This page brings together the map and available local information for W8 5BP in Kensington and Chelsea. The boundary shown is an approximation created from address points, and each data section explains whether its figures apply to the full postcode or a wider statistical area. Census 2021 records 7 residents and 5 households at the exact postcode.
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Core details from the ONS Postcode Directory. Geography codes identify the official areas containing this postcode.
Exact postcode record
Postcode details
Postcode
W8 5BP
Postcode without spaces
W85BP
Status
Active postcode
User type
Small user postcode
Introduced
January 1980
Directory version
2026-06
Latitude
51.4992400
Longitude
-0.1886040
British National Grid
525,830 E, 179,367 N
Containing official geographies
Country
England
Region
London
Local authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Output Area (2021)
E00014532
LSOA (2021)
E01002890
MSOA (2021)
E02000586
Electoral ward
E05009401
Westminster constituency
E14001310
The red outline is an approximate convex hull generated from geocoded property locations and offset outwards by about 25 metres; it is not an official postcode boundary.
Ward and Constituency
The postcode is assigned to these official political geographies. Names and election results will be added when the ElectionMaps datasets are connected.
These Census figures are matched directly to the full postcode, rather than inferred from a wider neighbourhood.
Exact postcode · Census 2021
Residents
7
Households
5
Female residents
3
Male residents
4
Residents per household
1.4
Counts are from the postcode-level Census population and household datasets. They apply to the exact postcode. Detailed local demographic profiles will be labelled separately when Output Area data is added.
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Local Deprivation
Deprivation is published for the postcode's containing Lower Layer Super Output Area, a neighbourhood geography covering more than one postcode.
A registered office can be an accountant, agent or correspondence address. A company listed here does not necessarily trade from this postcode.
Crime in the Local LSOA
Police.uk street-level incidents recorded across the postcode's containing LSOA in May 2026.
Containing LSOA · E01002890
21 recorded incidents
Kensington and Chelsea 010C includes W8 5BP and other nearby postcodes.
Crime type
Incidents
Other theft
5
Vehicle crime
5
Violence and sexual offences
5
Anti-social behaviour
3
Burglary
2
Bicycle theft
1
Crime figures apply to the whole Kensington and Chelsea 010C LSOA, not only to W8 5BP. Locations may be anonymised by the source.
W8 5BP Questions
Answers use the geographic scope stated with each dataset above.
Where is the W8 5BP postcode?
W8 5BP is in Kensington and Chelsea, England.
How many people live in W8 5BP?
The Census 2021 postcode-level dataset records 7 residents at W8 5BP. This is an exact postcode count.
What do the deprivation figures for W8 5BP describe?
The deprivation figures describe the containing Lower Layer Super Output Area, not only the individual postcode.
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