BA20
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Yeovil and Preston Plucknett, 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 BA20 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in BA20 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BA20 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BA20 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BA20 at a rate of 234.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 85.4 per 1,000 people across the BA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 257 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BA20.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (849), shoplifting (595) and anti-social behaviour (533).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BA20 was 214.5 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 BA20, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BA20 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- 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 BA20
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Somerset 015E | 1,116 | 1,177.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 73.4% |
| South Somerset 015F | 1,120 | 188.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.8% |
| South Somerset 016A | 2,187 | 102.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| South Somerset 016B | 2,231 | 151.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| South Somerset 016C | 1,438 | 118.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| South Somerset 018B | 1,446 | 104.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| South Somerset 018C | 1,571 | 66.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| South Somerset 018D | 1,472 | 13.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
Your MP
- Adam DanceLiberal DemocratMP for Yeovil
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 BA202
Postcode sectors in BA203
Council1
Towns in BA201
Postcode districts next to BA202
Nearest rail stations3
More in the BA postcode area2
BA20 in brief
BA20 is a postcode district covering Yeovil and Preston Plucknett, in Somerset.
About 12,209 people lived in BA20 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £260,000 in 2025 across 167 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 234.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BA20 was £260,000 in 2025.
BA20 had 11,836 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in BA20 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BA20, 94.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.