN AVENUE, LONDON, W9 3QT
ODS code E87038
1.7 km
Showing 20 of 140 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Church Street Market
BCT · Lisson Grove
- 0.1 miles
Church Street Market
BCT · Lisson Grove
- 0.1 miles
Orchardson Street
BCT · Lisson Grove
- 0.1 miles
Orchardson Street
BCT · Lisson Grove
- 0.2 miles
Hermitage Street
BCT · Paddington
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Westminster 009E, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
3,233 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 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
Recorded crime
19,566 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,630.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,870 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.