Independent desk research
Buckingham Palace
SW1A 1AA · St James's · Westminster
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- Investor buyer
- Report
- PSS-SW1A1AA-INV-20260618072842
- As at
- 18 June 2026
- Basis
- Public web & UK government data
VerdictPoints to check
Weak area-level price growth and a modest indicative yield in a leasehold flat market; flood zoning low but EWS1 unverified.
⚑ 2 findings · 1 to verify — see key findings ↓What the data shows
The area shows weak nominal growth (~-7.7%/yr, an all-types, mix-sensitive proxy) and an indicative ~3.7–5.7% gross yield in an overwhelmingly leasehold, flat-dominated market. Fluvial/tidal risk is Flood Zone 1, but surface-water risk and the block's EWS1/cladding status are unverified from desk data and decide mortgageability.
Key findings
⚑ Findings — evidenced concerns
- ⚑Flood risk (+climate) — Fluvial/tidal Flood Zone 1, But surface-water (pluvial) flood risk is Not assessed here and is Often the dominant residual risk for a defended Thames-side site — it Must be checked on the EA surface-water map. planning.data.gov.uk (DLUHC/Environment Agency, OGL)
- ⚑Sewage / storm-overflow — Storm overflow 'Brixton And Clapham SR CSO' spilled 67x (787.2h) in 2024, ~1912 m away (within the 2 km tidal-CSO search radius). Rivers Trust storm-overflow EDM annual returns (EA data)
○ Open items — verify before exchange
- ○Building safety / cladding (EWS1) — Flat-dominated area (~90% flats); no per-building EWS1/cladding data is available from desk sources, and a flat in a block with an unresolved cladding / EWS1 issue can be unmortgageable. Confirm the EWS1 and remediation status with the managing agent / freeholder before exchange. Building Safety Act 2022 / RICS EWS1 (desk note)
Balanced overview
Each signal is ranked versus its own population — higher = better.
Crime rate + serious-crime %50th
Deprivation76th
Area health profile96th
050th percentile100Reading the signal. Each signal is ranked versus its own population — higher = better.
arealocationconfirm for propertyScope of each row. area = LSOA/ward/authority aggregate · location = the property point or a search radius · confirm for property = specific to this dwelling, verify from title/lease/EPC/survey.
Benchmark lines are for context only.
Investment & Market8/8 assessed
Indicative ~3.7–5.7% gross yield (LA rent over area median price), trimming to ~2.4–3.1% net on an assumed leasehold cost stack; area price growth is weakly negative.
Capital appreciation (CAGR) ★ ⚑
~-7.7%/yr (nominal)
Westminster: ~-7.7%/yr nominal CAGR over ~3.9y (median sale ≈ 2025-10 vs ≈ 2021-10).HM Land Registry Price Paid
Gross & net yield (area est.) ★
~3.7–5.7% gross; ~2.4–3.1% net
Gross yield ~3.7–5.7% gross.ONS PIPR + HM Land Registry
Gross (area)3.7–5.7%
Net (indic.)2.4–3.1%
0%6%
Ranges use the area median price (£800,000).
Median sale price (area) ★
~£800,000 median sale
Median achieved sale price ~£800,000 in Westminster.HM Land Registry Price Paid
£8.75m
£48,540
1 dot = 1 sale.
Sales volume (transactions) ★
≥2200/yr
≥2200/yr sales in Westminster.HM Land Registry Price Paid
20211168
20241335
20252692
2026320
03015
Recorded sales per year.
Council tax band + rate ★
Band D reference ~£1,050/yr
Westminster average Band D council tax ~£1,050/yr (2026-27), incl.
This propertyLondon avg £2,068England avg £2,392
This area’s Band D (£1,050) is below the London-borough average (£2,068).
| Band | Annual charge |
|---|---|
| Band A | £700 |
| Band B | £816 |
| Band C | £933 |
| Band D | £1,050 |
| Band E | £1,283 |
| Band F | £1,516 |
| Band G | £1,749 |
| Band H | £2,099 |
Per-band charges are projected from the area’s average Band D via the statutory A–H ratios (incl. all local and major precepts). The band distribution for this area needs the VOA CTSOP file (see evidence); the property’s exact band must be confirmed via the VOA band lookup.
