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WC2B

UK postcode district

Part of London

Updated September 2026

District overview

Postcode units
639
Current units
175
Coordinate coverage
100%
Electoral wards
5

Coverage context

Countries represented
England
English regions represented
London
Local authority codes
3
Terminated postcode units
464

Postcode sectors in WC2B

Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.

4 sectors
904 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
10, Flat 3, Macklin Street, London, WC2B 5NF 16 March 2026 £2,300,000
22, Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5BH 31 December 2025 £381,000
19, Flat 25, Broad Court, London, WC2B 5QN 10 December 2025 £805,000

Schools

Across this district

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Open schools
3
Primary
2
Secondary
0

Recorded crime

Across this district

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Published events
1,170
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 389
  • Theft from the person 224
  • Violence and sexual offences 169
  • Anti social behaviour 132
  • Burglary 56

Census 2021

Population and age profile

WC2B usual residents
1,505
Age-profile population
1,528

Age bands in WC2B

Postcode district
Age 0 to 14
9%
138 residents
Age 15 to 24
15.6%
238 residents
Age 25 to 44
30.8%
471 residents
Age 45 to 64
30.6%
468 residents
Age 65 and over
13.9%
213 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

The median Ofcom availability percentage across 168 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%

In this district, 151 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 148 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units 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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Planning applications

Applications mapped to this postcode district by the nearest current postcode point.

Available records
735
Records since 17 September 2020
215
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. 2025/3353/P Date not supplied

    Infill of existing voids and erection of projecting extensions at second and third floors on Macklin Street frontage, to provide additional office (Class E) accomodation.

    New London House 172 Drury Lane London WC2B 5QR

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  2. 2025/3406/P Date not supplied

    Installation of enclosed walkway at 7th floor level

    88 Kingsway London Camden WC2B 6AA

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  3. 2025/2178/P Date not supplied

    Part change of use of basement car park from car parking (Sui Generis) to a self-storage facility (Class B8)

    NCP Car Park Drury Lane London WC2B 5PW

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  4. 2025/1814/A Date not supplied

    Display of 1x projecting sign.

    58 Kingsway London WC2B 6DX

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  5. 2023/0444/P Date not supplied

    Variation of condition two (approved plans) of planning permission ref: 2016/3432/P dated 23 November 2017 for the demolition of 6th and 7th floors and lift overrun and replacement with double mansard roof and set back 8th floor, with roof terrace above; internal reconfiguration to provide additional office (Class B1a) and retail floor space (Class A1/A3). Namely the alterations to the ground floor shopfronts, relocation of office entrance to Kingsway, addition of a UKPN substation at ground floor, adjustments to roof level plant, amendments to rear elevation windows from the fourth floor upwards and internal alterations.

    Kingsway House 103 Kingsway London Camden WC2B 6QX

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  6. 2024/4359/A Date not supplied

    Retrospective - Planning application for change of use from a night club to a karaoke club. Planning application for the retention of an advertisement consent. Planning application for the retention of the current shopfront.

    51 Parker Street London Camden WC2B 5PS

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  7. 2024/4332/P Date not supplied

    Change of use from a night club to (sui generis use) a karaoke club (sui generis use) RETROSPECTIVE.

    51 Parker Street London Camden WC2B 5PS

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  8. 2024/3493/P Date not supplied

    Change of use of existing building from commercial use (Class E) to apart hotel use (Class C1), extension and remodelling of upper storeys to accommodate further Class C1 apart hotel floorspace, including new 8th floor, provision of ancillary facilities and retention of Class E commercial unit at ground floor level and associated works including refurbishment of façade.

    Kingsway House 103 Kingsway London WC2B 6QX

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  9. 2025/0265/P Date not supplied

    Amendments to GIA to 2 storey extension granted on 18.01.2023 under planning ref. 2021/5761/P (for: Demolition of existing 4th floor extension and erection of new 2 storey extension to create 2 additional residential units (Class C3), with a roof terrace.)

    18 Stukeley Street London WC2B 5LR

    London Borough of Camden Registered
  10. 2025/2400/L Decision dated 8 September 2025

    Internal plastic film graphics will be applied to 53 glass panes across both telephone boxes. Three sides of each box will feature graphics.

    Two K2 phone boxes in front of Stewart House 24 Kingsway London WC2B 6AA

    London Borough of Camden Refused
  11. 2025/1532/A Decision dated 8 September 2025

    Internal plastic film graphics will be applied to 53 glass panes across both telephone boxes. Three sides of each box will feature graphics.

    Two K2 phone boxes in front of Stewart House 24 Kingsway London WC2B 6AA

    London Borough of Camden Refused
  12. 2025/1193/P Decision dated 28 August 2025

    Variation of Condition 5 (Opening Hours) of planning permission 2025/0576/P dated 01/07/2025 for Variation of Condition 6 (primary cooking) of planning permission 2024/2698/P dated 27/08/2024 for Change of use of ground floor unit from an escape room (Sui Generis) to a cafe (Class E), namely to amend the wording.

    181 Ground Floor Drury Lane London Camden WC2B 5QF

    London Borough of Camden Granted

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

1

in this district

  • KINGS COLLEGE HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code E87768

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £1,162,500 from 122 recorded sales in WC2B. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Camden is £833,067 in June 2026, down 7.1% year on year.

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools.

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

Recorded crime

1,170 published events cover 12 months, averaging 98 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 389 events.

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