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.
Kensington and Chelsea
#33 of 33
Wandsworth
#25 of 33
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