MHCLG council tax statisticsMarket velocity (turnover by type) ★
~2.5%/yr overall (UK ~4.1%)
Market velocity (housing turnover) for Westminster at local..
This propertyUK avg turnover 4.1%/yr
UK avg ~4.1%/yr
HM Land Registry Price Paid (sales) + ONS Census 2021 accommodation type (stock)Terraced (434 sales)3.8%
Flat / maisonette (3387 sales)2.39%
Semi-detached (40 sales)1.38%
Detached (23 sales)1.32%
0%5%
Higher = quicker to sell.
Sale price by property type
5 property type(s) priced
Area median sale price by property type (Westminster) — see chart.HM Land Registry Price Paid
Detached (n=30)£5.97m
Semi-detached (n=51)£5m
Terraced (n=550)£2.20m
Other (n=661)£1.32m
Flat / maisonette (n=4223)£783k
£0£6.69m
Area average price by property type.
Second-home council-tax premium
up to +100% (England, since Apr 2025) — confirm this LA's policy
Since 1 April 2025, English billing authorities may levy up to +100% council tax on second homes; most, not all, have adopted it.Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (second-homes council-tax premium power, effective 1 April 2025) / GOV.UK guidance
Area Trajectory3/3 assessed
1,353 planning applications in 12 months are mostly heritage and conditions churn, not new homes (one major, one residential), so limited near-term supply pressure on resale values.
Nearby planning pipeline ★
1353 apps / 12mo (1 major)
1353 planning applications within 1km in last 12mo..PlanIt (planit.org.uk)
By type
Major1%
Full / minor13%
Trees8%
Advertisement2%
Listed / heritage27%
Conditions / details45%
Telecoms1%
Other / unclassified3%
By decision
Approved32%
Refused6%
Withdrawn1%
Pending61%
Regeneration & dev outlook ★
moderate
Some regeneration..PlanIt (planit.org.uk)
New housing supply nearby
1 residential apps / 12mo
1 residential planning applications within 1km in the last 12mo — an application count, not net new dwellings.PlanIt (planit.org.uk)
Property & Legal3/7 assessed
Area is ~90% flats, so tenure is presumably leasehold; the block's EWS1/cladding status, lease terms and conservation-area/Article 4 constraints need confirming and desk data can't see them.
Building safety / cladding (EWS1) ★ ⚑
Required check — confirm EWS1 / cladding status
About 90% of dwellings in Westminster are flats — a flat-dominated area where cladding / EWS1 questions routinely apply and can be a mortgage deal-breaker.Building Safety Act 2022 / RICS EWS1 (desk note)
Heritage / conservation / Art.4
In Royal Parks Conservation Area; Article 4 direction present; 15 listed building(s) within ~150m
In Royal Parks Conservation Area; Article 4 direction present; 15 listed building(s) within ~150mplanning.data.gov.uk (DLUHC/Environment Agency, OGL)
Designations (Green Belt etc.)
Registered Park & Garden
Within: Registered Park & Garden.planning.data.gov.uk (DLUHC/Environment Agency, OGL)
Environmental & Physical Risk6/7 assessed
Fluvial/tidal Flood Zone 1 and low radon, but surface-water risk is unassessed and often dominant for defended Thames-side sites; a 2km CSO spilled 67 times in 2024.
Flood risk (+climate) ⚑
Flood Zone 1 (low fluvial/tidal, undefended extent)
Surface-water (pluvial) flood risk is not assessed here — a separate EA dataset not held on this source.planning.data.gov.uk (DLUHC/Environment Agency, OGL)
Air quality (NO2/PM)
NO2 32.3 µg/m³ (within the UK legal limit)
Modelled annual-mean NO2 32.3 µg/m³.DEFRA PCM modelled background (NO2)
This propertyWHO healthy 10 µg/m³Eng. roadside avg 21 µg/m³UK legal limit 40 µg/m³
About average for an England roadside — within the UK legal limit, but above the WHO healthy level.
