BA5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Wells, Haybridge and St Andrew, 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 BA5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 73% of people in BA5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How BA5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is BA5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in BA5 at a rate of 67.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 85.4 per 1,000 people across the BA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 93 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in BA5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (541), other crime (231) and anti-social behaviour (186).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in BA5 was 69.6 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 BA5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BA5 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- 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 BA5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mendip 005A | 2,086 | 41.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 85.3% |
| Mendip 005D | 1,348 | 27.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 66.1% |
| Mendip 005E | 1,670 | 43.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 58.5% |
| Mendip 005F | 1,363 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 73.8% |
| Mendip 006B | 2,336 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 37.0% |
| Mendip 006D | 1,480 | 45.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 79.7% |
| Mendip 008A | 1,847 | 176.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 50.5% |
| Mendip 008B | 1,469 | 103.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.4% |
| Mendip 008C | 1,728 | 43.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.0% |
| Mendip 008D | 1,941 | 146.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 80.5% |
| Mendip 008E | 1,332 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 77.7% |
MPs for BA5
- Tessa MuntLiberal DemocratMP for Wells and Mendip Hills100% of BA5’s postcodes
- Anna SabineLiberal DemocratMP for Frome and East Somerset0.1% of BA5’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 BA53
Postcode sectors in BA54
Council1
Towns in BA51
Postcode districts next to BA56
More in the BA postcode area2
BA5 in brief
BA5 is a postcode district covering Wells, Haybridge and St Andrew, in Somerset.
About 19,857 people lived in BA5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £335,000 in 2025 across 321 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 67.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in BA5 was £335,000 in 2025.
BA5 had 18,931 usual residents at the census.
About 73% of people in BA5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BA5, 69.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.