BA15
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bradford-on-Avon and Woolley, in Wiltshire.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an BA15 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in BA15 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BA15 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BA15 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BA15 at a rate of 45.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 85.4 per 1,000 people across the BA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 53 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BA15.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (234), other crime (134) and anti-social behaviour (117).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BA15 was 46.8 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in BA15, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BA15 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BA15
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiltshire 023B | 1,861 | 21.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 35.5% |
| Wiltshire 023D | 1,128 | 27.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 8.0% |
| Wiltshire 027A | 1,737 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.2% |
| Wiltshire 027B | 1,566 | 23.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.1% |
| Wiltshire 027C | 1,502 | 45.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.2% |
| Wiltshire 027D | 1,692 | 29.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.0% |
| Wiltshire 027E | 1,581 | 66.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.9% |
| Wiltshire 027G | 1,144 | 83.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 29.5% |
| Wiltshire 027H | 1,184 | 109.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 72.1% |
MPs for BA15
- Brian MathewLiberal DemocratMP for Melksham and Devizes100% of BA15’s postcodes
- Anna SabineLiberal DemocratMP for Frome and East Somerset0.2% of BA15’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in BA152
Postcode sectors in BA153
Council1
Towns in BA151
Postcode districts next to BA155
Nearest rail stations4
More in the BA postcode area2
BA15 in brief
BA15 is a postcode district covering Bradford-on-Avon and Woolley, in Wiltshire.
About 14,271 people lived in BA15 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £425,000 in 2025 across 195 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 45.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BA15 was £425,000 in 2025.
BA15 had 14,192 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in BA15 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BA15, 68.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.