Radon
Radon class 1/6
All parts of this 1km grid square are in the lowest band of radon potential.UKHSA-BGS Indicative Radon Atlas (BGS WMS)
Sewage / storm-overflow ⚑
67 spills in 2024 at worst overflow within 2km
16 monitored storm overflows within 2 km (single-year 2024 EDM returns).Rivers Trust storm-overflow EDM annual returns (EA data)
This propertyEngland avg 32 spills
The single worst overflow within 2 km spilled once in 2024 — far below the England average of ~32 spills per overflow a year. (Fewer is better.)
Contamination / landfill
0 EA features within ~500m (0 permitted-waste + 0 historic-landfill)
Within ~500 m: 0 EA-permitted waste site(s); 0 historic-landfill records.Environment Agency Public Register + Historic Landfill
Noise (road/rail/air)
55-60 dB
Strategic noise at point: road Lden 55 dB, rail Lden 0 dB (55-60 dB).DEFRA Strategic Noise Mapping, Round 4 2022 (road + rail Lden, WMS)
This propertyWHO road guide 53 dBhigh / busy 65 dB
Typical for a busy urban street — a little above the WHO road-traffic guideline (Lden is an annual day-evening-night average, not a peak).
Area & Neighbourhood14/14 assessed
Decile 8 deprivation (less deprived than ~76% of England), crime around the England LSOA median, high LA life expectancy, and NO2 at 32.3 µg/m³ within the 40 limit.
Crime rate + serious-crime %
Top 50%
more favourable than about 50% of England neighbourhoodsSafer than ~50% of England LSOAs on crime.MHCLG IoD2019 crime domain (2019 vintage) + data.police.uk (live)
Deprivation (IMD decile)
Top 24%
more favourable than about 76% of England neighbourhoodsLess deprived than ~76% of England (decile 8).MHCLG IoD2019 (via postcodes.io)
Road safety (collisions/KSI)
6 KSI (0 fatal / 6 serious) / 17 slight (23 total)
23 reported personal-injury collisions within 500m in 2024: 6 killed/seriously injured plus 17 slight.DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data
Severity
Fatal (KSI)0%
Serious (KSI)26%
Slight injury74%
Schools (Ofsted + type)
29 within 1mi (5 Ofsted-rated)
29 GIAS-registered schools within one mile.GIAS (Get Information About Schools) + Ofsted
Ofsted judgement (schools within 1 mile)
Outstanding — 13%
Good — 414%
Requires improvement — 00%
Inadequate — 00%
Not yet inspected / new report card — 2483%
Area health profile
Top 4%
more favourable than about 96% of England upper-tier local authoritiesLocal-authority life expectancy at birth (2023 - 25): male 82.5y vs England 79.7y; female 86.4y vs England 83.5y.OHID Fingertips
Average pay (ASHE, LA-level)
~£52,610 median FT pay
Median full-time resident gross pay in Westminster (2025) is ~£52,610/yr, mean ~£96,403.ONS ASHE via Nomis
This propertyEngland median £39,243UK median £39,039
Local full-time pay vs national median.
10th percentile — £29,56856%
25th percentile — £36,41269%
Median (50th percentile) — £52,610100%
Busy-road proximity
102 m to nearest A/primary road
Nearest A/primary road ~102m; traffic volume not assessed.OpenStreetMap (Overpass)
Crime trend over time
single-month change (-982)
4155 crimes in 2025-04 -> 3173 in 2026-04 (-982, -24%) (fewer than a year earlier).
0
data.police.uk2025-05recorded crimes/mo, ~1-mile catchment · range 3130–4849 (-21% end-to-end — a catchment artefact, not a local trend; see note)2026-04
Ethnicity / religion / language
White 67% / Christian 41%
Largest ethnic group White 67%; largest religion Christian 41%.ONS Census 2021 (Nomis)
Ethnicity
White67%
Asian20%
Other6%
Mixed5%
Black2%
Religion
Christian41%
No religion40%
Not answered8%
Hindu4%
Muslim3%
Jewish2%
Buddhist1%
Other religion1%
Sikh0%
Green-space access
73 m to nearest park/garden
Nearest park ~73m.OpenStreetMap (Overpass)
This propertystandard ≤300 m 300 mLondon median 322 m
A park is ~148 m away — well within the 300 m greenspace standard (which counts parks of ≥2 ha) and closer than the London median. (Closer is better.)
