W1U — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of W1U, Cities of London and Westminster from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
W1U is a postcode district in Cities of London and Westminster. Homes here sold for a median of £1,500,000 over the last year, up 15.4% over five years. 3,869 sales are on record. It sits among England’s less-deprived areas (54% of its postcodes are in the least-deprived 30%). 66% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £599,000 median sold price (all time)
- £1,500,000 median price, last 12 months
- 3,869 recorded sales
- +15.4% 5-year price change
- 54% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 66% of homes rated EPC C or better
- Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid & English Indices of Deprivation, Sep 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 159 Montagu Mansions | Flat | £1,350,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 34 George Street | Flat | £1,490,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 36 Nottingham Place | Flat | £827,500 | May 2026 |
| 30 Blandford Street | Flat | £1,500,000 | May 2026 |
| Luxborough Tower Luxborough Street | Flat | £685,000 | May 2026 |
| Bickenhall Mansions Bickenhall Street | Flat | £1,300,000 | May 2026 |
| 23 York Street | Other | £2,700,000 | Apr 2026 |
| St Andrews Mansions Dorset Street | Flat | £1,750,000 | Apr 2026 |
| Bickenhall Mansions Bickenhall Street | Other | £85,000 | Mar 2026 |
| 69 Chiltern Street | Terraced | £5,000,000 | Mar 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Shoplifting 1,339
- Theft from the person 1,172
- Other theft 1,035
Source: police.uk street-level crime (Open Government Licence) · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Locations are anonymised "on or near" markers — where crime clusters, not a specific address.
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Across the wider Westminster district
The figures below cover Westminster — the council district W1U sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £825,000 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, May 2026)
- 204,235 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 97% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- ≈55 min fastest train to London (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026)
- 75% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
- 35.6 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jul 2026)
- 82.3 · 86.7 yrs life expectancy (men · women) (OSM (NHS facilities) + IoD2025 health domain + OHID Fingertips (outcomes), 2026/2025)
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Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| W1U 1 | £550,000 | 400 |
| W1U 2 | £577,500 | 140 |
| W1U 3 | £1,400,000 | 352 |
| W1U 4 | £1,625,000 | 584 |
| W1U 5 | £977,000 | 836 |
| W1U 6 | £1,350,000 | 1,198 |
| W1U 7 | £1,035,000 | 216 |
| W1U 8 | £3,787,500 | 143 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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