October 2026 report
Kensington and Chelsea
How Kensington and Chelsea compares with the 316 districts of England and Wales on prices, market activity, people, homes, transport and safety, from the same data our valuations use.
HPAI Swatch
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Price per m²
Median price per square metre over the last 12 months, all property types.
Areas alike
Districts with the most similar character to Kensington and Chelsea: price level, sales, energy efficiency, density, rail use, crime and carbon, from the HPAI Swatch. Useful if you like this area but want to compare options.
71% alike
71% alike
69% alike
68% alike
68% alike
68% alike
Alike but cheaper
Similar character, at least 15% lower price per m² than Kensington and Chelsea's £14,557
82% alike
81% alike
81% alike
81% alike
Buying costs
At today's 5.36% five-year fixed mortgage rate (August 2026), a typical flat in Kensington and Chelsea (£750,000) costs about £3,407 a month with a 25% deposit over 25 years. With inflation at 3.1%, prices are down 25.6% on the year in real terms.
Market conditions
Latest published, August 2026
Repayment calculator
Starts from the median price of each property type in Kensington and Chelsea (last 12 months). Change any figure.
- Loan
- £562,500
- Deposit
- £187,500
- Total interest
- –
- Income lenders may look for (4.5×)
- –
A guide only: repayment mortgage at a fixed rate for the whole term; lenders' rates, fees and criteria vary.
Prices
Homes in Kensington and Chelsea sell for £14,557 per m² (12-month median, all property types), 86% above the London median. Prices fell 23.3% over the last year.
Price per m², last 10 years
12-month median, all property types, against the region and the median district in England and Wales
By property type
Last 12 months
| Type | £/m² | Year | Median price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | Too few sales | ||
| Semi-detached | Too few sales | ||
| Terraced | 19,164 | +10.4% | £2,550,000 |
| Flat | 13,955 | -18.3% | £750,000 |
Market
About 1,083 homes sold in the last 12 months, 82% of them flats. Activity is down 39% on a year ago.
Sales a month
Open-market sales registered with HM Land Registry; the line is the 12-month average
What sells
Sales by property type, last 12 months
People & homes
142,365 people live in Kensington and Chelsea, 11,741 per km² across 12.1 km². The population changed by -1.2% in the last year.
Population
ONS mid-year estimates (projected after the latest year)
Homes and energy
Energy Performance Certificates and ONS
Transport
There are no national rail stations in Kensington and Chelsea.
Safety
148 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year (Apr 2025 - Mar 2026), higher than 98% of districts; the median district has 71. Crime is down 5.6% on the year.
Recorded crime, 12 months to each March
Home Office police recorded crime; anti-social behaviour isn't recorded crime
Main types
Recorded crimes, Apr 2025 - Mar 2026
Schools
53 schools take primary-age pupils and 19 secondary-age, 22,334 pupils in all. Distances to a particular home, and admissions rules, are in each valuation report.
Latest inspection outcomes
Ofsted, in Ofsted's own terms; report cards (from November 2025) have no overall grade; Welsh schools are inspected by Estyn
How hard it is to get in
First-choice applications and offers, latest entry year (DfE, England)
Value a home in Kensington and Chelsea
Free instant valuation using the same data as this report: recent sales, local price trends and the HPAI Swatch.
October 2026 report: as up to date as it can be. Every figure is the latest each source has published. Where an official source runs behind (population, rail passengers), we project it forward to today from its own trend and mark it as projected. Latest periods:
- Sales and prices: to August 2026 (HM Land Registry)
- Recorded crime: year to March 2026 (Home Office)
- Population: mid-2025 estimates, projected to date (ONS)
- Rail passengers: year to March 2025, projected after that (Office of Rail and Road)
- Schools: latest published inspections and admissions (Ofsted, DfE)
- Energy and homes: certificates lodged to date (EPC register)
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