Groceries/food/health/police
448 amenities within 1000m
Everyday amenities within 1000m, by type.OpenStreetMap (Overpass)
≤400m (~5 min straight-line)
• Grocery
• Food/drink
• Pharmacy
• GP/clinic
• Hospital
• Police
≤800m (~10 min straight-line)
• Grocery
• Food/drink
• Pharmacy
• GP/clinic
• Hospital
• Police
≤1200m (~15 min straight-line)
• Grocery
• Food/drink
• Pharmacy
• GP/clinic
• Hospital
• Police
Population / age profile
1,466 residents
1,466 usual residents: ~5% aged 0-15, ~84% 16-64, ~11% 65+.ONS Census 2021 (Nomis)
Aged 25 to 3422%
Aged 35 to 4918%
Aged 20 to 2418%
Aged 50 to 6415%
Aged 16 to 1911%
Aged 65 to 747%
Aged 75 to 843%
Aged 4 and under2%
Aged 10 to 152%
Aged 5 to 92%
Aged 85 and over1%
Social grade (NS-SeC AB)
25% higher managerial/professional (NS-SeC L1-L3)
25% higher managerial/professional (NS-SeC L1-L3) (England avg ~13%).ONS Census 2021 (Nomis)
This propertyEngland 13.2%London 17.6%
Share of residents in senior professional/managerial jobs — slightly below England, further below London. A neutral indicator, not good or bad.
Higher managerial, administrative & professional (L1-L3)25%
Lower managerial, administrative & professional (L4-L6)19%
Full-time students (L15)19%
Intermediate occupations (L7)13%
Small employers & own account workers (L8-L9)9%
Never worked & long-term unemployed (L14)6%
Semi-routine occupations (L12)4%
Routine occupations (L13)3%
Lower supervisory & technical (L10-L11)2%
Tenure mix / churn
3% social rented
3% of households are social rented (England avg ~17%).ONS Census 2021 (Nomis)
Private rented: landlord or letting agency48%
Owned outright23%
Private rented: other15%
Owned with a mortgage or loan10%
Social rented: other (housing association)3%
Shared ownership0%
Social rented: council / Local Authority0%
Lives rent free0%
Connectivity2/3 assessed
Rail/Tube ~456m and 67 bus stops within 800m, but broadband peaks at ~24 Mbit/s with no full-fibre or gigabit available.
Broadband (speed/fibre)
~24 Mbit/s / no FTTP
Max ~24 Mbit/s; no full-fibre; no gigabit.Ofcom Connected Nations
This propertyUK average 285 Mbit/s
About 3.5× the UK average of maximum available speeds; full-fibre/gigabit is available here.
Transport links ★
67 bus stops within 800m
Nearest rail/Tube ~456m; 67 bus stops within 800m.OpenStreetMap (Overpass)
Appendix — additional context 4 signals
EV charging
7 EV charging stations within 1000m
7 EV charging station(s) within 1000m.OpenStreetMap (Overpass)
Sport & leisure facilities
23 sport/leisure facilities within 1500m
23 sports centre/gym/pool within 1500m.OpenStreetMap (Overpass)
Flood Re eligibility
Not in a mapped flood zone
Not in a mapped EA flood zone (Zone 1); standard flood cover should be available without Flood Re.Environment Agency flood-risk-zone (via planning.data.gov.uk)
Pubs / nightlife
12 pubs/bars within 500m
12 pub/bar within 500m.OpenStreetMap (Overpass)
Questions to raise with your advisers
Suggested areas to ask, non-exhaustive.
- Check surface-water and defended/residual flood risk on the EA 'long term flood risk' map, and confirm buildings insurance / Flood Re via the freeholder's block policy.
- Storm overflow 'Brixton And Clapham SR CSO' spilled 67x (787.2h) in 2024, ~1912 m away (within the 2 km tidal-CSO search radius).
