London boroughsKensington and Chelsea vs Wandsworth

Kensington and Chelsea vs Wandsworth: which borough suits you?

Kensington and Chelsea is more central, in zone 1, but Wandsworth is £370k cheaper on the average sold price.

Travelcard zone

Zone 1
Zone 2

Average house price

£995k
£625k

Price to local earnings

Years of the local authority's median wage

21.8x
14.5x

Crime index

0–100, lower is safer

88
74

Broadband

Average available download speed, from Ofcom

983 Mb
954 Mb

Life satisfaction

ONS, 0–10

7.2
7.5

Historic landmarks

Protected sites within 3 miles

811
147

Parks and fields

Hectares within 3 miles

1149 ha
2094 ha

Places to eat and drink

Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles

6297
2192

Estimates only. Prices from HM Land Registry (August 2025 to July 2026), crime from police.uk (August 2025 to July 2026); broadband, life satisfaction and train times from Ofcom, ONS and National Rail, reviewed periodically. A tinted figure is the better of the two on that row alone, not an overall verdict.

The full picture on each

Living in Kensington and Chelsea

Greater London · zone 1 · average sold price £995k.

Read the Kensington and Chelsea report

Living in Wandsworth

Greater London · zone 2 · average sold price £625k.

Read the Wandsworth report