W8 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of W8, Kensington and Bayswater from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
W8 is a postcode district in Kensington and Bayswater. Homes here sold for a median of £1,307,500 over the last year, down 28.3% over five years. 14,102 sales are on record. It sits among England’s less-deprived areas (83% of its postcodes are in the least-deprived 30%). 50% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £750,000 median sold price (all time)
- £1,307,500 median price, last 12 months
- 14,102 recorded sales
- -28.3% 5-year price change
- 83% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 50% 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 |
|---|
| 1 - 5 Hornton Street | Flat | £890,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 24 Peel Street | Terraced | £2,600,000 | Jul 2026 |
| Sovereign Court, 29 Wrights Lane | Flat | £1,700,000 | Jul 2026 |
| Palmerston House, 60 Kensington Place | Flat | £785,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 13 Gordon Place | Flat | £725,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 69F Lexham Gardens | Flat | £674,000 | Jul 2026 |
| 9 Airlie Gardens | Flat | £790,000 | Jun 2026 |
| Bishops Court, 14 Marloes Road | Flat | £555,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 89E Lexham Gardens | Flat | £200,000 | Jun 2026 |
| 17 Eldon Road | Semi | £10,250,000 | Jun 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Sep 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 584
- Anti-social behaviour 548
- Other theft 385
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 Kensington and Chelsea district
The figures below cover Kensington and Chelsea — the council district W8 sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £1,055,000 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, May 2026)
- 143,376 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 96% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- 89% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
- 14.8 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jul 2026)
- 82.8 · 87.7 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 |
|---|
| W8 4 | £735,000 | 2,861 |
| W8 5 | £1,425,000 | 3,496 |
| W8 6 | £1,065,000 | 3,933 |
| W8 7 | £2,100,000 | 3,812 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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