- Obtain the EWS1 form and the building's cladding / Building-Safety-Act remediation status from the managing agent or freeholder before exchange.
- Ask your conveyancer to run the environmental search (historic-landfill proximity).
- Confirm This property's tenure, remaining lease length, ground rent and service-charge history (and any major-works bills) from the title and lease.
- Confirm the property's actual VOA council-tax band (web lookup; no API).
Full detail, methodology & sources
Each signal carries its full evidence below. Scores are a percentile versus a named reference (higher = better), an ordinal band, or a factual value. 6 signals had no free data source on this run and are omitted (marked “not assessed”, never estimated). No traffic-light rating of signals and no overall score.
Investment & Market
Capital appreciation (CAGR) — Westminster: ~-7.7%/yr nominal CAGR over ~3.9y (median sale ≈ 2025-10 vs ≈ 2021-10). Before inflation; the real return is lower. Area-level, all property types; 1577 recent vs 1200 earlier sales at town/district. Mix-sensitive proxy, not a per-unit price index, so read direction, not precision. HM Land Registry Price Paid
Gross & net yield (area est.) — Gross yield ~3.7–5.7% gross (indicative) (LA avg rent £3,149/mo × 12 ÷ Westminster median £800,000). Indicative net ~2.4–3.1% net (illustrative) applies a ~35–50% cost haircut for a typical leasehold-flat cost stack (service charge, ground rent, letting/management, voids and maintenance); that haircut is an assumption, not a sourced figure. For scale, a £3–6k/yr service charge alone is ~8–16% of the ~£37,788/yr indicative gross rent; building-safety remediation or major-works levies can push net lower still. Net depends on the specific lease, so treat as illustrative. Numerator is ONS PIPR LA-level rent (LA E09000033 2026-04, all sizes/types) and denominator is the HMLR sector/area median sale price (town/district), so bed mix, type and timing differ between them and the band is indicative. Area-level estimate, not the specific dwelling. ONS PIPR + HM Land Registry
Median sale price (area) — Median achieved sale price ~£800,000 in Westminster (town/district; n=1577 sales over the recent ~12mo window, all property types). Sale price, not £/sqft — HMLR carries no floor area. HM Land Registry Price Paid
Sales volume (transactions) — ≥2200/yr (24mo ÷ 2) sales in Westminster (town/district; 4400 sales over 24mo, partial — busy-area page cap). The 24mo÷2 figure is a separate estimate of the same per-year flow, a floor here because the busy-area page cap under-counts the older half of the window. Transaction volume, not a turnover rate (no dwelling-stock denominator). HM Land Registry Price Paid
Council tax band + rate — Westminster average Band D council tax ~£1,050/yr (2026-27), incl. all precepts. Full A–H ladder: A ~£700, B ~£816, C ~£933, D ~£1,050, E ~£1,283, F ~£1,516, G ~£1,749, H ~£2,099. The exact bill depends on the property's VOA band; lookup is web-only, so confirm it there. To show the VOA band distribution for this area (what bands the postcode's dwellings actually fall into), drop a slimmed VOA 'Council Tax: stock of properties' (CTSOP) file into pipeline/data/ named e.g. council_tax_stock_lsoa.csv. Source: Gov.UK 'Council Tax: stock of properties' (latest year), table CTSOP 4.1 'Number of properties by Council Tax band, property build period, local authority, and lower and middle super output area' (CSV inside the Zip). Keep three columns: a geography code column (LSOA 2021 or 2011 GSS code, header containing 'lsoa'/'area_code'/'ecode'/'geography'), a band column (header containing 'band'; values A..H, plus any unbanded rows which we ignore), and a dwelling-count column (the all-build-periods total, header containing 'count'/'all_properties'/'total'/'number'). One row per (LSOA, band). No live fetch is attempted — the full CTSOP Zip is a large multi-MB download. MHCLG council tax statistics
