BA16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Street, Stone Hill and Walton, in Somerset.
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 BA16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 97% of people in BA16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BA16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BA16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BA16 at a rate of 64.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 85.4 per 1,000 people across the BA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 79 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BA16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (415), other crime (154) and shoplifting (142).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BA16 was 60.0 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 BA16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BA16 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in BA16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mendip 012C | 1,277 | 46.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.2% |
| Mendip 012D | 2,202 | 9.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 85.7% |
| Mendip 012E | 2,291 | 32.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Mendip 014A | 2,516 | 144.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.8% |
| Mendip 014B | 1,464 | 84.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.1% |
| Mendip 014C | 1,584 | 91.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Mendip 014D | 1,246 | 58.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
| Mendip 014E | 1,406 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.3% |
MPs for BA16
- Sarah DykeLiberal DemocratMP for Glastonbury and Somerton83% of BA16’s postcodes
- Tessa MuntLiberal DemocratMP for Wells and Mendip Hills17% of BA16’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 BA162
Postcode sectors in BA162
Council1
Towns in BA161
Postcode districts next to BA164
More in the BA postcode area2
BA16 in brief
BA16 is a postcode district covering Street, Stone Hill and Walton, in Somerset.
About 14,208 people lived in BA16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £263,000 in 2025 across 221 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 64.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BA16 was £263,000 in 2025.
BA16 had 13,984 usual residents at the census.
About 97% of people in BA16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BA16, 91.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.