Kensington and Chelsea

18°COvercast

• Today: 25° / 17° · 30% 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

1187 reported · July 2026▼ 8% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour276
• Violence & sexual offences241
• Other theft189
• Shoplifting116

83 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Abingdon · 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

• 454 rated 4–5 ★ (412 top)
• 1 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

£1,250,149 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 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (7 km)

67 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)

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 917 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)

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

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

28% low-carbon electricity

Gas 51% · Imports 21% · Nuclear 14% · Wind 8%

219 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

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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  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 off Marloes Road in Kensington, London, on the site of what was 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)