Market velocity (turnover by type) — Market velocity (housing turnover) for Westminster at local-authority level: annual sales ÷ dwelling stock, per property type. Overall ~2.5%/yr across the published types. Slower-trading than the UK (~4.1%/yr): stock changes hands less often here. Turnover alone doesn't show whether demand or supply drives it. By type: Terraced 3.8%/yr (260 sales/yr ÷ 6,849 dwellings); Flat / maisonette 2.4%/yr (2031 sales/yr ÷ 85,094 dwellings); Semi-detached 1.4%/yr (24 sales/yr ÷ 1,735 dwellings); Detached 1.3%/yr (14 sales/yr ÷ 1,047 dwellings). The HMLR LA window hit the busy-area page cap, so the sampled sales under-cover the oldest months — these turnover %s are therefore a Floor (true velocity is somewhat higher). Sales from HMLR Price Paid over the LA window 2024-08-23–2026-04-24 (~1.7y), annualised; stock from ONS Census 2021 dwelling counts for the LA (E09000033, Nomis TS044). LA-level rate, not postcode/sector. Benchmark UK ~4.1%/yr (docs/benchmarks.md). Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid + ONS Census 2021, retrieved 2026-06-18. HM Land Registry Price Paid (sales) + ONS Census 2021 accommodation type (stock)
Sale price by property type — Area median sale price by property type (Westminster) — see chart. HMLR Price Paid, sampled windows; area-level, not this dwelling. HM Land Registry Price Paid
Second-home council-tax premium — Since 1 April 2025, English billing authorities may levy up to +100% council tax on second homes; most, not all, have adopted it. Authorities set the premium annually, so confirm Westminster's current-year policy and rate on its own council-tax pages. Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (second-homes council-tax premium power, effective 1 April 2025) / GOV.UK guidance
Area Trajectory
Nearby planning pipeline — 1353 planning applications within 1km in last 12mo — churn, not new buildings: 1 major schemes, 56 minor or administrative. See chart for the breakdown. PlanIt (planit.org.uk)
Regeneration & dev outlook — Some regeneration — at least one major scheme nearby. Driven by the 1 major scheme noted in the planning pipeline above (of 100 classified). PlanIt (planit.org.uk)
New housing supply nearby — 1 residential planning applications within 1km in the last 12mo (of 100 classified) — an application count, not net new dwellings. PlanIt (planit.org.uk)
Property & Legal
Building safety / cladding (EWS1) — About 90% of dwellings in Westminster are flats (Census 2021) — a flat-dominated area where cladding / EWS1 questions routinely apply and can be a mortgage deal-breaker. Building safety is a required pre-exchange check for a flat. Where a building has cladding or balconies (typically over 11m), lenders want an EWS1 form or equivalent assurance; an unresolved external-wall issue can make a flat unmortgageable. Building Safety Act 2022 leaseholder cost protections apply only to a qualifying lease in a relevant building (broadly 11m+ or 5+ storeys) — landlords owning more than three UK dwellings may fall outside and face remediation costs, though the precise exposure depends on the building's remediation route. Confirm the EWS1, the building's remediation status and the lease's qualifying status with the managing agent before exchange. Desk data cannot state this building's result. Building Safety Act 2022 / RICS EWS1 (desk note)
Heritage / conservation / Art.4 — In Royal Parks Conservation Area; Article 4 direction present; 15 listed building(s) within ~150m planning.data.gov.uk (DLUHC/Environment Agency, OGL)
Designations (Green Belt etc.) — Within: Registered Park & Garden. Checked layers: Green Belt, National Park, AONB / National Landscape, SSSI, Registered Park & Garden, Ancient Woodland. Not checked (absence here is not a clearance): tree preservation orders (TPOs); scheduled monuments; local nature reserves; flood-defence / safeguarding designations; local-plan allocations; minerals/waste safeguarding. planning.data.gov.uk (DLUHC/Environment Agency, OGL)
