Kensington and Chelsea

23°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 26° / 17° · 48% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:20

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · London N. Kensington, United Kingdom

1334 reported · July 2026▼ 7% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour334
• Violence & sexual offences286
• Other theft177
• Shoplifting137

86 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Campden · Metropolitan

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

564 reported road collisions (2024)

125 killed or seriously injured · 617 casualties · 39.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 447 rated 4–5 ★ (406 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: High Street Kensington (0.4 km)
• 57 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£1,250,149 average▼ 14.7% YoY

Across Kensington and Chelsea · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£3,629 average monthly rent▲ 0.8% YoY

• 1 bed £2,597
• 2 bed £3,371
• 3 bed £4,004

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

25.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 25.2 times median annual pay (20.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (7.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (7.4 km)

64 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Kensington church street 59 (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Gyms25
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches79
• Playgrounds35

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

143,375 residents in Kensington and Chelsea · 11,816/km²

• Under 16: 14%
• 16–64: 71%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 122 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£1,667 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band G (22% of 89,250)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

70 schools · 23,062 pupils

26 primary · 6 secondary · 38 other

Ofsted: 20 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

38inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Kensington and Chelsea

265 CQC-registered services

• Care homes11
• GP practices119
• Dentists82
• Homecare agencies15
• Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kensington and Chelsea

• In a conservation area (Kensington)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 925 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

121 applications decided

95% granted · 115 granted, 6 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Joe Powell

Labour

Kensington and Bayswater

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 13
• Con 34
• LD 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools56
• GPs & clinics33
• Pharmacies25
• Supermarkets22
• Parks & greens198
• Restaurants & cafés496

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

14,925 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£1,023 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£115,641 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 125,478 certificates

9.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

35% low-carbon electricity

Imports 33% · Gas 31% · Solar 17% · Wind 9%

156 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 87 yrs women · 84.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 66.8 women · 66.5 men

40% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in W8

• Holland Park Surgery
• The Abingdon Health Centre
• Scarsdale Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Kensington and Bayswater:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership419 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership265 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s241 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Sever UK-Iran ties, withdraw recognition of Iran’s regime & expel all diplomats231 local signatures · 26,542 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office155 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Hornton Street · 0.1 km

  Hornton Street is a street in Kensington, London. It runs north to south from Sheffield Terrace to Kensington High Street.

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  Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Simon Stock · 0.1 km

  The church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Simon Stock is a Roman Catholic church at 41 Kensington Church Street, Kensington, London W8, served by Discalced Carmelites.

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  Holland Street, Kensington · 0.1 km

  Holland Street is a street in Kensington, London W8.

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  Vicarage Gate · 0.2 km

  Vicarage Gate is a street in Kensington, London W8. In April 2024, it was reckoned to be the second most expensive street in the UK, after Buckingham Gate, with an average asking price of over £6.3 million.

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  Campden Hill Road · 0.2 km

  Campden Hill Road is a street in Kensington, London W8. It runs north to south from Notting Hill Gate to Kensington High Street.

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  Metropolitan Borough of Kensington · 0.2 km

  The Metropolitan Borough of Kensington was a metropolitan borough in the County of London from 1900 to 1965, which since 1901 was known as the Royal Borough of Kensington, following the death of Queen Victoria, in acc…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)