BASIL STREET, SW3 1AJ House Prices & Local Information

SW3 1AJ is an active urban area on Basil Street, 0.3km from Wilton Place in Kensington and Chelsea. Administratively it sits within Brompton & Hans Town ward and the Kensington constituency.

This is a well-established rental postcode — a young professional neighbourhood — career-focused, mobile, mostly renting. Work and footfall patterns mark this as a global business zone — high status city commuters, mostly in london. This is a stable, socially diverse area (average age 40) — accessible for a wide range of households, from young families to empty nesters. 79% of homes are privately rented — a strong rental market with good supply for incoming tenants. The area has a notably diverse population — 47% of residents identify as non-white, reflecting the multicultural character of this part of Kensington and Chelsea.

Safety: Crime rates are high (290 per 1,000 residents) — commercial zones and transport hubs in the vicinity contribute to these figures. Property: Prices average £1.4M, down 2.2% year-on-year.

Census 2021 statistics for SW3 1AJ are sourced from Output Area E00014083 (shared with 25 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.