W2 2SY

Hyde Park · Westminster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
London
Local authority
Westminster
Postcode district
W2
Postcode sector
W2 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
W2 2TB 24 m
W2 2SA 46 m
W2 2SZ 51 m
W2 2TA 51 m
W2 2RY 60 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
W2 2SY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
W
Postcode district
W2
Postcode sector
W2 2
Latitude
51.514632
Longitude
-0.171750
British National Grid easting
526,957
British National Grid northing
181,107

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Westminster · E09000033
Electoral ward
Hyde Park · E05013796
Parish or community
E43000236
Output area
E00023633
Lower layer super output area
Westminster 015G · E01033594
Middle layer super output area
Westminster 015 · E02000974

Postcode source versions

Explore W2

19 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Chelwood House, Flat 9, Gloucester Square, London, W2 2SY 26 February 2025 £3,700,000
Chelwood House, Flat 8, Gloucester Square, London, W2 2SY 28 November 2024 £2,000,000
Chelwood House, Flat 18, Gloucester Square, London, W2 2SY 28 June 2021 £6,200,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
387
Primary
151
Secondary
37
  1. Hospital Home and Education Units co St Mary's Hospitial Tuition Unit

    Miscellaneous

    325 m
  2. Hampden Gurney CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    563 m
  3. St James & St John Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    570 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
22,804
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3,817
  • Other theft 3,743
  • Theft from the person 3,712
  • Shoplifting 3,013
  • Anti social behaviour 2,182

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
22

9 female, 13 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
1.4
W2 2 residents
5,388

Age bands in W2 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.9%

602 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.9%

655 residents

Age 25 to 44
35.7%

1,808 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.8%

1,254 residents

Age 65 and over
14.7%

743 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider W2 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

142

within 5 km

  • CONNAUGHT SQUARE PRACTICE

    41 CONNAUGHT SQUARE, LONDON, W2 2HL

    ODS code E87037

    527 m

  • PADDINGTON GREEN HEALTH CENTRE

    4 PRINCESS LOUISE CLOSE, LONDON, W2 1LQ

    ODS code E87008

    709 m

  • LANCASTER GATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    LEINSTER TERRACE, LONDON, W2 3ET

    ODS code E87722

    866 m

  • CRAWFORD STREET SURGERY

    95-97 CRAWFORD STREET, LONDON, W1H 2HJ

    ODS code E87070

    899 m

  • THE GARWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PICKERING HOUSE, HALLFIELD ESTATE, LONDON, W2 6HF

    ODS code E87009

    956 m

  • CROMPTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 CROMPTON STREET, LONDON, W2 1ND

    ODS code E87052

    1.1 km

  • LITTLE VENICE MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 CROMPTON STREET, LONDON, W2 1ND

    ODS code E87006

    1.1 km

  • LISSON GROVE HEALTH CENTRE

    GATEFORTH STREET, LONDON, NW8 8EG

    ODS code E87011

    1.1 km

  • NEWTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    BAYSWATER CENTRE 14-18, NEWTON ROAD, LONDON, W2 5LT

    ODS code E87681

    1.4 km

  • GRAND UNION HEALTH CENTRE

    209 HARROW ROAD, PADDINGTON, LONDON, W2 5EH

    ODS code E87637

    1.5 km

  • MAYFAIR MEDICAL CENTRE

    3-5 WEIGHHOUSE STREET, LONDON, W1K 5LS

    ODS code E87648

    1.5 km

  • THE WESTBOURNE GREEN SURGERY

    HEALTH AT THE STOWE, 260 HARROW ROAD, LONDON, W2 5ES

    ODS code Y00902

    1.5 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

  • THE PEMBRIDGE VILLAS SURGERY

    45A PEMBRIDGE VILLAS, LONDON, W11 3EP

    ODS code E87061

    1.8 km

  • IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTH CENTRE

    40 PRINCES GARDENS, LONDON, SW7 1LY

    ODS code E87677

    1.8 km

  • MAIDA VALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    40 BIDDULPH MANSIONS, ELGIN AVENUE, LONDON, W9 1HT

    ODS code E87010

    1.9 km

  • WELLINGTON HEALTH CENTRE

    16 WELLINGTON ROAD, ST JOHNS WOOD, LONDON, NW8 9SP

    ODS code E87754

    2.0 km

  • WESTBOURNE GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    241 WESTBOURNE GROVE, LONDON, W11 2SE

    ODS code E87007

    2.0 km

  • THE RANDOLPH SURGERY

    235A ELGIN AVENUE, LONDON, W9 1NH

    ODS code E87046

    2.0 km

Showing 20 of 142 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Paddington Station

    BCT · Paddington

    0.1 miles
  • St Marys Hospital

    BCT · Paddington

    0.1 miles
  • Victoria Gate

    BCT · Paddington

    0.2 miles
  • Paddington Station

    BCT · Paddington

    0.2 miles
  • Paddington Underground Station

    PLT · Paddington

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Westminster 015G, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,696 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
2 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 £2,850,000 from 2 recorded sales in W2 2SY. 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

387 open schools are in scope, including 151 primary and 37 secondary schools. Hospital Home and Education Units co St Mary's Hospitial Tuition Unit is the nearest published school at 325 m.

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

Recorded crime

22,804 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,900.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,817 events.

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