Property searches in Kensington and Chelsea

England · figures updated 2026-10-29

Type any address in Kensington and Chelsea for a free report: flood risk, planning constraints, listed buildings, radon, ground and mining, old landfill, noise, sold prices, council tax band and more, with links and ready-made letters for the searches that are not free.

House prices

The average home in Kensington and Chelsea cost £1,204,072 in August 2026. Prices have fallen 13.8% in the last year.

Type	Average	Last 12 months
All homes	£1,204,072	-13.8%
Detached	£4,344,621	-9.5%
Semi-detached	£2,995,521	-4.4%
Terraced	£2,385,591	-7.5%
Flat or maisonette	£947,855	-15.3%
First-time buyers	£1,020,436	-14.5%

UK House Price Index, HM Land Registry.

Council tax 2026-27

A band D home in Kensington and Chelsea pays £1,667 a year including parish charges (council average). A single adult gets 25% off.

Band	A year	A month (10 payments)
A	£1,111	£111
B	£1,296	£130
C	£1,481	£148
D	£1,667	£167
E	£2,037	£204
F	£2,407	£241
G	£2,778	£278
H	£3,333	£333

Renting

The average private rent is £3,739 a month (+3.0% in a year). Against the average price, that is a gross yield of about 3.7% a year before costs.

Bedrooms	A month
1	£2,674
2	£3,475
3	£4,130
4 or more	£5,728

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, September 2026.

Neighbourhoods

Kensington and Chelsea is split into 101 small neighbourhoods. 16% of them are among the most deprived 20% in England and 10% among the least deprived 20% (English Indices of Deprivation 2025). On average across them, 32% of homes are owned, 39% privately rented and 28% socially rented; 15% of people are 65 or over and 58% of households have no car (Census 2021). Search an address to see its own neighbourhood.

Mobile signal

100.0% of homes get 4G indoors from at least one network and 100% from all four; 100.0% get 5G outdoors (Ofcom, January 2026).

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