BA3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Midsomer Norton and Radstock, in Bath and North East Somerset and 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 BA3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 94% of people in BA3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BA3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BA3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BA3 at a rate of 64.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 85.4 per 1,000 people across the BA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 176 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BA3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,092), other crime (400) and anti-social behaviour (347).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BA3 was 63.2 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 BA3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BA3 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 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 BA3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath and North East Somerset 024A | 1,475 | 132.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 58.1% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 024B | 1,464 | 40.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.9% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 024C | 1,467 | 92.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 57.7% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 024D | 1,743 | 97.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 67.6% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 025A | 1,486 | 46.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 74.9% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 025B | 1,519 | 44.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 025C | 1,712 | 30.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.0% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 025D | 1,499 | 130.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 91.2% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 026A | 1,382 | 87.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.6% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 026B | 1,713 | 61.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.0% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 026C | 1,573 | 70.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.8% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 026D | 1,875 | 95.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.5% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 027A | 2,181 | 27.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 027B | 2,341 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.6% |
| Bath and North East Somerset 027C | 1,458 | 111.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.1% |
| Mendip 002A | 2,286 | 66.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.0% |
| Mendip 002B | 1,371 | 50.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 25.1% |
| Mendip 002D | 1,441 | 63.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 64.7% |
| Mendip 002F | 2,084 | 30.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 68.2% |
| Mendip 006A | 2,425 | 33.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.8% |
| Mendip 010A | 1,528 | 28.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.7% |
MPs for BA3
- Anna SabineLiberal DemocratMP for Frome and East Somerset92% of BA3’s postcodes
- Tessa MuntLiberal DemocratMP for Wells and Mendip Hills7.6% of BA3’s postcodes
- Dan NorrisIndependentMP for North East Somerset and Hanham0.6% of BA3’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 BA35
Postcode sectors in BA35
Councils BA3 covers2
Towns in BA32
Postcode districts next to BA36
More in the BA postcode area2
BA3 in brief
BA3 is a postcode district covering Midsomer Norton and Radstock, in Bath and North East Somerset and Somerset.
About 38,188 people lived in BA3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £300,000 in 2025 across 590 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 64.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BA3 was £300,000 in 2025.
BA3 had 37,578 usual residents at the census.
About 94% of people in BA3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BA3, 81.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.