Environmental & Physical Risk
Flood risk (+climate) — Surface-water (pluvial) flood risk is not assessed here — a separate EA dataset not held on this source. It is often the dominant residual risk for defended Thames-side sites, so check the EA long-term flood-risk service separately. On the fluvial/tidal zoning available: in EA Flood Zone 1, low probability (<0.1% annual) of river/sea flooding on the undefended extent. Zone 1 is fluvial/tidal only; it does not mean surface-water risk is low. Flood insurance eligibility (Flood Re) is covered in a separate signal. Note: for a leasehold flat in a block of 4+ units, Flood Re buildings cover would not apply, so insurability rests on the freeholder's block policy — confirm tenure and block size. planning.data.gov.uk (DLUHC/Environment Agency, OGL)
Air quality (NO2/PM) — Modelled annual-mean NO2 32.3 ug/m3 (DEFRA Pcm, 1km cell Osgb 529500,179500). That is below the UK/EU legal annual limit of 40 ug/m3 (81% of it) and above the WHO 2021 guideline of 10 ug/m3 (3.2x). The national percentile is rural-dominated, so compare to urban areas, not rural England, not as a ranked score. Pcm 2024 regulatory annual-mean background, not a live estimate. DEFRA PCM modelled background (NO2)
Radon — All parts of this 1km grid square are in the lowest band of radon potential. Less than 1 % of homes above the Action Level. UKHSA-BGS Indicative Radon Atlas (BGS WMS)
Sewage / storm-overflow — 16 monitored storm overflows within 2 km (single-year 2024 EDM returns). Nearest: 'Wood Street CSO' (~1268 m). Worst spiller within range: 'Brixton And Clapham SR CSO' (~1912 m, Thames Water) discharging to R.Thames ( Tidal ) — 67 spills totalling 787.2 hours in 2024. Cumulative across all 16 in-range overflow(s): 388 spills in 2024. 2024 only; spill activity varies year to year. Rivers Trust storm-overflow EDM annual returns (EA data)
Contamination / landfill — Within ~500 m: 0 EA-permitted waste site(s); 0 historic-landfill records. Proximity to a landfill/waste record is not a finding of contamination; treat as a prompt for the conveyancer's environmental search. Environment Agency Public Register + Historic Landfill
Noise (road/rail/air) — Strategic noise at point: road Lden 55 dB, rail Lden 0 dB (55-60 dB). Value is the loudest channel (Lden annual average); <=0 means below the 55 dB mapping threshold. Flagged as high exposure at >=65 dB. DEFRA Strategic Noise Mapping, Round 4 2022 (road + rail Lden, WMS)
Area & Neighbourhood
Crime rate + serious-crime % — Safer than ~50% of England LSOAs on crime (IoD2019 crime domain, 2019 ranking — not a live rate). Recent recorded crime within ~1 mile (2026-04): 3173 recorded crimes within ~1 mile this month (20% in serious categories — violence & sexual offences, robbery, burglary, possession of weapons; this proportion is of the same ~1-mile commercial-catchment count, Not a residential rate). The ~1-mile count is wider than the LSOA, so not a residential rate. MHCLG IoD2019 crime domain (2019 vintage) + data.police.uk (live)
Deprivation (IMD decile) — Less deprived than ~76% of England (decile 8). MHCLG IoD2019 (via postcodes.io)
Road safety (collisions/KSI) — 23 reported personal-injury collisions within 500m in 2024: 6 killed/seriously injured (KSI; 0 fatal, 6 serious) plus 17 slight (DfT STATS19). An absolute count, not a per-capita rate, so a busy through-route reads high; single-year sample. DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data
