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 £1,412,500 over the last year, down 23.4% over five years. 14,025 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)
- £1,412,500 median price, last 12 months
- 14,025 recorded sales
- -23.4% 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, Jul 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| Imperial Court, 4 - 10 Lexham Gardens | Flat | £790,000 | May 2026 |
| 16 Palace Gardens Terrace | Flat | £1,120,000 | Apr 2026 |
| 19 - 21 Lexham Gardens | Flat | £575,000 | Apr 2026 |
| Kensington Heights, 91 - 95 Campden Hill Road | Flat | £1,100,000 | Apr 2026 |
| Lexham House, 45 - 53 Lexham Gardens | Flat | £720,000 | Apr 2026 |
| 12 Kensington Gate | Terraced | £8,500,000 | Apr 2026 |
| 37 Abingdon Road | Terraced | £7,700,000 | Apr 2026 |
| Ingelow House Holland Street | Flat | £1,180,000 | Apr 2026 |
| 31 Palace Gate | Flat | £1,775,000 | Apr 2026 |
| 40 Pembroke Road | Terraced | £2,850,000 | Mar 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jul 2026
Crime last 12 months
Most common- Violence and sexual offences 586
- Anti-social behaviour 545
- Other theft 408
Source: police.uk street-level crime (Open Government Licence) · Jun 2025 – May 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)
- 14.2 recorded crimes per 1,000 people (police.uk, Jun 2026)
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Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| W8 4 | £815,000 | 2,848 |
| W8 5 | £1,512,500 | 3,485 |
| W8 6 | £1,750,000 | 3,901 |
| W8 7 | £1,670,000 | 3,791 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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