W8 House Prices, Crime & Local Stats

W8 is a postcode district in Kensington and Chelsea, London, covering 690 active and 780 retired postcodes.

The largest share of W8 (46%) is characterised by a professional neighbourhood with a strong European worker community, alongside a highly educated, professional area — tech, finance, research workers (32%). Overall, W8 is a varied district — different streets can feel quite different in character.

Property: Average house prices in W8 are around £2.0M, down 27.3% year-on-year. Safety: Crime runs above average across W8 at 458 per 1,000 residents — driven partly by commercial activity and transport hubs. Individual street-level data is available by selecting a specific postcode below. An average age of 40 points to a settled, predominantly family community — stable, long-term residents alongside newer arrivals.

Select any postcode below to explore street-level crime, nearby schools, sold house prices, and census data — or view the full W8 demographics profile for district-wide census breakdowns.