Schools (Ofsted + type) — 29 GIAS-registered schools within one mile (17 state, 12 independent; 14 other/indep, 10 primary, 3 secondary, 2 16 plus). 5 of 29 hold a current single-word Ofsted judgement; the rest are on the new report-card framework. Nearest 14: Westminster City School (0.2 mi); Westminster Cathedral Choir School (0.3 mi); St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School (0.4 mi); London Park School Mayfair and London Park School Sixth (0.4 mi); St Peter's Eaton Square CofE Primary School (0.4 mi); Harris Westminster Sixth Form (0.5 mi); The Grey Coat Hospital (0.5 mi) [Ofsted: Outstanding]; Burdett-Coutts and Townshend Foundation CofE Primary School (0.5 mi); St Matthew's School, Westminster (0.5 mi) [Ofsted: Good]; Westminster Abbey Choir School (0.5 mi); Eaton Square Prep School (0.6 mi); Westminster School (0.6 mi); St George's Hanover Square CofE Primary School (0.7 mi) [Ofsted: Good]; Westminster Under School (0.7 mi). GIAS (Get Information About Schools) + Ofsted
Area health profile — Local-authority life expectancy at birth (2023 - 25): male 82.5y vs England 79.7y; female 86.4y vs England 83.5y. Ranks 5 of 151 England LAs. OHID Fingertips
Average pay (ASHE, LA-level) — Median full-time resident gross pay in Westminster (2025) is ~£52,610/yr, mean ~£96,403 (ONS Ashe via Nomis). Local-authority level, not this street. Distribution below spans ~£29,568 to ~£52,610 across the shown percentiles (Ashe (2025); suppressed percentiles omitted). ONS ASHE via Nomis
Busy-road proximity — Nearest A/primary road ~102m; traffic volume not assessed. OpenStreetMap (Overpass)
Crime trend over time — 4155 crimes in 2025-04 -> 3173 in 2026-04 (-982, -24%) (fewer than a year earlier). A single-month snapshot, not a trend. Wider-than-LSOA catchment, so not a residential rate. Chart shows the trailing 12-month volume. data.police.uk
Ethnicity / religion / language — Largest ethnic group White 67%; largest religion Christian 41%. ONS Census 2021 (Nomis)
Green-space access — Nearest park ~73m. OpenStreetMap (Overpass)
Groceries/food/health/police — Everyday amenities within 1000m, by type. Distance bands are straight-line, not routed walk times. OpenStreetMap (Overpass)
Population / age profile — 1,466 usual residents: ~5% aged 0-15, ~84% 16-64, ~11% 65+. ONS Census 2021 (Nomis)
Social grade (NS-SeC AB) — 25% higher managerial/professional (NS-SeC L1-L3) (England avg ~13%). ONS Census 2021 (Nomis)
Tenure mix / churn — 3% of households are social rented (England avg ~17%). ONS Census 2021 (Nomis)
Connectivity
Broadband (speed/fibre) — Max ~24 Mbit/s; no full-fibre; no gigabit. Ofcom Connected Nations
Transport links — Nearest rail/Tube ~456m; 67 bus stops within 800m. OpenStreetMap (Overpass)
Sources used
- Building Safety Act 2022 / RICS EWS1 (desk note) (2026 (regime))
- DEFRA PCM modelled background (NO2) (2024)
- DEFRA Strategic Noise Mapping, Round 4 2022 (road + rail Lden, WMS) (2022)
- DfT STATS19 Road Safety Data (2024)
- Environment Agency Public Register + Historic Landfill (2026-06)
- Environment Agency flood-risk-zone (via planning.data.gov.uk) (2026-06-18)
- GIAS (Get Information About Schools) + Ofsted ()
- HM Land Registry Price Paid (2026-06-18)
- HM Land Registry Price Paid (sales) + ONS Census 2021 accommodation type (stock) (2026-06-18)
- Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (second-homes council-tax premium power, effective 1 April 2025) / GOV.UK guidance (2025 (rule))
- MHCLG IoD2019 (via postcodes.io) (2019)
- MHCLG IoD2019 crime domain (2019 vintage) + data.police.uk (live) (percentile: IoD2019 (2019 vintage); live count: 2026-04)
- MHCLG council tax statistics (2026-27)
- OHID Fingertips (2025)
- ONS ASHE via Nomis (2025)
- ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) (2021)
- ONS PIPR + HM Land Registry (2026-06-18)
- Ofcom Connected Nations (2025)
- OpenStreetMap (Overpass) (2026-06-18)
- PlanIt (planit.org.uk) (2026-06-18)
- Rivers Trust storm-overflow EDM annual returns (EA data) (2024)
- UKHSA-BGS Indicative Radon Atlas (BGS WMS) (2026-06)
- data.police.uk (2026-04)
- planning.data.gov.uk (DLUHC/Environment Agency, OGL) (2026-06)
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