Kensington and Chelsea

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:28

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

40US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London N. Kensington, United Kingdom

• 9.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 7.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

1270 reported · August 2026▼ 9% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour249
• Violence & sexual offences226
• Other theft167
• Shoplifting161

167 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Abingdon · Metropolitan

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

565 reported road collisions (2025)

127 killed or seriously injured · 614 casualties · 39.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 444 rated 4–5 ★ (405 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: High Street Kensington (0.2 km)
• 69 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£1,204,072 average▼ 13.8% YoY

Across Kensington and Chelsea · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£3,690 average monthly rent▲ 2.1% YoY

• 1 bed £2,640
• 2 bed £3,428
• 3 bed £4,074

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

1,401 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (7 km)

31 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Holiday Inn London Kensington (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms21
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches74
• Playgrounds25

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK13,868
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK15,376
• Net moves−1,508

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 130 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

69 schools · 23,051 pupils

26 primary · 6 secondary · 37 other

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

38 inspected 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
• Dentists83
• Homecare agencies15
• Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kensington and Chelsea

• Not in the Green Belt
• 918 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

991 applications decided

94.2% granted · 934 granted, 57 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

• Schools43
• GPs & clinics36
• Pharmacies21
• Supermarkets16
• Parks & greens182
• Restaurants & cafés542

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

15,105 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£1,023 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% 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

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Wind 32% · Nuclear 9% · Biomass 6%

211 gCO₂/kWh · high 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:

• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU176 local signatures · 48,100 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks162 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND127 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately113 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills101 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  St Mary Abbots Hospital · 0.1 km

  St Mary Abbots Hospital was a hospital that operated from 1871 to 1992 at a site on Marloes Road in Kensington, London.

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  Heythrop College, University of London · 0.1 km

  Heythrop College, University of London, was a constituent college of the University of London between 1971 and 2018, last located in Kensington Square, London. It comprised the university's specialist faculties of phi…

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  Kensington Green · 0.1 km

  Kensington Green is a private gated community on eight acres of land east of Marloes Road in the Kensington area of London. It is located on the site of what was previously St Mary Abbots Hospital.

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  Chapel of the Assumption Convent · 0.2 km

  The Chapel of the Assumption Convent, also known as Maria Assumpta Chapel, is a 19th-century Roman Catholic convent chapel located in Kensington Square, London. It was built in 1875 in the Gothic style in yellow brick…

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  Iverna Gardens drill hall · 0.2 km

  The Iverna Gardens drill hall is a military installation in Kensington, London.

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  Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea · 0.2 km

  The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is an Inner London borough with royal status. It is the smallest borough in London and the second smallest district in England; it is one of the most densely populated admin…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)