W2 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of W2, Kensington and Bayswater from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
W2 is a postcode district in Kensington and Bayswater. Homes here sold for a median of £750,000 over the last year, down 16.7% over five years. 31,780 sales are on record. 62% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £415,000 median sold price (all time)
- £750,000 median price, last 12 months
- 31,780 recorded sales
- -16.7% 5-year price change
- 8% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 62% 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 |
|---|
| 47 Linden Gardens | Flat | £745,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 214 The Water Gardens | Flat | £775,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 11 Craven Hill | Flat | £661,500 | Jul 2026 |
| Westcliffe Apartments, 1 South Wharf Road | Flat | £400,000 | Jul 2026 |
| Westbourne House, 14 - 16 Westbourne Grove | Flat | £800,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 61 - 69 Chepstow Place | Flat | £1,391,500 | Jul 2026 |
| 82 Gloucester Terrace | Flat | £750,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 153 Gloucester Terrace | Flat | £689,500 | Jul 2026 |
| 4 Merchant Square East | Flat | £825,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 32 Talbot Road | Flat | £580,000 | Jul 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Anti-social behaviour 2,113
- Violence and sexual offences 1,750
- Other theft 1,372
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 W2 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 |
|---|
| W2 1 | £720,000 | 4,373 |
| W2 2 | £690,000 | 6,609 |
| W2 3 | £770,000 | 4,954 |
| W2 4 | £900,000 | 5,540 |
| W2 5 | £825,000 | 5,283 |
| W2 6 | £605,000 | 5,021 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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